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"in-app purchases" no surprise here
by catshirt 12y ago
"in-app purchases"
no surprise here
- tomjen3 12y agoI have some experience with game development and that is essentially the only way you can make money on the app store these days. If you charge more than the minimum (which may currently be zero) you will have no chance of getting into the top 10, so no way to make your money back. With in app purchases you can also make a lot more money from your whales, rather than charging everybody 10 usd - it doesn't quite solve the consumer surplus demand curve issue, but it does help. And the gaming industry is such a bad bet financially (I am pretty sure the industry overall loses money) that you have to make as much as you can.