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Re:In-App Purchases Yield More Revenue Than Mobile Ads by benologist on Friday October 15, 2010 @05:07PM (#1796299)
Wow who'd have thought that microtransactions, a billion dollar segment of the gaming industry, are worth more than impression / click / action based advertising!

There's a reason Zynga's worth so much and it's not because people view an ad on the way to their precious farm.

Re:In-App Purchases Yield More Revenue Than Mobile Ads by gaylordzach on Friday October 15, 2010 @09:21PM (#1797012)
Real money for (mostly) virtual non-sense. It's a natural evolution from the ringtone business we've seen years ago. I am not surprised.