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[POLL] How Many Apps Have You Purchased on Your Android Device?

I'm an app junkie. Free apps, paid apps, it doesn't matter. I love apps. I love useful apps, fun apps, games and books. I've downloaded and installed thousands upon thousands of apps starting from my G1 through my MT3G, Nexus One and now MT4G and many others in between. I've also purchased a whole lot of apps. Some simply to supports devs who are bettering the community. Others because I need them for daily use. I've purchased a ridiculous number of games and apps to amuse myself and my kids. So how many apps have you purchased? Do you prefer to use free apps? Vote above an leave a comment with your number.

AndroidAppCritic said:
I'm an app junkie. Free apps, paid apps, it doesn't matter. I love apps. I love useful apps, fun apps, games and books. I've downloaded and installed thousands upon thousands of apps starting from my G1 through my MT3G, Nexus One and now MT4G and many others in between. I've also purchased a whole lot of apps. Some simply to supports devs who are bettering the community. Others because I need them for daily use. I've purchased a ridiculous number of games and apps to amuse myself and my kids. So how many apps have you purchased? Do you prefer to use free apps? Vote above an leave a comment with your number.
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Same here...love apps and I do what I can to support the devs. Going into the Market is like my birthday, every day.

If I like an app payed or not doesn't matter. But I usually try the free version first.

Always like to contribute to good apps and one i THINK i will use.

I don't really purchase apps, mostly all my apps are free.

I enjoy apps. I prefer the very useful ones like UltimateJuice (must have)... Root Explorer, Titanium Backup and ROM Manager (if it worked on my Epic, so they say)

I also love trying out different apps. Since Christmas I've bought crap for almost $200. If I like an app I'll always try to support the developer by buying the paid version.
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I'm strict on apps, I only have like 15.
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I can hold tons of apps on a 4GB SD Card.

I have probably spent 1000 bux or more on apps and use maybe 1/4 of them I need to slow down think maybe I have an adiction lol
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I'm definitely for buying apps just to support the developers and to make developing for android a nice option for would-be developers.
Not that many apps purchased but I'm hitting the 40 range. Will still pay for more especially the tegra games once I get my hands on the Xoom wifi.
Seriously I don't get why people don't spend a little more on apps. An app costs like a cup of coffee. Every app you pay for, just cut back on a cuppa.
Of course I only spend on stuff I really use, at least for a couple of weeks.

ruffneckZeVo said:
I have probably spent 1000 bux or more on apps and use maybe 1/4 of them I need to slow down think maybe I have an adiction lol
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Holy moly that's alot of apps!
Me on the other hand, I have about 100 apps of which about a dozen are purchased, not because I'm a sting or anything but why should I pay for them when I can get someone else to pay for them (tapping on ads in the app)
Just out of interest though, when I do click on an ad, how much goes to the dev on average?
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I am not buying any apps, because market accepts creditcard only. Bad luck for developers.
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Just counted via my apps list in the market and I got all the way up to 31. This also includes live wallpapers (I think I paid for 3 or 4 even though I never use them for more than a day at a time) and a handful of widgets. Way more than I thought though. Those are just the paid apps, not free.

The Android Market is growing every they with wonderful apps to choose from.

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Interesting poll. Also, disappointing results - i cant believe 30% have only purchased 1-3 apps. As a development studio it saddens us that people with ultra-expensive smartphones are too miserly to spend a few bucks on really cool apps with interesting functionality.

Why don't you add the option 'None', because I'm so sure there are a lot of people who want a different payment method than creditcard.

6 - but this is mainly caused by the fact that I still use old G1 phone. I don't need most of paid utilities - free ones are enough. But I think I would buy a LOT of games if they would work on my device :-D
Also I like to pay for someone's work even if I don't have to. For example Star Traders RPG Elite gives you very little more than free version, but I have bought it to support its author

I paid for so many I can't remember >.<

Why are apps like fpse bios are allowed to stay in the android market?

I just had to say this. I came across an app in the market called fpse bios witch is the file you need in order to run playstation emulators bassicly the developer charges people a dollar for the app and all it does is search the internet for a download link to the bios file. witch is something even the average Joe can do. And if that isn't inferiating enough the developer makes you rate the app before you can even use it. Also I want to point out that bios files arnt even technically legal to have unless you already own a playstation. I'm sorry but this kind of stuff really grinds my ears because the developer is ripping people off and not refunding there money or responding to emails. Sorry for the ranting and raving but what do y'all think of this should apps like these be allowed to stay in the market?.
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That sucks, but you can rate the app again anytime.

