Or Angry Birds. It only became a success after the devs got a publisher with contacts to Apple.
> "we went to Apple with Chillingo and said, 'We've got something here.'"
> On February 11, 2010, Apple agreed to feature Angry Birds on the front page of the UK App Store as game of the week. In preparation, Rovio made a YouTube trailer, only the second ever for an iPhone game, which has now had over 17 million views.
> "we went to Apple with Chillingo and said, 'We've got something here.'"
> On February 11, 2010, Apple agreed to feature Angry Birds on the front page of the UK App Store as game of the week. In preparation, Rovio made a YouTube trailer, only the second ever for an iPhone game, which has now had over 17 million views.
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/04/features/how...