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Fantastic visualization - the filters really make it interesting!

Could I suggest an extra column - Downloads * price



For anyone interested - using the console & a quick bit of js the top "profiters" (dowloads * price) were:

    Cut the Rope - $26433990
    Infinity Blade - $15340390
    Ski On Neon - $15246990
    Minecraft – Pocket Edition - $12519090
    Infinity Blade II - $11680290
    Cover Orange - $9712890
    Tap Tap Revenge 4 - $8061490
    Air Penguin - $7762590
    Fruit Ninja - $7633890
    Draw Something - $7268690

        data.forEach(function(d){
           d.profit = (d["Est. Downloads*"] * d.Price);
        })
        data.sort(function(a,b){return b.profit-a.profit});
        for(i = 0; i < 10; i++){
           console.log(data[i].name + " - $" + data[i].profit);
         }


nice! We thought about displaying profit from downloads * price but we found that for most of the big apps, they tweak around prices constantly so the profit would vary too much based on when you poll their prices.


Keep in mind though, like makeshifthoop said, price changes (and even more so, in app-purchases) can have another huge effect on total "profiters" -- some top grossing apps are actually free and rely on in-app




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