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Rumor: Apple planning premium game section of App Store
AppleInsider —
... Published: 10:00 AM EST Apple may planning to introduce a new section of the App Store dedicated to top-notch gaming titles in an effort to further solidify its multi-touch devices as the next big thing in handheld gaming. Citing unidentified sources, PocketGamer.biz says the new listing will cater to titles in the $20 range that meet a new set of stringent requirements for quality and value set forth by the 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 ...
New App Store section for premium games?
CNET News - Apple —
... The new section will supposedly cater to games that sell for about $20, according to the blog PocketGamer.biz, which first reported the rumor.... ...
Higher-priced Premium Game Section Coming to App Store?
TheAppleBlog —
... PocketGamer.biz is now reporting that the App Store will soon see the introduction of a special Premium Games Section, offering a range of titles at a price point of $19.99. The club will be an exclusive one, with membership only open to large developers, and not the indie folks who’ve brought most of the innovation to the App Store thus far. I’m really hoping the move doesn’t inhibit the great independent development that’s been going on so far, but I’d also like to see studios like SquareEnix go all out, instead of just sort of ...
Rumor: App Store Plus to offer premium content
Infinite Loop —
... With the App Store filling up so fast and furiously, there have long been rumors floating around regarding a more exclusive sales venue for high-end software sales. The latest rumor comes courtesy of Pocket Gamer, suggesting that Apple might invite developers like EA Mobile and Gameloft into an exclusive arena where they could sell games for $19.99 each. Of course, as is the norm with such rumors, Apple, EA Mobile, and Gameloft all refused to comment on the speculation. ...
The Macalope Weekly: What goes down must come up
Macworld —
... . And he can’t say he faults Putin for saying thanks, but no thanks, to that caliber of “help.” And remember when Dell was going to make its own “iPod killer”? Ha-ha! Ahhhh. Wait, how did Michael Dell get invited to Davos? Would you like to play a $20 game? Pocket Gamer (stop snickering, please) says Apple’s planning a high-end gaming section on the App Store, where big-time studios can sell their big-time games for big-time bucks. Well, maybe Apple is. But here’s your first wacky, totally unfounded Macalope-pulled-out-of-his-butt rumor (Apple rumors come from ...
The Macalope Weekly: What goes down must come up
MacUser —
... . And he can’t say he faults Putin for saying thanks, but no thanks, to that caliber of “help.” And remember when Dell was going to make its own “iPod killer”? Ha-ha! Ahhhh. Wait, how did Michael Dell get invited to Davos? Would you like to play a $20 game? Pocket Gamer (stop snickering, please) says Apple’s planning a high-end gaming section on the App Store, where big-time studios can sell their big-time games for big-time bucks. Well, maybe Apple is. But here’s your first wacky, totally unfounded Macalope-pulled-out-of-his-butt rumor (Apple rumors come from ...
Rumor: iPhone App Store Will Feature $20 Games Section
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... $20 games.
Typically games in the App Store cost no more than $10; many are even free. Though there's very little to substantiate PocketGamer's rumor, it's a highly valid one: Apple recently touted the iPhone as a serious gaming console, calling it "the future of gameplay."
The idea of more complex, premium games in the App Store corroborates with Wired.com's analysis that the next-generation iPhone will be beefed up for serious gaming.
Rumour: Apple planning $19.99 games section on App Store [PocketGamer.biz] ...
Weekly App Store Roundup: Jan. 31, 2009
TheAppleBlog —
... So why is this happening? It’s all a matter of perception: as Pocketgamer.biz note, Apple sees the touch and iPhone as serious contenders in the handheld game wars, up against the DS and PSP where games are upwards of twenty bucks each. This new section in the App Store means that there will be a special shelf in the store for the games from the larger global publishers. ...
Executive Class: Will App Store Host Premium Games At Premium Prices?
iSmashPhone —
... According to PocketGamer.biz, qualifying games would have to meet a new set of stringent requirements for quality and value, and would hover in the US$20.00 range. ...
Premium App Store en route for iPhone 3.0
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... are true (and previously from Pocketgamer). They say game developers, enterprise developers and other premium vendors will soon have a place to sell their wares free from all of the free and $.99 drivel that pollutes the regular app store. ...
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