It's the same with people on Ebay selling instructions on how to do something which can easily be found for free through google.

Release a free app that does the same thing. Do humanity a favor.
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TheMavic said:
Release a free app that does the same thing. Do humanity a favor.
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This wins
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Emulators and battery life

So far, I've tried the tiger emulators, and a couple of the oid ones.
Anyone know of some that are efficient and thus great for battery life? Any that support cheat codes? Tiger tried adding cheats but they didn't work, and his apps were pulled from the market.
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I just played Zelda for 5 - 6 hours on N64oid and battery is down to 15%.

Which version are you using? Zelda won't run properly for me, and I sure as hell don't get that kinda battery life playing Mario
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Orcania of Time.
Are you the guy who is still on 2.3.2?

subcu1ture said:
I just played Zelda for 5 - 6 hours on N64oid and battery is down to 15%.
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We all have to cope with this. Emulators require 10 times the processing power of the host. Which in this case is the n64.
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subcu1ture said:
Orcania of Time.
Are you the guy who is still on 2.3.2?
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I meant which version of n64oid lol
I just updated to the latest and suddenly everything runs perfectly.
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captain67 said:
I meant which version of n64oid lol
I just updated to the latest and suddenly everything runs perfectly.
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obviously most people will be using n64oid version 2.2.3 the latest version. Unless they pirated it

AndroHero said:
obviously most people will be using n64oid version 2.2.3 the latest version. Unless they pirated it
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Or you keep deleting the slideme.org app
2.2.3 is the version i am using.
But i was meaning are you still on 2.3.2 gingerbread?

subcu1ture said:
I just played Zelda for 5 - 6 hours on N64oid and battery is down to 15%.
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Wow.. Thats grand!
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AndroHero said:
obviously most people will be using n64oid version 2.2.3 the latest version. Unless they pirated it
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You mean pirated from a guy who stole open source software and is reselling it?
It is free software, and there is nothing wrong with going around paying for this particular piece of software.

Free open source software, in the FSF sense of the term, includes reselling it among its freedoms. What license does Mupen 64 have?

It's just my personal belief that open source stays free throughout anyone trying to do anything different with it. It's the only thing I will take without paying, and not feel guilty for.

NeoandGeo said:
It's just my personal belief that open source stays free throughout anyone trying to do anything different with it. It's the only thing I will take without paying, and not feel guilty for.
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End of the day yongzh spent time and effort porting the emulator, and he continues to spend his time and effort to improve the emulator.
Imo this constitutes a job. And in a civil society where people have morals. People get paid for there hard work. Your morals might be diffrent though
How would you feel if your boss said. Dya know what, I've decided i'm not paying you for the last weeks work?

That is a little different, and I have learned to stay away from analogies as they can all be picked apart no matter how much one invests in believing it is the be all end all.
I will only see fit to pay for his work if he creates a project himself, and not take another free project tweak it and charge for it. I believe that Google made the right decision on not allowing him to charge for a free open source project, and that allows me to use the "free" work with a clear conscience.

NeoandGeo said:
That is a little different, and I have learned to stay away from analogies as they can all be picked apart no matter how much one invests in believing it is the be all end all.
I will only see fit to pay for his work if he creates a project himself, and not take another free project tweak it and charge for it. I believe that Google made the right decision on not allowing him to charge for a free open source project, and that allows me to use the "free" work with a clear conscience.
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Yet google allow people to sell real64 on the market. There application is clearly stolen off yongzh.
Ooh i just checked I think my email to google got real64 kicked off the market
Either way compare the two
http://www.appbrain.com/app/real64-(n64-emulator)/com.advcaveman.real64
http://slideme.org/application/n64oid

The Real64 app was worse than what Yonghz did. But both of these are in the wrong. N64oid should not be paid for at all unless we get something in writing from the original Mupen64 team signing off on him charging for the emulator.
Until then, we should all treat it as fair game.

This thread is gonna end up getting locked like the last one at this rate.
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NeoandGeo said:
The Real64 app was worse than what Yonghz did. But both of these are in the wrong. N64oid should not be paid for at all unless we get something in writing from the original Mupen64 team signing off on him charging for the emulator.
Until then, we should all treat it as fair game.
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Mupen64 is licensed under v2 of the GPL, which allows the sale of software licensed under it.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLRequireAvailabilityToPublic
He's allowed to sell it. He just needs to make the source available in some way if he made any direct changes to it. Simply creating an Android wrapper that makes calls to the software in question wouldn't violate that. Even offering the source only by snail mail is enough to satisfy the GPL.
If you were right, commercial Linux distributions wouldn't be able to sell retail copies of their distros - and they do and have for years with no complaint from anyone.
So yeah... /thread.

