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The Meatly Sums Up App Store Pricing Problems Perfectly

The App Store has been around for 6 years now, and it didn’t take very long for developers to enter a “race to the bottom” when it came to pricing. It’s a real problem, and it means that great paid …

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The App Store has been around for 6 years now, and it didn’t take very long for developers to enter a “race to the bottom” when it came to pricing. It’s a real problem, and it means that great paid games often go unnoticed, or when they do succeed, they’re undercut by clones with a $0 price tag.

The Meatly, a fantastic web-comic that touches on the world of gaming (and game devlopment) hit on this very subject today. Something tells me it’s going to resonate with developers.

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Be sure to follow The Meatly at themeatly.com.

[h/t @closetgeekshow]

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