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Rumor: Apple planning premium game section of App Store
AppleInsider — ... iPhone maker. Oddly, however, the report claims that the initiative will be open only to a restricted number of commercial game publishers, shutting out the thousands of smaller developers responsible for helping the App Store thrive from the onset. Much of the App Store's success has been attributed not only to the advanced tools that simplify application development but also its open marketplace, which levels the playing field between the established publishers and upstarts. In an interview published this week, Apple vice president of iPhone and iPod product marketing ...

Executive Class: Will App Store Host Premium Games At Premium Prices?
iSmashPhone — ... However, Greg Joswiak, Apple vice president of iPhone and iPod product marketing, said in a recent interview that "What we'd like to do is show off the games - the 3D and the casual ones. Everyone from the big developers is excited -- the EAs, the Gamelofts, Hudsons and Segas -- but what's also cool is the small guys...You get the one or two-developer shops like the Pangeas, who are doing a great business, with anecdotal stories like paying off their home mortgages after a month or two of being in the store."  Joswiak also feels that a "sweet spot" of US$7.00 to US$14.00 is more ...