Today’s comment of the day is from Bob- “To put it simply, it’s much easier to reach a large audience with the App Store. This means that quality Apps that cost a buck or two (or 80p or so) will make their developers a bundle. And so-so Apps that charge $5 to try and make up the difference, won’t.
What you do see is that the big houses, like EA, charge significantly more than the independents. Are the games/Apps any better? Sometimes but not always.
I think that the competitive pressure and public opinion pressure will keep the prices fairly low. I think that the bar has been established. Any App that costs more that $2 better be a specialty App or something quite good. I’m amazed at how low the price expectations are.”
Most developers don’t make a bundle. I’d be interested to see if the figures have changed more recently but here’s a survey for iPhone game developers.
http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/most-iphone-developers-dont-make-money/2009-06-17-0
85% of them couldn’t make a full time living on their earnings.