Over the past few years, the market for smartphone games has seen a drastic increase in free-to-play titles. Rather than get customers to invest up front, developers have taken to a strategy based around building a large user base through free downloads and encouraging players to invest in items, expansions, or in-game currencies down the road. Much to the dismay of many “traditional” gamers, this strategy is working and it’s effects are being felt throughout the App Store. At the time of this writing, 99 of the top 100 grossing games on the App Store are free-to-play.
With the mobile market so heavily dominated by the free-to-play model, many often wonder about the viability of traditional, pay-once games on the platform. For those of us who like to play a game without being hit up for money every few minutes, Warbits is a fantastic alternative to the status quo…
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