Four million downloads makes Doodle Jump the best selling iPhone game ever
And an iPad version is on the way
As predicted by developer Igor Pusenjak at GDC 2010 in March, Doodle Jump has become the best selling game on Apple's App Store, hitting the four million download mark.
It's particularly impressive as there's only ever been a paid 99c version of the game available, so sales have been driven by word-of-mouth and cross promotion with The Doodler appearing in other titles.
Pusenjak also puts the recent acceleration of sales down to constant updates. The current version is 1.18.
"I like the model of doing a minimal release and then adding more content," he told PocketGamer.biz at GDC.
"It drives activity as people want to see what's new and it encourages them back to play the game."
Getting biggerIn addition, it's been announced an iPad version of the game will be released; something Pusenjak previously mused about.
"I want to hold the iPad in my hands and see how it works first. Then I can see if I'm inspired to expand the universe," he said.
And with RealArcade licensing the brand for Java and Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile, it probably won't be long before a press release detailing how Doodle Jump has hit the five million downloads across all platforms needs to be written.
