How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
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How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
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Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#2Reason they made so much money, in app purchases. The game is addictive, like myriad of other games, and coupled with IAPs, it's a goldmine.
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#4I haven't played this one... but saturation-level advertising in ad-supported games might have played into the loop here. I play Endless Frontier, which is another related game that has (optional) "view an ad for a reward" mechanics, and said ad is almost always for Idle Heroes.
Insofar as Endless Frontier is pretty good about not forcing you to spend money, I've resisted trying another game which looks far more like whale-bait.
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#5I haven't played this one... but saturation-level advertising in ad-supported games might have played into the loop here. I play Endless Frontier, which is another related game that has (optional) "view an ad for a reward" mechanics, and said ad is almost always for Idle Heroes. Insofar as Endless Frontier is pretty good about not forcing you to spend money, I've resisted trying another game which looks far more like…
I've also been playing Endless Frontier.. It's one of the least pay to win games I've ever played.. You get rewards of in game currency every day and other super rare stuff for free, it makes no sense to buy anything imo
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#6Reason they made so much money, in app purchases. The game is addictive, like myriad of other games, and coupled with IAPs, it's a goldmine.
I tried Idle Heroes, out of curiosity. Compared to other "idle" games I've played, it's way up there for in-app purchases and the need to shell out money to progress.
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#7I haven't played this one... but saturation-level advertising in ad-supported games might have played into the loop here. I play Endless Frontier, which is another related game that has (optional) "view an ad for a reward" mechanics, and said ad is almost always for Idle Heroes. Insofar as Endless Frontier is pretty good about not forcing you to spend money, I've resisted trying another game which looks far more like…
Same. There came a point where I was so oversaturated with the ads that I told myself I'd refuse to play it out of spite.
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#8What scares me about modern "casual" games like this one is their ability to extract money from people in a methodical, merciless way. There's no proper defense for most people.
I fear our society will end up in a worse place because of businesses like this one.
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#9What scares me about modern "casual" games like this one is their ability to extract money from people in a methodical, merciless way. There's no proper defense for most people. I fear our society will end up in a worse place because of businesses like this one.
Could you elaborate?
Re: How Idle Heroes Made $100M in a Year
#10What scares me about modern "casual" games like this one is their ability to extract money from people in a methodical, merciless way. There's no proper defense for most people. I fear our society will end up in a worse place because of businesses like this one.
Could you elaborate?