So it is alright if it is obtained by not buying it. Which we should all do, instead of encouraging people to throw their money away at this developer.

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So it is alright if it is obtained by not buying it. Which we should all do, instead of encouraging people to throw their money away at this developer.
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No, what don't you understand?? Your not allowed to steal it, and Yonghz is allowed to sell it. The reason Yonghz and his emulators were kicked off the market, was that he didnt make the source code available on request, as per the GPL rules.

Gameloft Xperia play liars

I just bought Modern Combat 3 through the android.com website
because my Xperia play is not being allowed to buy it for some unknown reason.
Anyways. I bought it online thinking I could download it on the phone once it was purchased and to my DISMAY. It's still not showing up.
Furthermore when I try to install through the website on my phones browser it says "incompatibe device" and it's showing up as greyed out.
Also when I try to open it on my market via the website . It loads the app for a split second then pops up and error message saying
"That app does not exist"
I SAW IT LOAD UP! They are lying!
I have a rooted R800X. Verizon firmware 2.3.3
So I'm trying to find out why other users of this forum are allowed to buy and play it on their Xperia but they are black listing me saying its "incompatible"
Oh P.S alot of their other games aren't showing up in the market either
It's almost like they are trying to keep us from buying the games on the 99 cent sale day.

not all games are available in every area and gameloft often takes there games off the market so its an old dead link thats 'loading up' you will have to google it and find a "modified" version that someone has uploaded

Some games from Gameloft require 2.3.4 & higher even though they don't say that on the Market or their site...

Can't get the game here either. Called gameloft and they said the games compatible on my r800x and the problem is on the android market side and they have nothing to do with 3rd parties that sell there games. Oh and the wapshop the game is still 4.99. The promotion is only for the android market. I live in Los Angeles and can't get the discount bull****!
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CapNM77 said:
Can't get the game here either. Called gameloft and they said the games compatible on my r800x and the problem is on the android market side and they have nothing to do with 3rd parties that sell there games. Oh and the wapshop the game is still 4.99. The promotion is only for the android market. I live in Los Angeles and can't get the discount bull****!
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I bought the game and i cant get a refund
Its not showing up on my market ( ON THE XPERIA)
It wont download on my droid X even tho it shows that I purchased it and Its showing up in that market
I'm getting really mad
People are complaining on facebook to. Seems like this is just a scam or something
I want my money back or a freaking APK to install
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Some games from Gameloft require 2.3.4 & higher even though they don't say that on the Market or their site...
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Not true
It's showing up on my Droid X running 2.2.1 Custom ROM
not showing up on the Xperia with 2.3.3
Something is wacky here.
Seems like a scam to me. Also they said they would tell us when it went on sale on Facebook. they never posted it on the wall tho.
Their is nothing on their wall about it
I'm going to check their twitter account now

I just called them. The guy on the phone wanted my phone number and my carrier . Verizon
I told him the info.
He didn't even ask for my Google Receipt number.
He told me to hold. I was on hold for 2 minutes
He gets back on the phone and says they will send me a text message with a link for the APK file. Said it would take a few minutes
This was 20 minutes ago
I'm going to call back and try to get them to give me a straight answer
He didn't tell me why its not showing up on my market

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I just called them. The guy on the phone wanted my phone number and my carrier . Verizon
I told him the info.
He didn't even ask for my Google Receipt number.
He told me to hold. I was on hold for 2 minutes
He gets back on the phone and says they will send me a text message with a link for the APK file. Said it would take a few minutes
This was 20 minutes ago
I'm going to call back and try to get them to give me a straight answer
He didn't tell me why its not showing up on my market
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How on earth can you say gameloft are liars, you checked the market and the game said it was not compatible, buying it off the web market wont make it magically compatible with your device. If you were then stupid enough to buy it even after the market told you your device was not compaible it's your own fault.
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I had an issue with MC2 and emailed them about it. They replied with an apology, server issues, and asked if I would like a free game I asked for MC3 and got it. Runs great and the xperia controls a really really good.
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I just called them back. Had to be on hold for over 20 minutes this time
I asked to email me the game and the guy finally sent it VIA an email
Will post a reply if its working.
Haven't tested it yet

