"If other developers get this treatment, that store is going to look mighty bleak for a long time to come." On the other hand Rubicon says it will no longer support Windows RT on account of the piddling revenue and the marketing snub. Even RIM gave the developer some visibility on BlackBerry. This is because of "bizarre admin reasons".īoth Apple and Google have featured Rubicon's games on their respective app stores. The decision makers over at the Redmond-based software giant "confirmed they will not give us any promotional features or help us with visibility in any way," Johnson said. In a blog post on the subject, the Rubicon owner also hit out againt Microsoft for refusing to give the game any promotion. "If that rate is sustained, it will take just under two years before we recoup the salary paid to the guy who did the port." "Having said that, the difference does speak for itself - and after all the other two's stores weren't empty at the time, either," Johnson added. The comparison is a tad unfair because Windows RT is a new platform, with a much smaller userbase than iOS's or Android's. "The first month on iOS made us £70,000 and on Android it was about £50,000." "If we extend the Windows RT launch for a whole month it's probably going to make £150 - £200," he explained. We asked Rubicon owner Paul Johnson to put that into context for us. Indie developer Rubicon has told Pocket Gamer that its strategy gem Great Big War Game made a measly £52 in its first week on Microsoft's new Windows RT (a special version of Windows 8) operating system. "When Microsoft got back in touch with us, it did explain that there is some discretion about what it could do locally on RT," Johnson told our sister site. The issue boiled down to GBWG being an RT-only game, with Microsoft only (generally) promoting apps that work across the whole Windows 8 spectrum. Updated on December 11th, at 15:40: Since this story went live, Microsoft got in touch with developer Rubicon and put Great Big War Game in its spotlight on new releases in the Windows Store, and in the noteworthy games category.Īs such, the game is now riding up the top paid games chart, sitting comfortably within the top 10.
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