On: How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry

[eru]

> I recommended that we take the top X and refund their money.

> It would cost us nothing, all virtual bits anyway.

I see a contradiction here.

[sitkack → eru]

The system I worked on did 40M in revenue. We are talking about 10 people spending 5k a year (ish). So 0.5% of revenue for product that never even got activated? Refunding is the only correct response.

[eru → sitkack]

Thanks for the details. I wonder, what do you mean by "never even got activated"?

[sitkack → eru]

Yes we would have "lost money", if that is the contraction you are seeing. But it is money we shouldn't have rightly had in the first place.