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If it's an app that is supposed to be useful, it may very likely be worth $15 to you. A game that you enjoy for a few hours has already beaten a movie rental in
by loire280 16y ago
If it's an app that is supposed to be useful, it may very likely be worth $15 to you. A game that you enjoy for a few hours has already beaten a movie rental in value. Most users have, on average, gotten more than their money's worth on their app purchases.
- GFischer 16y agoI can get a ticket for a movie for U$ 4 in my country (Uruguay), yet there's no such price discrimination for games - it's the US retail price or the highway. Web/app pricing usually doesn't take into consideration the 3rd world (plus, the lack of availability of international credit cards or other easy purchase options, coupled with the attractiveness of piracy and low wages, makes selling stuff here a tricky proposition).
- heri0n 16y agoEven if you are from a 3rd world, if you can afford a smartphone worth several hundred dollars wouldn't you be able to afford a 99c app?
- GFischer 16y agoWow, I didn't realize Angry Birds is really 99 cents. I was thinking they cost U$ 15 or something (even Plants vs Zombies, which is U$ 19 on the PC and I was considering buying, is only 3 dollars for the iPhone). My father bought a Samsung Galaxy last week, and it's carrier subsidized so he pays 20 dollars/month for a year. My own Nokia N86 was also carrier subsidized at U$ 30/month for a year (and that included 300 minutes' worth of calls). Even the iPhone is carrier subsidized at about U$ 50/month for 2 years. In those cases, paying an extra U$ 15 would make a difference, but U$ 0.99.. you're absolutely right.