Macstories:
Apple has started promoting games that don’t have any In-App Purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently featured in the UK App Store and likely expanding to the U.S. store later today as part of the App Store’s weekly refresh, the section is called ‘Pay Once & Play’ and it showcases “great games” that don’t require users to pay for extra content through IAPs.
Great to see Apple promoting these games. Go out and buy one or two.
I think there’s a big difference between games that have the option of in-app purchases and games that are intentionally designed to be so difficult that spending money for skills, upgrades, resurrections, etc. is a requirement to progress.
I think Apple are being complete assholes by promoting great games right before Valentine’s Day.
Some games are free for chapter one, with in-app purchases for follow-up chapters. Similarly, some apps offer partial functionality for free and full functionality after an in-app purchase.
This is all very different from games that are free and offer — in worst-cases require — in-app purchases to buy funny money or upgrades or what have you.
The two are completely different.