Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35967506-20180630012713/@comment-28829111-20180701211703

It is highly likely that those who make their way here to the Wiki did so by googling a question about the game. So already this site has more of the players who went beyond a casual interest. Kai, having read some posts here it is clear that some % of players have way more discretionary income to throw at a game than I do (and presumably you do). Also, the pricing is not "equal" around the world nor on devices. iDevices are almost always charged more now for items. UK players are clearly charged more for the same deals than those in US. I believe the Australia players were charged even more for the same items but that may have changed. Mytona used to be very generous with the Apple device players until they got their name out there, their goal stats, and reviews. Then they cut support for Macs altogether. No upgrades. Only mobile devices. Now it seems clear from both marketing materials found online and their event decisions that they are programming first and foremost for moblile devices like android phones. This covers them for both LG and Samsung phones which by and large are the biggest market share in mobile phone devices. My guess is they focus their efforts on getting it right for those devices first (and whatever corresponding tablets have the market share). iPads and iPhones are not as plentiful globally due to price but they are abundant on the west coast of the US and in pockets around the US. They cost a premium so the logical assumption is that if the player can afford the iPad/iPhone they can afford the rubies at $9.99 instead of $4.99. Except the person that bought the ipad might be broke now 🤣 I have wondered if they make more money by keeping their prices high and getting fewer buyers or if they ran more 99 cent and $1.99 deals around the world if they wouldn't make more money in the long run on volume. They must have marketing data on this that says go for the premium. After all, getting $100 a month from some players (yep, some players claim to spend that much) versus geting 50 of us to cough up $2 maybe where it's at. I guess it sucks to be me and not spend my money on the "$49.99, $29.99, $19.99" attractive deals for virtual products.