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Soundwave on 19 December 2016
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LurkerJ said:
Soundwave said:
I hate to say it but I think charging $10 for it was a bad idea. Mobile gamers are just too used to free games to ever go back.

It's doing well for what it is though and there's plenty of interest in the game. Also making it Apple-only for several months ... don't think that was a great idea unless Apple paid a lot of money for that.

Assuming the game flopped, the price can be reduced, ads can be introduced.

This is the first true experiment for Nintendo, and it won't be the last. I am sure they will toy with every business model possible on smartphones before they call it quits.

More here: http://fortune.com/2016/09/22/miyamoto-super-mario-run/

I think Apple turning the App store, into a Mario store was enough of an incentive for Nintendo. In addition, many games and apps come to iOS first, Nintendo isn't the only one to do that, and it's good business. Even some Google and Microsoft apps become available first on iOS

I didn't say flop, it will still likely be massively profitable for Nintendo, but it's appeal is limited becaue of the price. You're right in that I think they probably will re-tinker the game and make it free down the line some how.