Inside the BlackBerry app store

Is it "profit sharing" or is it a "tax"?: "Creators will be able to choose from three suggested preset retail price points varying from 200 to 800 Microsoft Points to sell their creations and will receive up to 70 percent of the total revenue generated by their game."

(http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jul08/07-22GamefestPR.mspx)

Microsoft shouldn't follow this model. Apparently, 70% is the most developers will get, and even less if the title is prominently positioned on their App Store. But MS shills will call it "profit sharing" while they called Apple's model a "tax"! (Of course, it is truly profit sharing.)

The part of the model that will fail is the point system. Who thought of that? It's confusing to people, even if 100 points equal a dollar.; Posted by: rynning Posted on: 01/28/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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