{"id":3275,"date":"2011-11-02T14:06:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2011-11-02T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T18:06:27","slug":"dear-apple-its-about-time-for-a-game-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/dear-apple-its-about-time-for-a-game-store\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 “Dear Apple, it\u2019s about time for a Game Store”"},"content":{"rendered":"

AppsFire<\/a>:<\/p>\n

ake a look at the top 25 free apps right now. Look carefully. Yes, most of them are games.<\/p>\n

In the screenshot below taken a couple of days ago 15 of the top 25 apps are games. 1 category for more than half of the hits. Take a lot at the Top 50, most of them are games also.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Me on Monday<\/a> (via my Tumblr account):<\/p>\n

29 out of the top 50 Apps for iPhone \/ iPad are games. I don\u2019t play games on my iOS devices. I have an Xbox for that. Will there even be a time where Apple shows us top 50 apps that are not games? I don\u2019t want to see games EVER when trying to find a new app. Lame.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I agree completely but I feel like my screen grab <\/a>was far better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AppsFire: ake a look at the top 25 free apps right now. Look carefully. Yes, most of them…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-QP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3605,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/my-thoughts-on-mlb-tvs-premium-2012-subscription-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":3275,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 My Thoughts on MLB.TV’s Premium 2012 Subscription Service","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One year ago, I decided to spend $119 and be a part of the growing number of baseball fans who subscribe to a service that provides thousands of games to your television and devices via the web with no commercial breaks and DVR capabilities. 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