I think you'll get far more complaints by selling a time locked demo than by selling short-interest products.
There is also the issue of how are you going to know when the purchase was made and be 100% confident when 24 hours is up? Al. madcoder wrote: > I'm all for having a trial version of software! I think it's great to > try a demo first, to see what your paying for. I agree that this is a > much needed feature on the iPhone app store. > > On the other hand, think about a high-quality game you might buy for > an Xbox or PC. It may well have a solid 20-30 hours of game play > until the game is beaten. The game costs about $50-60 USD. What if > you could play it, beat it, then return it within 48 hours? TONS of > Xbox games would be returned! > > Now imagine a mobile phone developer, who can maybe make a game that > has about 4-6 hours of content, maybe even 8 hours. It's hard to make > more content than that, especially when the game sells for $1-10 > dollars. I think many people will return a game when they've beaten/ > finished it. > > Certain games, like repetitive games or puzzle games (like Sudoku) > will have 'replay' value already, but what about RPG's and level-based > games? > > I am seriously thinking of making my app a 'demo' until 24 hours after > purchase, then unlock it completely. Does this sound fair? > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
