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Microsoft Not Planning on Xbox Cloud Gaming App for iOS Because There's 'Not Room' for Monetization
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that gives you the right to make apps. which didn't change by the way. You can make your own apps for yourself for that $99 fee. Selling it to the masses, that's a different story.
Everyone wants a Porsche on a Ford Focus budget. The loudest complaints come from those wanting more for less, all while completely ignoring all the "extra" (that stuff we all love that makes Apple different and feel great) that goes into each product outside the basic cost of the item itself. Just a lot of voices. "I'm angry that high end model of X is so expensive. I want to pay less for all bells, whistles, service, extras, fluff.. and by the way I LOVE the commercials, decals, packaging, service, safety, innovation.. but can I pay less?"
But it's not a Microsoft portable console... so they don't make money off of your iPad except the subscription that you already pay. So this is more about Microsoft not making money off of your iPad specifically.
They charge developers for the tools and support. Allowing them to publish an app on the store. They pay the 30/15% cut when they make money off the store. Just like any vendor would in any store anywhere. So you want Apple to charge more than $100 a year? How about they up it to $50k. Even if you produce only fee apps?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED...that Microsoft turned out to be lying about cloud gaming and app stores. They whined/moaned about using a browser based solution on iOS and then it turns out that's what they prefer for $$ anyway.
I'd be less annoyed by it if they used a companies income as the limit, instead of the number of installs. The way it's set up now it will cause massive harm if a free app goes viral.
They don't want to give Apple further money vs making more money off of it, there's a difference.
MS only collect a fee where third parties choose to sell through the MS online store, they get no sales-related revenue outside of that.
Microsoft is admitting that using the browser is fine for their customers AND they make more money.
Imagine Wikipedia, a non-profit, being charged extra here.
This CTF is absolutely bonkers.
The company already paid their developer's fee.
Beyond that, access to the platform is required for free.
That stuff we don't all love or else there wouldn't be a discussion about it.
This is about MS having to pay extra with the CTF.
You are admitting that you didn't understand the issue.
You said put your money where your mouth is, like an extremist capitalist view on things.
If people would do everything according to twhat their wallets (or debts) allow them to buy, the world would ba an even crazier place.
It's regulators which protect us from ourselves.
Wouldn't having an app on an iPad mean there would be people signing up who weren't already subscribers? Yes, it would cost Microsoft money to develop an app, but Microsoft could just make it free and not pay Apple anything. All subscriptions would be done outside the app.
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Er, no. They want to charge users who aren't using the app store too.
Imagine you could take your Ford to a dealership for a free oil change.
Then Ford puts in place new rules: They will charge mechanics every time someone brings a Ford to their shop for an oil change. And in addition, they will no longer offer free oil changes at Ford dealerships.
That's essentially Apple's take here.
This is a bummer. However, I have plenty of other ways to access to Game Pass on the go- including in the browser on iOD devices.
Absolutely. It's either that or offer the app under "old" app store rules and pay 30% App stores in the first year and 15% fee thereafter, considering that Game Pass is a subscription. The latter option will end up costing much more than the former. I'm not on MS' side on this one. It's very hypocritical for them, considering that Xbox, which is also a walled-garden like iOS, has equally draconian rules like iOS.
Xbox is a gaming device, like GameBoy. Both are incomparable to a mobile OS.
The big (in fact, fundamental) difference is that developers have the option to sell through the MS Store (for which MS will take a cut), but they can also choose to sell through online retailers like Amazon (for which Amazon will take a cut), or through a bricks-and-mortar store (who will take a cut) and so on. Microsoft only get a cut from third party titles sold through their [optional] store, they get nothing from sales through non-MS channels.
So that's where your competition is, and the fact that I can see a variety of prices for the same game across multiple retailers is good evidence that it's effective competition.
John Gruber makes the perfect poetic point on this. This guy is the CEO over XBox and XBox is a more closed system than iOS is on mobile. Why doesn’t XBox work like Windows with a zero-royalty for developers?