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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by coldtea on Saturday February 01, 2014 @12:24PM (#7162287)
>1) People seem to balk at paying >$5 for a mobile or tablet game. (With some notable exceptions.) 2) The $0.99 or $1.99 price point is not financially viable for most games.

This sounds like: I want to sell for $5 but customers won't buy my product at that price.

Well, in that case your product, however much your toiled and however much you spend to make it, is not viable?

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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by dominostars on Saturday February 01, 2014 @12:27PM (#7162312)
> Well, in that case your product, however much your toiled and however much you spend to make it, is not viable?

Exactly, it's not viable. Only IAP driven games are. That is the problem being discussed here.

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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by coldtea on Sunday February 02, 2014 @02:25AM (#7165223)
Sounds more like a fact than a problem.
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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by krisgee on Sunday February 02, 2014 @01:05PM (#7166790)
The problem is that everyone with opinions hates IAP even though they're ridiculously good at making money.
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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by pjc50 on Saturday February 01, 2014 @01:02PM (#7162508)
.. except is can be made viable by changing the charge structure; that's the whole point of IAP.

It defies simplistic supply-and-demand analysis because there is no longer just one price, but many; the customer has to make a constant series of decisions about the value of instant gratification. Some people hate this.

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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by ojii on Saturday February 01, 2014 @12:29PM (#7162326)
The problem with that logic, as much as I'd like to believe it, is that customers seem to be very happy to pay >5$ after "buying" the "free" game in IAP. And because "free"+IAP is the norm these days, customers scoff at expensive games. Why pay 5$ if you can get another one for "free"?

I'd much prefer the free demo + paid full version to be honest as I'd like to see if a game is worth it. If it is, I'm happy to pay a decent price. Then again, I might be a minority.

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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by jlees on Saturday February 01, 2014 @03:15PM (#7163197)
The marketplace isn't viable. Refunds aside, people aren't willing to spend that level of money on a mobile game when they don't know if it's going to be good or not (and many are not).
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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by philosophus on Saturday February 01, 2014 @02:46PM (#7163083)
SquareEnix sells some ported versions of older Final Fantasy for around $15, but I doubt many other companies could get away with that.
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