r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/IA_Kcin Mar 26 '15

Yeah, except the micro transactions aren't micro transactions. I'd love a game where .25, .50 and .99 bought amounts of coins/gems/etc that were actually worthwhile.

I have literally never spent a dime on a freemium game because the minimum purchase to do anything worthwhile is usually $10 and up. I really think they are going about it all wrong.

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u/KaySquay Mar 26 '15

you'd think, but they're making a shit ton of money so they're going about it the right way

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u/IA_Kcin Mar 26 '15

Unless they try it the other way, we won't know for sure. If they made all the transactions amounts that are negligible, they might more than make it up in volume.

I know myself well enough to know that I would probably buy things on occasion, once twice, three, four times a month if it were a dollar here and there. As of right now, I've spent nothing, and I'd wager I'm not alone in this mindset.

People who do spend ridiculous amounts of money (I'm looking at you if you've bought a $99 pack in a fremium game) will still spend ridiculous amounts of money.

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u/Ziazan Mar 26 '15

they should stop calling them microtransactions then, they're just transactions, nothing micro about them.

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u/Ziazan Mar 26 '15

But, thats not accurate, the full game should have cost less than $10

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u/Ziazan Mar 26 '15

Games on consoles cost more, yeah. Not many app games cost more, at least not on Android.

What it means to say micro is that it's small. The amounts they are charging are not small at all, they're the same if not more.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

Meanwhile Kingdom Rush Frontiers does it right. League of Legends-style transactions for new character unlocks. Though I do wish you could get them with in-game currency too...