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Except that it has to be priced at $.99-$1.99 for most people to do so...

• GFischer 14y ago
  Are you sure? From what I read, the big gap is between Free and Non-Free. After that, I think that some marketing could convince the vast majority to pay a lot more than 99 cents (I did, for Plants vs Zombies). I'd pay somewhere around U$ 5 per game myself :)
  • ry0ohki 14y ago
    Even so, that's a huge difference compared to the previous $50-60 people were paying for games. Sure they can cut out the publisher, printing, etc... now, but I expect they were still making at least $10 per game in the past.
  • rmc 14y ago
    $5? Games used to cost $50!! You'd only pay a tenth of what games used to cost.
    • GFischer 14y ago
      An equivalent game for PC (say a Telltale Games Sam & Max episode) costs U$ 9. The Sims 3 costs U$ 19. You're comparing the adventure games to the massively expensive FPS or RPG or other stuff with awesome graphics and all that :) . And, to be honest, I never paid U$ 50 for any game upfront (PC, console, boardgame, anything), and I believe 99.9% of the gaming population in my country (Uruguay) hasn't either :) . That's the realm of US and European teens that can afford them (well, their parents can). I did buy secondhand console games and other stuff :) , and I've paid far more for my M:TG collection, but on 4 to 10 dollar installments :) .
• evan_ 14y ago
  There are a ton of games at $9.99 and $19.99, generally only the simplest casual match-three style games are $0.99. Right now the #3 paid app is the $7 Minecraft, the second game on the list. A lot of the games on the top charts right now are free or $0.99 games with in-app purchases that bring the price higher, or games that were formerly in the $7-20 range but are lower because they've been out for awhile.