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  • Draw With Friends Reaches 20 Million Downloads in Five Weeks
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    Phillip Swanson
    Published on 03-13-2012 08:07 PM
    14 Comments Comments



    Draw Something lately? 20 million other people have.

    Draw Something, the popular free or $.99 (no ads, more words and bonus coins) social game has generated 20 million downloads in under six weeks. CEO of OMGPOP, Dan Porter, claims the app is generating six figures a day and that the company has made more money since they released Draw Something than they did all of last year.

    In case you haven’t played, been asked if you play, or watched someone play Draw Something, the premise is pretty simple. Users are given something to draw (choose between 3 suggestions), and the person they’re playing against must guess what it is they drew via a bank of letters. But, the fun comes watching how hilariously bad you or your opponent’s artistic skills are, which is amplified by the fact the game records your entire creative (or not so creative) process for your opponent to watch.

    OMGPOP does concede that not all of the 20 million downloads have transferred to active users, with the number of people actively playing game rounding out near 12 million. However, statistics like the 3,000 drawings a second generated by users on March 11, 2012 are still impressive.

    Now only if there was some way to connect a Wacom Intuos pad to your iDevice....

    Source: TUAW
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Draw With Friends Reaches 20 Million Downloads in Five Weeks started by Phillip Swanson View original post
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    Comments 14 Comments
    1. iLoveWindows&iPhone's Avatar
      iLoveWindows&iPhone - 03-13-2012, 08:15 PM
      I'm sure this game will be in one of Samsungs commercials...
    1. lillewis51's Avatar
      lillewis51 - 03-13-2012, 08:17 PM
      this game is awesome.. however like all the games like this it i am loosing interest quickly. with this one tho its mainly due to the small iphone screen making it hard to draw.
    1. ZeRo-cOoL's Avatar
      ZeRo-cOoL - 03-13-2012, 08:18 PM
      This is a really fun game. I enjoy drawing as much as guessing, also I love to watch the other person (should not be considered opponent as you two will get coins if he or you guess correctly) guess my drawings. I really recommend it, the paid version doesn't work as good as free version for me, I only get notifications with the free version so I have to have them both installed, the free version to see when it's my turn and the paid version to play. Other than that this game it's a 5star.
    1. 2k1's Avatar
      2k1 - 03-13-2012, 08:22 PM
      Cool game I like it. Need a chat or something other than that I love it
    1. JAMonsterEnergy's Avatar
      JAMonsterEnergy - 03-13-2012, 08:33 PM
      Title is wrong. Its not Draw with friends... Its Draw Something.
    1. santacruzlocal's Avatar
      santacruzlocal - 03-13-2012, 08:35 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by JAMonsterEnergy View Post
      Title is wrong. Its not Draw with friends... Its Draw Something.
      I was going to say the same thing!!!

      I like how the Title says Draw with Friends but the Article is right.
    1. EVO's Avatar
      EVO - 03-13-2012, 08:44 PM
      never played/downloaded it
    1. Turntablist83's Avatar
      Turntablist83 - 03-13-2012, 09:29 PM
      Just downloaded this it's cool , playing right now in fact
    1. celeron's Avatar
      celeron - 03-13-2012, 09:31 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by 6thDAY View Post
      never played/downloaded it
      Same here
    1. steve-z17's Avatar
      steve-z17 - 03-13-2012, 09:38 PM
      Draw Something, not Draw With Friends...lol. This game is pretty fun, however myself and a few friends had some account problems when we first got it. It said we had to enter a password even though we never created one, so most of us had to delete our account and start over again, which isn't as easy as it sounds. Also sometimes the game is behind giving you the wrong letters to guess a picture on. I thought all of that was pretty lame, those type's of bugs should be fixed before release cause they're pretty major. I'm also getting bored of it after a week or so like many other games I get from the App Store. It's a good idea though.
    1. Paco's Avatar
      Paco - 03-13-2012, 10:40 PM
      Correct me if im wrong but i wish we could create teams instead of 1vs1. Thts why i got bored easily and deleted it
    1. bigboyz's Avatar
      bigboyz - 03-14-2012, 06:41 AM
      I love this game! Now i need to get my friends to love it. Only playing one person at work haha!
    1. mofolo's Avatar
      mofolo - 03-14-2012, 07:12 AM
      6 Figures a Day?
      ... What.
    1. sziklassy's Avatar
      sziklassy - 03-14-2012, 10:39 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by iLoveWindows&iPhone View Post
      I'm sure this game will be in one of Samsungs commercials...
      Was this failed attempt at being funny?

      Quote Originally Posted by Pancho paco View Post
      Correct me if im wrong but i wish we could create teams instead of 1vs1. Thts why i got bored easily and deleted it
      You can;t be wrong... it's your opinion. As slow as the game moves, I would hate teams, myself.

      Quote Originally Posted by mofolo View Post
      6 Figures a Day?
      ... What.
      Ads... unless you purchase the game the adds are HORRIBLY intrusive. There is always a banner (something I can live with) and in between nearly every drawing there is an ad that takes up your whole screen that you have to click out of. I am sure they get plenty of miss-clicks per day, which is worth more to them than a simple impression. I know Angry Birds on Android makes ridiculous bank on ads too. Kind of sad... stupid mindless games make more money with less effort than full fledged console games which take years and years to create.
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