Re:402: Payment Required
by mahranch on Monday October 05, 2015 @03:16PM
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> $ billions have been transacted as micropayments in social games
Web content and gaming aren't remotely the same. Micropayments in gaming is almost akin to gambling for many games. Then there's the whole "pay to win" aspect, and "pay to play" aspect where you have points or stamina that gets eaten/spent as you play. When it reaches zero, you need to wait hours for it to recharge, or pay to recharge.
Web content is like buying a magazine in a store, or a newspaper from a gas station. It's nothing like mobile gaming.
Web content and gaming aren't remotely the same. Micropayments in gaming is almost akin to gambling for many games. Then there's the whole "pay to win" aspect, and "pay to play" aspect where you have points or stamina that gets eaten/spent as you play. When it reaches zero, you need to wait hours for it to recharge, or pay to recharge.
Web content is like buying a magazine in a store, or a newspaper from a gas station. It's nothing like mobile gaming.