Want better iOS games? Then Review Every Single One You Play

[reposted from the moWOW blog]

In spite of the fact that iOS developers are constantly asking Apple to review the Appstore and sort out the discoverability issues, the company has yet make any major changes in this direction. That leaves both us the developers and all of you players (+ us again. Hey, we play too) in quite a pickle.

At this moment, there are well over 1 million apps and games on the App Store. Probably over half of them are rubbish, not of interest or out of date. Let's go even further and say 80% fall into that category(just fictive percentage).  There would still be 200.000 apps to sort through and try out. 

Do you really think that the Apple App Store is serving you the best possible games out there? Well, they are trying, but they have a long way to go.  

In the meantime, you as a player have a big part and influence in deciding which developer stands out and which one gets the red flag!

How exactly? By reviewing and rating every game that you download and play. Yes, every game. Right now you are probably only writing reviews for the games you had most fun with or for the ones that you have come to... well... hate.

Well, the truth is, if you also rate and review the games that you did not like or the ones that need improvements, the value of a good rating/review would double.

Why do I say that?

Feel the power yet?

Even on a bad launch, a free game will get a few hundred people downloading the game. Imagine the effect if after trying it out, at least half of those players would leave a review/rating. Let's get back to your interest. YOU want great games. So do we. Here is what you are saying when you leave a good review to a game you like:

The message is similar but in the other direction when reviewing/rating bad apps.

Also, when you review and rate a game, saying: "Really cool. Download now!" doesn't really tell me anything. You have 6000 characters to explain why the game is great or why it is not fun or unplayable. I'm not saying write an essay, just try and pinpoint what you liked. Players will be reading. The developers of the game even more so.

However, there is a right way of reviewing and a wrong way of reviewing.  So I took the time to write 5 "reviews" for each possible rating you can give:

This is the way I see the stars and you should not take this as the ultimate right way to rate. 

 A few more things to consider:

So please, review all that you play. Be it bad or good. Because you, all our players have a huge impact on whether our games get discovered. Thank you!

And since you spent so much time reading all the way here (or even if you took a shortcut via scroll) we have a fun present for you. Just click (no scam) and read the first 3 reviews.