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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by munificent on Saturday February 01, 2014 @02:28PM (#7162992)
> 1) People seem to balk at paying >$5 for a mobile or tablet game. (With some notable exceptions.)

The dotcom bubble of the 90's taught people to expect everything they do on a computer to be free. We're still digging ourselves out of the very deep psychological hole that VCs of that time dug.

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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by judk on Saturday February 01, 2014 @03:04PM (#7163147)
Not the VCs. The natural scaling costs mean that marginal cost is cheaper than the hassle of billing. The trick is how to cover the overhead.
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Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry by im3w1l on Saturday February 01, 2014 @03:50PM (#7163340)
Spotify for games
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