That's a tremendous amount of success - and money - for a relatively small company, and has to make you wonder where all that cash is actually going. It's worth noting that King still has four games in the 20 top grossing on the entire App Store. Well, it topped the "Free" chart, but according to App Annie's realtime data, it hasn't yet cracked the top 150 overall grossing, so how much it will immediately help reverse King's fortunes is anyone's guess. So, naturally, the company has decided more Candy Crush is needed.Ĭandy Crush Soda Saga saw its worldwide release on Tuesday and quickly rocketed to the top of the app charts. ![]() The number of people who actually pay in to their free-to-play game model fell from 10.4 million to 8.7 million. ![]() Seeing strong competition from other free-to-play games, King's third quarter results were dire, with revenues down 17 percent since the previous year and 13 percent from the previous quarter, and profits were down 38 percent from a year prior. Candy Crush Saga has made publisher King a lot of money since its release in 2012, but those days have passed.
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