iPhone games dominated by big publishers, but a couple of indies slip by

Mobile Orchard figured out a way to pull out sales data from the iPhone App Store and used the power of maths to calculate which games were actually earning the most revenue. That contrasts nicely with the sales data recently released by Apple which shows the following games as the most downloaded:

1. Texas Hold’em
2. Moto Chaser
3. Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3d
4. Super Monkey Ball
5. Cro-Mag Rally
6. Enigmo
7. Air Hockey
8. Bejeweled 2
9. Flick Bowling
10. Line Rider iRide

Texas Hold'em and Crash Bandicoot actually swap places when you factor in the price points as Mobile Orchard has done in the chart above, with the kart racer sneaking ahead in overall earnings. (Although exactly how much money has been earned is murky, since Apple released only rankings, not specific download numbers.)

Mobile Orchard's analysis also highlights how few independently developed games are earning the big money, with only Subatomic Studios' fantastic Tower Defense clone Fieldrunners and John Moffett's iHunt breaking into the top ten.

Price and Popularity: The iPhone App Store’s Data Show Who’s Making The Most Money [MobileOrchard.com]