How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday June 1, 2009 @03:40AM from the hang-me-upside-down-and-shake dept.

Spanner Spencer writes "Talk to iPhone games developers, and the feature they're most excited about in the new iPhone 3.0 software is the ability to do in-game micro-transactions. And while you might wonder if this is just an excuse to get iPhone gamers to dip into their wallets even more often, it's actually a hugely positive thing for several reasons. Downloadable content, virtual items, subscription billing and fast-track social advancement are some of them, so Pocket Gamer looks into a bit more depth about what you can expect on the micro-payments side once iPhone 3.0 debuts."

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Re:The more things change... by Mike+Buddha · 2009-06-01 06:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wow, that's good to know. Having cancelled my WoW account for months at a time when I do other things, I had no idea I was still paying for it. I thought I only paid the months that I wanted to play. Good to know.

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