Η εταιρεία μας ενημερώνει, επίσης, για την ύπαρξη περισσότερων από 500 εκατομμύρια ενεργούς λογαριασμούς, οι οποίοι ήταν υπεύθυνοι για πάνω από 2 δις λήψεις εφαρμογών τον Δεκέμβριο που μας πέρασε. Συνολικά, στο App Store περιλαμβάνονται πλέον πάνω από 775.000 εφαρμογές για το iPhone, iPad και iPod touch με τους developers να έχουν πληρωθεί πάνω από 7 δις δολάρια. «Ήταν μια εκπληκτική χρονιά για την κοινότητα των iOS developers», δήλωσε ο Eddy Cue, επικεφαλής του τμήματος Internet Software και Services. «Οι developers έχουν κερδίσει πάνω από επτά δις δολάρια στο App Store, και συνεχίζουμε να επενδύουμε στην παροχή του καλύτερου οικοσυστήματος ώστε να μπορούν να δημιουργούν τις πιο καινοτόμες εφαρμογές στον κόσμο».
Το δελτίο τύπου περιλαμβάνει, ακόμα, ορισμένα quotes από πετυχημένους developers. «Το App Store μας παρείχε ευκαιρίες πέρα από τα πιο τρελά μας όνειρα», δήλωσε ο JJ Abrams της Bad Robot Interactive. «Η εφαρμογή μας Action Movie FX σχεδιάστηκε με σκοπό να φέρει τα ειδικά εφέ του Hollywood στα βίντεο του καθένα από μας, είτε αυτό είναι στο iPhone, iPad ή iPod touch, και είμαστε ενθουσιασμένοι που εκατομμύρια οπαδοί ανά τον κόσμο είναι τόσο ευχαριστημένοι όσο εμείς με τις προοπτικές που φέρνει αυτή η εφαρμογή».
H Apple τονίζει ότι παρέχει τρόπους ώστε οι developers να βγάλουν λεφτά από τις εφαρμογές τους μέσω in-app purchases, συνδρομών και διαφήμισης σε 155 χώρες σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο μέσα από 23 κατηγορίες, όπως εφημερίδες και περιοδικά, παιχνίδια, ειδήσεις, ταξίδια κτλπ.
Ακολουθεί το πλήρες δελτίου τύπου:
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps*, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store℠ has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion downloads during the month. Apple’s incredible developer community has created over 775,000 apps for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion dollars by Apple.
“It has been an incredible year for the iOS developer community,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Developers have made over seven billion dollars on the App Store, and we continue to invest in providing them with the best ecosystem so they can create the most innovative apps in the world.”
In 2012, the husband and wife team at Imangi Studios saw their game Temple Run downloaded more than 75 million times; Backflip Studios and Supercell, two emerging game development studios, brought in over $100 million combined for their leading freemium titles DragonVale and Clash of Clans; and emerging services including Uber, Flipboard, HotelTonight, and AirBnB attracted millions of users on iOS. Companies including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Autodesk, Marvel and Major League Baseball continued to expand their iOS offerings, while developers like JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Interactive and Bottle Rocket Apps continued to push the boundaries of what iOS apps can do.
“The success of our game Temple Run in 2012 was nothing short of astonishing,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios. “We were simply looking to create a game that was fun and easy to play, but once it hit the App Store, the game took off. This past year, we saw more than 75 million downloads of Temple Run on iOS.”
“Our success on iOS has been incredible,” said Samir Hanna, vice president of Consumer Products for Autodesk. “We set off with the modest goal of bringing SketchBook to iPhone users as a way of introducing them to Autodesk. Fast forward three years, we now offer 20 apps to iOS users that have achieved more than 50 million downloads, and we continue to roll out new creativity and design tools that appeal to both professionals and consumers.”
“The App Store provided us with opportunities beyond our wildest dreams,” said Bad Robot Interactive’s JJ Abrams. “Our app Action Movie FX was designed to bring Hollywood special effects to anyone’s self-made video, whether that be on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and we’re just thrilled that millions of fans around the world were as excited as we were about the possibilities that this app brings.”
“Bottle Rocket Apps now employs over 100 full-time employees, dedicated to nothing but building great apps,” said Calvin Carter, president of Bottle Rocket Apps. “In my 20 plus years in technology, I have never seen such a vibrant marketplace for software like the App Store.”
Apple offers developers a wealth of resources and tools to help them make great apps, plus a robust ecosystem and marketplace which provide customers a safe and easy way to discover them. Apple also provides developers great ways to monetize apps including in-app purchase, subscriptions and advertising, and helps market and support developer efforts in the App Store and beyond.
The revolutionary App Store offers more than 775,000 apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in 155 countries around the world, with more than 300,000 native iPad apps available. App Store customers can choose from an incredible range of apps in 23 categories, including newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, games, business, news, sports, health & fitness and travel.
*40 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates.
