Comments on: iPhone OS 3.0: MMO and Games issues http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/ Internet Gaming, Computer Games, Technology, MMO, and Web 2.0 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Purchasing in-game virtual current using the new StoreKit API - iPhone Dev SDK Forum http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2947 Purchasing in-game virtual current using the new StoreKit API - iPhone Dev SDK Forum Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:57:13 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2947 [...] in-game virtual current using the new StoreKit API T=Machine iPhone OS 3.0: MMO and Games issues Seems like if you want to implement purchasing of in-game currency in your app. Sorry, no dice. [...] [...] in-game virtual current using the new StoreKit API T=Machine iPhone OS 3.0: MMO and Games issues Seems like if you want to implement purchasing of in-game currency in your app. Sorry, no dice. [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 Andrew Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:12:52 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2859 I've been digging around for it as well too. Has anyone found a link to the document with the above snippet, or a confirmation that its been removed? I’ve been digging around for it as well too. Has anyone found a link to the document with the above snippet, or a confirmation that its been removed?

]]> By: JPW http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2829 JPW Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:09:27 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2829 It certainly appears to be absent from the March 17 SDK Agreement I downloaded from the dev center today. I've been trying to get to the bottom of this all afternoon... It certainly appears to be absent from the March 17 SDK Agreement I downloaded from the dev center today. I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of this all afternoon…

]]> By: adam http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 adam Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:36:25 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2828 how odd, I saw it in the online version of the SDK agreement that you have to agree to before you are allowed to download the SDK; is it gone now? how odd, I saw it in the online version of the SDK agreement that you have to agree to before you are allowed to download the SDK; is it gone now?

]]> By: JPW http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 JPW Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:21:24 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2827 I'm looking everywhere for the actual document from apple that mentions this. I find it nowhere in the iPhone SDK Agreement (mar 17, 2009). can you sort me out? Where is this stuff? I’m looking everywhere for the actual document from apple that mentions this. I find it nowhere in the iPhone SDK Agreement (mar 17, 2009). can you sort me out? Where is this stuff?

]]> By: Mer http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 Mer Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2790 Apple makes so many bad decisions that I would not want to make a game for it as platform. Plus Nokia phones are still way more popular in europe. Blackberrys are pretty popular as 3g phones too. Apple makes so many bad decisions that I would not want to make a game for it as platform. Plus Nokia phones are still way more popular in europe. Blackberrys are pretty popular as 3g phones too.

]]> By: Diane http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Diane Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:15:03 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2691 It's a shame - also it appears that you can't add optional in-game purchases to a free app (from the conference video it seemed so) - this removes quite a lot of the appeal if it's true... It’s a shame – also it appears that you can’t add optional in-game purchases to a free app (from the conference video it seemed so) – this removes quite a lot of the appeal if it’s true…

]]> By: Heather McLean http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/03/17/iphone-os-30-mmo-and-games-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 Heather McLean Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:53:04 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=427#comment-2682 It looks like the intention was to stop various forms of online gambling (or perhaps even money laundering apps in general)... the phrase "use in purchasing or obtaining anything within or outside of Your Application" sounds like a typical scenario where you would pay money through the app to get virtual money to play poker or what have you, then turn that back out into winnings as real money. But yeah, it's so generically written that it makes virtual currency a no-no. :-/ It looks like the intention was to stop various forms of online gambling (or perhaps even money laundering apps in general)… the phrase “use in purchasing or obtaining anything within or outside of Your Application” sounds like a typical scenario where you would pay money through the app to get virtual money to play poker or what have you, then turn that back out into winnings as real money.

But yeah, it’s so generically written that it makes virtual currency a no-no. :-/

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