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Top 20% of new users paying money on in-app purchases worth 90% of total spending
Read More »Google Play IAP revenues rocket 700%
Free-to-play games increase dominance of Android app store
Read More »Report: Google Play sees in-app purchase explosion
In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedlyhave seen a massive increase over the past year. Reporting from the Google I/O conference, Inside Mobile Apps states that internal purchases in marketplace downloads are up 700 per cent year-over-year. Google Play games business development head Bob Meese expounded on the figure, focusing …
Read More »Mobile game players spending more than ever, research claims
Average revenue from users in the US breaks through $12 for the first time, says Superdata
Read More »Dust 514 launches on PS3
CCP plans to support free-to-play FPS with new content and features 'for years to come'
Read More »Rift confronts the inevitable, goes free-to-play
Trion Worlds has confirmed plans to ditch subscription fees for MMO title Rift. The game, which was launched in early 2011, will become free-to-play as of June 12th and will not lock content away from non-paying players. Our free-to-play model is built on a simple idea: everyone can download, log …
Read More »Rift MMO going free-to-play
Trion Worlds' first game to ditch subscription-only model on June 12th
Read More »Less than a third of apps offer IAP warnings
Study of 400 games exposes inconsistent app store strategies over in-app purchases
Read More »Children spending £30m a month on unauthorised IAPs
28 per cent of parents unaware their children had spent their money without permission
Read More »Infographic: Moshi Monsters celebrates 5th birthday
Mind Candy shows off what its children's franchise has achieved with huge infographic
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