Barkers Crest:

Everything else is far, far, far, far distant third.

Sniff... I agree..

Anyway, I did all the rest (videos, posts, reviews and interviews, google ads, viral marketing), now I'm trying something really really really mad to promote the game.

If it works I will share details here, if not ... ehmmm... finger crossed!

Word Soup has had some great sales, there game is also in Pubs across the UK. Another game with alternative advertising. It can be done.

GloryHornetEmmo:

Word Soup has had some great sales, there game is also in Pubs across the UK. Another game with alternative advertising. It can be done.

Sure, but WordSoup (great game) had the most extensive "xbox" advertising possible as well...

danderham:

- Up to a couple of weeks ago when you uploaded a new update of your game it would appear at the top of the new arrivals list. I haven’t had to do an update for Tomato Blaster as so far no bugs have been found, therefore unlike some games I never had the advantage of jumping back up to the top of the list. From looking at the sales data being on the new arrivals list makes a massive difference to the trial download numbers. Did the people who did do a number of updates to their game find this to be true?

Our Golden Royal Blackjack had a lot of issues with its online game. That caused three updates with a fourth on its way. I can say from the numbers that it made no difference that the game re-appeared on the New Releases page. What seemed to help the game the most was being on the Top Ten list. Also for those interested the game sold about the same amount of units in December where it was available for two weeks that it did for the entire three months of January through March even though it was on the New Releases a couple of times in that period.

Patrick

GloryHornetEmmo:

Word Soup has had some great sales, there game is also in Pubs across the UK. Another game with alternative advertising. It can be done.

Word Soup had a whole lot of #'s 1 and 2 going for it.  Especially #1.

Matthew Doucette:

That is a good idea.  Have a separate place for apps and games.  But, the point (and power) of XBLCG is to be open to all types of "games" and have creative freedom to create almost anything you want.  So before we kick out the apps, maybe the solution is something I and a few others were suggesting is better:  have a "top rated" list be the first thing newcomers see when they come to community games, not the "new arrivals" and not the "top 10" / "most popular" / "best sellers" (i think we should label them "best sellers" to be explicitly clear they are not necessarily the top rated games).

I really fail to see how having user rating would help the situation any. Isn't that what the users are doing right now with their money?
Every game has a trial after which the users must decide if they still think this game is worth it and being a top seller means that they did.

I want my games rise just like the next person but I think the most popular list would end up looking identical to the best seller list in the end.
Then most games would be stuck below 2 lists instead of just 1.

And nobody heeded warning that off topic threads get locked. In the future, keep threads to one topic.