AndroHero said:
How on earth can you say gameloft are liars, you checked the market and the game said it was not compatible, buying it off the web market wont make it magically compatible with your device. If you were then stupid enough to buy it even after the market told you your device was not compaible it's your own fault.
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It wasnt on the market
maybe you should read it again.
and its saying not compatible on the website not the market
P.S the game is compatible with my device so explain how they aren't lying?
They finally budged and sent me the game after 2 phone calls
and it seems to be working fine
So actually they are cheats. by not telling people on the facebook page that the game is on sale
also cheats by not letting verizon users see the games in the market
also liars by saying its "not compatible" when i am playing the game right now

Hogwarts said:
It wasnt on the market
maybe you should read it again.
and its saying not compatible on the website not the market
P.S the game is compatible with my device so explain how they aren't lying?
They finally budged and sent me the game after 2 phone calls
and it seems to be working fine
So actually they are cheats. by not telling people on the facebook page that the game is on sale
also cheats by not letting verizon users see the games in the market
also liars by saying its "not compatible" when i am playing the game right now
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There is a different version of the game for the xperia play. Gameloft has always done this. The website version of the android market said it wasn't compatible because of this. Any game from gameloft on the xperia play should be purchased from gameloft themselves (just go to gameloft.com on your phone). 10 minutes of research on these forums could have told you that before you tried purchasing it and then throwing a fit about it.

We are talking America r800x. We are the super power and no MC3 weak.
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CapNM77 said:
We are talking America r800x. We are the super power and no MC3 weak.
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Superpower Your only super when we are there to look after you lol
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AndroHero said:
Superpower Your only super when we are there to look after you lol
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We are the SUPER AMERICA.
proof of that. I call the Gameloft and tell those rip offs who is right.
They send me the game i paid for. Done and done.
double done.
I can call google and complain to and they will send me the game
because they know of Gamelofts scam tactics. thats why gameloft trys to keep off the android market because of how they try to use DRM to scam people
making it a royal pain in the azz when you put ROM's on phone. you have to "request" all your apks to be given back to you.
what a load of BULL CRAP! - Screw that.
I'm getting the sales i deserve. I pray that all americans call game loft and push 1-1-0 that will get you connected to customer support
then voice your opinion about not being able to buy the 99 cent game
let them know that us americans need to have the deal just like everyone else
this is not good. not good at all.

Androhero, sometimes I respect what you do on these forums, and other times i find you to be an offensive narrow-minded jerk.
Gameloft is clearly trying to play both sides of the fence with android, and has been since the beginning, they don't like the amount of pro-consumer defences in place on the market. I'm not sure i understand how you can defend them as zealously as you have.
I bought modern combat 3 for 0.99c on the market despite it not being compatible with my handset, and heres why:
a. I have the moral high-ground when it comes to sideloading the app from various sources.
b. It's cheaper lol.
c. I have the advantage of having an sgs, I can have it sent to my sgs via the web market and then simply sideload it to my play, no dodgy websites involved.
I can understand, but don't completely agree with limiting markets by territory, i believe that in many cases Gameloft purposely allows and disallows various apps not for technical issues, but that in their eyes it makes more business sense for them to do so, even though its the end users that suffer for it.
I operate in this way and don't expect to have Gameloft help me at all, I know im bending the rules, and i'm ok with that, as i dont believe anyone could really call my actions dishonest or sneaky.
How do you feel knowing that Gameloft segregates us from the rest of the android market, likely because we are more willing to pay full price for games and they are taking advantage of that, its certainly not because of all the extra effort they put into xplay compatible controls .........LOL!!!.........
anyways enough of that, i don't really actually expect to play this game, but i do like specials.

