Best Time/Day to release a game

[Jake]

I am about ready to update GL Golf to 1.3, and I need to know what is the best time to send a game to versiontracker and the other download sites. Has anyone here found that a certain time gets more downloads (for example friday at night as opposed to sunday at 3AM)?

[Josh]

I hear Monday and Tuesday are good, while the weekend is bad.

[Carlos Camacho]

Jake, how about looking at your log records, to see what time of day you are getting the most traffic? I would shoot more the middle of the week, to insure that your potential customers are not out doing the Saturday Night Fever, but in fact at work, goofying off. I would also try to maximize the release based on MacSurfer's post schedule (ie so it stays up as long as possible) Ask them for their schedule.

[Carlos Camacho]

Oops, forgot to say... Go to the sites of the major publishers. Study their press releases. Look at the release date. Tell us what the most popular day of the week is.

[Jake]

Thanks for the feedback! I will try releasing this version of GL Golf today and see what happens

[Max]

Tuesday morning is the best time. Mondays are cram full of week/weekend updates. The morning is good because most people surf at lunch break.