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I think P2W has ruined IAP for most people. I highly like IAP when it's stuff like paying for chapters of a game that you then own permanently and pay for when
by TimPC 10y ago
I think P2W has ruined IAP for most people. I highly like IAP when it's stuff like paying for chapters of a game that you then own permanently and pay for when you want. Admittedly that's a less exciting business model, but I'm a lot happier paying $5 for a chapter of a game 4 times with the possiblity of new content in the future than $15.00 up front without having played the game.
What sucks is the IAP are business models where you pay to win, have a limited ability to play the game on any day, and the advantage from paid goes away if you don't play on any day. Those models basically create crappy but addictive games that are essentially legalized lottery systems for minors without the cash winnings.
- jonnathanson 10y agoAgreed. IAP for additional content is totally cool. Hell, even IAP for things like rare items or what have you are fine with me. We're just starting to toe a line at that point, but we haven't crossed it yet. We cross that line when we bury basic game functionality behind an IAP paywall: paying for "gems" to keep playing, or paying for items necessary to beat certain stages. Now we're in P2W Land, and the clouds above our heads are choked with grime and soot. IAP done in a player-friendly way won't earn you P2W-level megabucks. But it'll do slightly better for you than a pure pay-once model will.
- folli 10y agoSorry for the (probably) stupid question: what's IAP? I can't grasp it from the context.
- Nullabillity 10y ago> Hell, even IAP for things like rare items or what have you are fine with me. Unless those items are purely cosmetic, that's pretty much the definition of P2W.
- r00fus 10y agoAgreed, if I see the equivalent of "coins" or "gems" or other point mechanism displayed in a ladder pricing in a game, despite all the hype that may be going for it, I lose complete interest. It's a huge pain in the ass to dig through games, find ones that are IAP but not P2W (e.g. Ascension, Carcassonne, etc) and enjoy/support them, but that's how I use the app store.