Dollar Apps Killing Traditional Gaming?

donniebaseball23 writes "There can be no denying that the rise of smartphones and tablets has had a major impact on the gaming business. The prevalence of free and 99-cent apps has changed consumers' perception of value. Mike Capps, president of Gears of War developer Epic Games, said, 'If there's anything that's killing us [in the traditional games business] it's dollar apps. How do you sell someone a $60 game that's really worth it? They're used to 99 cents. As I said, it's an uncertain time in the industry. But it's an exciting time for whoever picks the right path and wins.'"

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[ThirdPrize]

I have written a iOS game called MatchuM. Its a Mah Jong solitaire game without all the "oriental baggage" you get in those games. It is on the app store but hardly anyone knows its there. It doesn't matter how good your game is, once it has fallen off the "new releases" screen in iTunes then what do you do? How do you let people know its there? The "freeappaday" people want £2.5K to advertise it, but thats probably more then I have spent on hardware in the last 20 years, so thats a no go.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/matchum/id379622306