Hi Josh: Well, first off you are comparing two different markets and trying to say they are equal which I am here to say they are not.
To begin with there are millions of sighted users of Android devices like phones, tablets, and so forth. So if someone like EA Games or someone else creates a game they have a very large target market to work with, and can stand to make a decent profit off their games. However, the blind gaming market is a minority market to begin with, and when you start talking about Android devices it is a pretty minority market within a minority market. Up until fairly recently the Android platform had a lot less to offer a blind user than did the competing Apple products like the iPhone and iPad so they went with iOS products. Now that access is slowly catching up on Android the market just isn't there for a developer like myself to target the Android market and make a reasonable income from it. To give you an example Liam recently created a game called Audio Archery for mobile platforms. There was an iOS version for iPhone and iPad and an Android version. The last I heard there were something like 1200 sales for iPhone. The Android version only sold 80 copies. That is clear evidence that the iPhone currently has the lion's share of blind users, and that anything for Android will not do well commercially. So not only as a programmer but a business person I can't really afford to put time, effort, and money into a product that will only sell 80 copies. If I charged $5, which is pretty average for games for Android, that is only $400. That is hardly worth my time much less the expense required for music, sounds, and any potential voice work that needs to be done. However, since there are apparently thousands of users for iOS I could probably make %$5000 easy and that is obviously worth more time and effort than $400. So other than supporting Android as a hobby I won't do it. There is no financial incentive in it for a commercial audio game developer, and the reason why guys like Josh and I won't do it. Cheers! On 1/5/14, Josh <joshknnd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > but then why do sighted android users buy games from the play store. if > big game makers like e a games is selling games for android and making a > good proffit off the sighted people, why can't it be the same for us? > the blind community? as a matter of fact tomorrow I will be spending $10 > or so on some acapela voices baught where? from the play store. I will > pay for stuf if it is affordably priced. I baught espeak today for $1.60 > on the play store. and I would gladly pay $10 or $5 for a good game that > runs on android 2.0 and above. > > Josh > > using windows7 laptop --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