Mael5trom said:
Androhero, sometimes I respect what you do on these forums, and other times i find you to be an offensive narrow-minded jerk.
Gameloft is clearly trying to play both sides of the fence with android, and has been since the beginning, they don't like the amount of pro-consumer defences in place on the market. I'm not sure i understand how you can defend them as zealously as you have.
I bought modern combat 3 for 0.99c on the market despite it not being compatible with my handset, and heres why:
a. I have the moral high-ground when it comes to sideloading the app from various sources.
b. It's cheaper lol.
c. I have the advantage of having an sgs, I can have it sent to my sgs via the web market and then simply sideload it to my play, no dodgy websites involved.
I can understand, but don't completely agree with limiting markets by territory, i believe that in many cases Gameloft purposely allows and disallows various apps not for technical issues, but that in their eyes it makes more business sense for them to do so, even though its the end users that suffer for it.
I operate in this way and don't expect to have Gameloft help me at all, I know im bending the rules, and i'm ok with that, as i dont believe anyone could really call my actions dishonest or sneaky.
How do you feel knowing that Gameloft segregates us from the rest of the android market, likely because we are more willing to pay full price for games and they are taking advantage of that, its certainly not because of all the extra effort they put into xplay compatible controls .........LOL!!!.........
anyways enough of that, i don't really actually expect to play this game, but i do like specials.
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Maelstrom, dude i know where your comming from, but you need to understand gameloft do not directly sell there games on android market, infact they sell the games to google and google sell them on the market, it's then up to google to decide what devices are compatible and not, i'm sure amazon played a big part in MC3 not being availible for the R800x, but bottom line it's nothing to do with gameloft, he should be calling google names, gameloft even went out of there way to provide him with a free .apk even though they were not legally required
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Maelstrom, dude i know where your comming from, but you need to understand gameloft do not directly sell there games on android market, infact they sell the games to google and google sell them on the market, it's then up to google to decide what devices are compatible and not, i'm sure amazon played a big part in MC3 not being availible for the R800x, but bottom line it's nothing to do with gameloft, he should be calling google names, gameloft even went out of there way to provide him with a free .apk even though they were not legally required
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AndroHero I respect you and what you do on these forums but I have to say this
I've been researching and I found that Verizon and the R800X have been denied games before this MC3 thing.
And I believe after researching it's part of Verizon with their Vcast Malware.
YES I'm calling it Malware. I believe it actually is blocking us from getting specific games on our devices by means of hardware lockout. I believe this is why the google market will not show it to us at all.
I think gameloft was aware of this so that is why they are sending the games directly.
Did you also know if you buy the gameloft games through the VCAST store. Once you switch carriers the games will no longer play anymore
Yup thats right. Because without a "DRM network check" Verizon has their apps setup to always force close with an error.
So even if you pay full price for all the gameloft games from the Verizon Apps store (The only place you can get some of them)
You are getting your money stolen basically and being forced to say with Verizon
So maybe I was wrong to call Gameloft liars. Maybe it's not their fault. I dont know but I do know that this isn't fair to us Xperia Play owners. We are being excluded every day and it's REAL CRAP!

I totally agree, and verizon sucks, why do guys even get verizon phones? If you all went to AT&T or T-mobile ect. Verizon would soon change there ways
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AndroHero said:
I totally agree, and verizon sucks, why do guys even get verizon phones? If you all went to AT&T or T-mobile ect. Verizon would soon change there ways
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I'll tell you why people keep buying Verizon, at least in our area. Because of service coverage. My daughter works for a company that is the call center for AT&T. Interestingly enough, almost all of their employees have Verizon as their personal carrier because AT&T's coverage is so poor. Same with most of the other carriers.
That's also why Verizon can get away with screwing its customers in so many ways. Captive audience.

