away168 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hi guys, I've been thinking to upgrade my system requirements to at least iPod Touch 5th gen (previously iPod Touch 4th gen), which is the minimum device that supports iOS 7. I am into the new features of iOS 7.1 for minimal-ui, also the fact that the devices used are iPod Touch 5th gen at a minimum, which allows me to push more performance on some of my games at a cost of lower market share. There's also a fact from my game testing about usability, if your game requires a lot of interaction from the bottom of the screen, most likely users (especially my mom ;D) will touch the browser buttons at the bottom, which is frustrating. The question lies on how big is market share of devices below iOS 7/7.1 right now? What do you think guys? Do you think it's worth it? anyone has data on iPod Touch 5th gen/iPhone 5/iPad mini market share among themselves?Anyone of you dropping iPod Touch 4th gen already? I am about to do it this year for my next game, as my next game requires more power. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrifle Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 iOS 7 distribution at 74%, iOS 6 at 22%got the info from this page: http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/12/05/apple-pegs-ios-7-distribution-at-74-ios-6-at-22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 from the official page : https://developer.apple.com/support/appstore/ it's 83% / 14 % in favor of ios 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalfluff Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 You have to take these numbers with a grain of salt. The iOS7 adoption rates are always based on the iOS7-capable devices. So of all iOS7 capable devices, it's 83%. The rest is still there of course and depending on what one does, should and must be taken into account. InvisionUser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
away168 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Thanks for the number guys. You have to take these numbers with a grain of salt. The iOS7 adoption rates are always based on the iOS7-capable devices. So of all iOS7 capable devices, it's 83%. The rest is still there of course and depending on what one does, should and must be taken into account. Yeah I think so too, the calculation is based on iOS7 capable devices. I don't know the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Apple says the numbers are based on appstore users, what did i miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
away168 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Apple says the numbers are based on appstore users, what did i miss? Ah that clears it. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I cross checked with an article in a tech iphone website saying they had 92% ios 7 visitors. the explanation is in the ever growing sales of new iphones/ipads outnumbering the remaining "old" hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
away168 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 I cross checked with an article in a tech iphone website saying they had 92% ios 7 visitors. the explanation is in the ever growing sales of new iphones/ipads outnumbering the remaining "old" hardware. One good reason to drop iOS 6 then. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 One good reason to drop iOS 6 then. What do you think? need to buy a new device! but since they sold 500 millions of ios devices, 8% is still quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
away168 Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 need to buy a new device! but since they sold 500 millions of ios devices, 8% is still quite a lot. Yeah. Can't make everyone happy, even though my mission to deliver across all media . It's quality vs quantity stuff and always been a dilemma. I guess I'll go on without iOS 6. Well some of my games may be allowed to run in iPod Touch 4th gen of course, if the game is playable to 30 fps. But if the game is restrictively 60 fps, then iPod Touch 5th gen here I come! Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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