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0 pointsncr1002y ago0 comments

Yes, It seems harmful.

There are scenarios where the $ number goes negative, for your net, for a modestly successful game .. is negative tens of thousands of dollars.

There is no provision against software piracy, or competitors/griefers artificially inflating your install account.

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tomnipotent2y ago· 1 in thread

> There are scenarios where the $ number goes negative

Show me legitimate scenario where this is true.

anonymousab2y ago

Freemium games with millions of installs but maybe only a couple hundred k of revenue. The model of "having a bunch of users but only a couple of them pay money" or ad-supported so the ARPU is really low is not uncommon, and certainly more of a likely sweetspot for a smaller game or studio to find themselves in.

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