CapNM77 said:
We are talking America r800x. We are the super power and no MC3 weak.
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Hogwarts said:
We are the SUPER AMERICA.
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You two seriously make me embarrassed to be American on these forums. Typical entitlement bratty attitudes. You're not better or more important than anyone else because you're American.
AndroHero said:
Maelstrom, dude i know where your comming from, but you need to understand gameloft do not directly sell there games on android market, infact they sell the games to google and google sell them on the market, it's then up to google to decide what devices are compatible and not, i'm sure amazon played a big part in MC3 not being availible for the R800x, but bottom line it's nothing to do with gameloft, he should be calling google names, gameloft even went out of there way to provide him with a free .apk even though they were not legally required
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Thats not true, Gameloft does sell the games themselves on the Android Market. Gameloft specifically is the one who sets the permissions which can be done both within the programming as well as when the app is loaded on to the market. Gameloft locks their Xperia Play games to their WAP store for one reason, as mentioned by another poster. They believe that people who own a "gaming" phone will pay extra for the version of the game that works with their phone. They have even gone so far as to have programmed different versions, even though they don't need to. The only reason MC3 even shows up was likely due to them accidentally not locking out some models of the R800 (You need to specifically pick R800i, R800x, R800at etc in the dev console), or they changed their policy, but still locked out the R800x thanks to Verizon wanting to have it exclusive on their V-crap store.
A lot of these mistakes happen with their games, look at Assassins Creed with its graphical glitches, Eternal Legacy with its crashes, Shadow Guardian and the fact you can't actually complete the damn game due to a bug in one of the puzzles! Not sure if they use cheap programmers, or they just rush job stuff out the door to squeeze every last penny out.
AndroHero said:
I totally agree, and verizon sucks, why do guys even get verizon phones? If you all went to AT&T or T-mobile ect. Verizon would soon change there ways
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netizenmt said:
I'll tell you why people keep buying Verizon, at least in our area. Because of service coverage. My daughter works for a company that is the call center for AT&T. Interestingly enough, almost all of their employees have Verizon as their personal carrier because AT&T's coverage is so poor. Same with most of the other carriers.
That's also why Verizon can get away with screwing its customers in so many ways. Captive audience.
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Its like this all over the country. There is no place in the US especially any place near a metropolitan area that any other carrier has better service. The difference is tremendous between them and everyone else. Also, up until a couple months ago the only way you could get the Play was through Verizon, unless you didn't care to have 3G service. Incidentally Verizon is owned partially by Vodafone, I'm assuming though Vodafones business practices are different?
So... in the end... this thing is still a Phone and thats what we all have a need for. Game controls and video games etc are just gravy.
As for the OP. Gameloft clearly doesn't allow their Market apps for a reason as discussed. It doesn't work, you can complain to them as to why they aren't allowing download on the Market, but the fact you wasted a buck on it and it won't work isn't their fault, they told you it wasn't gonna work and you did it anyway.
Then in the end even though you basically tried to skirt their rules (however immoral they may be) they still helped you out by giving you the game working for your phone anyway. I'd say the customer service really isn't so bad after all (they gave me a free game too for the whole Shadow Guardian debacle).

Apps/Games Market

Hi everyone,
Maybe its a dumb question but I was just wondering..
For example, the Final Fantasy III game on the Android Market costs ~17,70 USD and till now the game has over 50.000+ downloads.. - Does that means the Developer (in this case a team of developers) earned 885.000,00 USD from the game/app !?

Yes, unlike Crapple, Google gives developers 100% of their sales. There is a $25 fee to be a dev on Google Play.
But Square Enix is a pretty big company, they make the Kingdom Hearts games and Final Fantasys for PS3, XBOX 360, Wii.
They have to pay their employees and whatnot to keep their company running
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I'm a huge square fan. I can't wait for them to release some more stuff for the android platform. I'm gonna have to hold back till they drop their prices though

gagdude said:
Yes, unlike Crapple, Google gives developers 100% of their sales. There is a $25 fee to be a dev on Google Play.
But Square Enix is a pretty big company, they make the Kingdom Hearts games and Final Fantasys for PS3, XBOX 360, Wii.
They have to pay their employees and whatnot to keep their company running
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Google take a percentage of each app sold. It is currently thirty percent to google and seventy to the developer.
I believe apple also take thirty percent so you can't say google do not take a cut, they do.
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mistermentality said:
Google take a percentage of each app sold. It is currently thirty percent to google and seventy to the developer.
I believe apple also take thirty percent so you can't say google do not take a cut, they do.
Dave
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Hmm yeah I thought they didn't, could have sworn I read it somewhere before...
But I googled it and you're right
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There is a lot of money going around in phone applications. If you have a good idea for one you could be earning big money

and nsaness
So if I understood you all right, google takes 30% of the earnings for 'Administrational' stuff (marketing) Fair enough..
H3aRt_L3sS said:
There is a lot of money going around in phone applications. If you have a good idea for one you could be earning big money
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Actually, I'm going to start a few Android projects, but the main question now is: going with a free app/game and earning on adverts or putting a low price app/game on the market...

AlenDroid said:
So if I understood you all right, google takes 30% of the earnings for 'Administrational' stuff (marketing) Fair enough..
Actually, I'm going to start a few Android projects, but the main question now is: going with a free app/game and earning on adverts or putting a low price app/game on the market...
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For whatever reason apps with adverts get more downloads than pay only ones.
It may be because it is free, probably is, but ad funded applications might be better option.
If you pick apps similar to your own and look at ones with paid and also ad only versions you should notice the ad ones have more downloads.
It doesn't mean they make more money of course but it does mean that if you have an ad version you will reach people you otherwise wouldn't
Dave
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