In app purchases
 

So are there ANY games that don't employ this tactic that are any good?I don't even mind paying provided I'm not supposed to buy more stuff so I can keep playing the game..

Re: In app purchases
 

Is this android or iOS?

On android they actually have a section now for 100% free games.

Some of the games I play do offer in app purchases but it in most cases is entirely possible to play the game without making any purchases at all.

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Android and a good number of the free games still suggest that in app purchases are a regular part of the game.

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A lot of free games are in app purchases now. you can pay quite easily a couple of hundred pounds in a lot of them.

Jailbreak your iphone/ipad and it's free.

get Bejeweled. get addicted with it. sit down, keep quiet and don't bother anyone.

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Already have Bejeweled..done it to death..:(.Don't have an iPad or iPhone either.

My wife plays a lot of games on her android kit. She refuses to pay or play games that have in-app purchases this generally only leaves games full of advertising. There is a trade off where paying for is better than getting bombed by adverts. I don't play games anymore but if your device is rooted there are apps that will remove ad's from showing.
What type of games are you looking for?

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Thats exactly it, they suggest. You don't have to make said purchases.

I've played a fair few games and have never made any even though they are there. It may take longer to progress without them but its still not a requirement to do so.


I've never been forced to make a purchase to continue playing either.

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Well some games make it impossible to play any game for more than about 5 or 10 minutes..without purchasing gold or gems or whatever..fed up with those

anyway that's in the free games.It's games that you pay for and they suggest that there will be in app purchases that annoy.

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Its the game makers that think people only play mobile games for short bursts at a time which to an extent is correct.

So the buying things means you can play for longer. Where as if you play the 5-10 mins ie bus journeys and such then you can play without ever having to purchase gold/gems etc....

However I do think that games you actually purchase shouldn't have in app purchases. But they are popular and now even have made their way to games consoles. EA are probably worst for it. Paying up to £50 for a game but providing in app purchases to unlock things faster or extra characters is rife.

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Depends on the game and how you play it. Some make it difficult to get far in a game unless you are willing to either pay for the in game currency or wait a set amount of time (usually 24 hours).

Personally I don't have a problem with in app purchases, as long as they are done in a way that benefits the consumer, and done honestly.

What do I mean by done honestly? Well, the game should be upfront when an action is likely to cost you money, and it should show the prices in your currency, not some random in game currency. Games should not charge you 10 gems, donuts or any other random game based thing. They should be honest and say that this transaction will cost you £1 (or whatever it will cost).

Of course, they will never do that, because people are more likely to think twice about spending upwards of £60 on one item for a game (as it is possible on some of them). I think it would also help if the app stores (Apple and Google) or the companies concerned provided an easy to read view of which in-app purchases you have made for each game.

One area where I do actively object to in-app purchases. Full price games. I've *already* paid for the game, why am I expected to buy more to play it? I don't object to paying for an add on where that add on adds something substantial to a game (new levels, a new storyline etc), but I've seen full price games that charge extra for "gems" (as above) so you can complete tasks in less than 24 hours. That is wrong.

When I mention Full price games, I don't mean the ones that cost £5 or so on a mobile app store. I'm talking about full price console or PC games that cost £40 or £50.

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Not really sure if it's your sort of game, but if you like Pinball, then Pinball Arcade (https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oject&hl=en_GB) is a good game.

They licence and recreate actual pinball tables (from the 50s through to today) and release these tables for it monthly (and are just coming to the end of the third year, so there are a *lot* of tables already), and while you do have to buy a table to enable unlimited play, the only limit imposed on each table is a maximum score (IIRC, the game ends when you reach the lowest hi score).

In terms of prices, I don't know about Android, but previously on iOS, you could buy each table for £2.99 or a whole year of tables for £24. I say previously, because Apple stopped them offering the year's subscription.

This is a game that I enjoy and I feel makes good use of in-app purchases. They are honest about the cost, and you get something tangible, rather than some random currency you spend on something else.

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This topic was excellently covered by South Park a month back. In my case it's PCmasterrace so I've yet to make an in app purchase if I ever bother to touch a freemium game