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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by zeitg3ist on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @11:22AM (#9218502)
> I assuem this is for F2P games. How does iOS handle F2P cross-platform games? Can I buy assets on the Android version of a game and have them appear on the iOS version, or does that violate Apple's TOC?

Yes, you can. For example, Kindle books you buy on Amazon appear on the iOS app, and Hearthstone packs you buy on Battle.net appear on the iPad app. Apple takes a share of IAPs bought in iOS apps, but that doesn't mean it disallows content bought somewhere else.

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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by chaosphere2112 on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @11:32AM (#9218595)
Can you buy kindle books in the app on iOS? I thought Amazon didn't want Apple taking a bite out of their (already low) ebook profits?
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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by TranquilMarmot on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @11:51AM (#9218764)
You still buy the books through Amazon, and download them from Amazon. Technically they're not an IAP, since with "traditional" IAPs the app store/play store would keep track of what purchases a user has made; with Kindle, Amazon is keeping track of what you buy and they link it to your account so you can access it anywhere.
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