Disney Teams up with Tapulous of the iPhone
As if the world really needs more reason to be excited for the iPhone. Apple’s brand is so famous and marketable that they have managed to sell an otherwise tech-spec impressive handset based mostly on the brand name alone –and if anyone is willing to argue that a large percentage of the 1.7 million people who bought the handset actually care about the specs, then Google’s Android should have been selling almost just as good.
In any case, it seems that the geniuses behind the Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game are now going to be teamed up with folks from the most iconic animation studio in the world, Disney.
That’s right folks, the Disney has “acquired” Tapulous, the company that is probably the single most successful app developer for the Apple iTunes store –and by successful, we mean a developer with paid apps that get downloaded a lot. Thanks to the easy to learn game, intuitive controls and vast music library of the Tap Tap series, it is not a surprise that so many people play their games.
And now, Disney will be jumping into the mix. At this point, nobody knows what the folks at Disney Interactive Media are planning by getting into the iPhone app market –but it is one gaming platform they cannot afford to ignore. While it is hard to determine if Steve Job’s majority shareholdings in Disney have been influential in this move, it is an undeniably smart move for Disney to choose Tapulous.
According to recent reports, Tapulous was last working on a social networking game –if Disney joins in the development of this, they will not only be able to provide Tapulous with the resources, but also present a much larger market demographic. And Tap’s founders know this. In an interview, Tapulous co-founder Bart Decrem stated that he is excited to be working with Disney.
Tags: Apple, Apple-iPhone, apps, Disney, games, Google-Android, Steve-Jobs
