How Micro-Transactions Will Shake Up iPhone

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."

Comments

Re:Looks like attack of the shill

[PeeShootr]

I thought that Apple rejected that app??!!

Re:Positive?

[Tokerat]

I guess this goes back to the initial arguments against microtransations on pc/console games: "If you can be arsed to make the model and skin it, why are you withholding it from my "Full Game" which I purchased?"

Because it took time and effort which you haven't paid for yet.

"If you can be arsed to design the RAM and manufacture it, why are you withholding it from my 'Motherboard' which I purchased?"