How Much Will iPhone Games Cost?
A recent post on Kotaku raised concern, citing a quote from mobile developer LemonQuest’s CEO, Ignacio Cavero. Cavero told the website Pocketgamer that Apple will be selling iPhone games for 17-18 Euros, which comes out to around $25.
“We’re going to see a new generation of [mobile] games,” Cavero said. “Instead of being sold for 5 Euros in Europe, they’ll be closer to 10 or 12 Euros. Take a look at what Apple is preparing for iPhone. Their games will be sold in iTunes for 17-18 Euros.”
The way Cavero phrased this statement, it sounded to some like Apple is the one setting the price. But back in March, Apple announced that applications sold through iPhone 2.0 software, including games, will be priced by their developers. At the time, Apple said, “developers set the price for their applications–including free — and retain 70 percent of all sales revenues.”
Currently, games for the iPod are sold through iTunes and only cost $5 each. In some cases, this can be a great bargain, like in the fully featured edition of Popcap’s Peggle. With iPhone 2.0 software, iPhone games will appear on a third-party “App Store” that is likely to be similar to iTunes. We hope to have more information on iPhone’s upcoming games, including hands-on impressions, later this month.
Source: http://www.1up.com
