Kutheni ungeke uhlawule imidlalo kuphela.
Kutheni kukho imidlalo emininzi kangaka, ngakumbi kwi-Android, ukudlala ngokukhululekile? Nangona kukho ininzi yemidlalo ehlawulwe, kukho ninzi imidlalo ekhululekile kwi-Android endaweni yoko. Kwaye ukholo lwe-Android luye lwaphoqa imidlalo emininzi kunokuba ibe yinto ekhululekileyo kuyo yonke iipulatifomu zeselula. Ndibona izinto ezi-4 eziphambili ezenza umdlalo wokuba i-free-to-play idume kakhulu kwi-Android.
01 ngo 04
Iifowuni ze-Android zibiza ngaphezu kwama-iPhones
Kwi-Android, i-free-to-play yimeko ekhethekileyo esuka kwi-iPhone ngenxa yokuba abaninzi abasebenzisi be-Android abanayo imali eninzi njengabasebenzisi be-iOS. Cinga ngako: ukuba ube ne-iPhone, kufuneka ube nemali yokuhlawula ubuncinane i-$ 199 ngaphambili kwisefowuni, kwaye emva koko inkonzo yenyanga ehlawulwa emva kokuhlawula. Kwaye ezininzi iifowuni zihamba ngeendleko eziphezulu, okanye ngexabiso elivuliwe. Thelekisa oku nge-Android, apho iifowuni zebhajethi zihlala kuyo yonke indawo. Kulula kunoma ubani onomlinganiselo omncinane wemali ukuthenga ifowuni ye-Android okanye ithebhulethi. Ngokuqhubela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe befowuni, iifowuni kunye neepilisi onokuzithengayo ngoku ziyakwazi ukwenza izinto eziphambili kunye nemidlalo ephantsi. Kwaye kunye ne-MVNO kunye nezicwangciso ezihlawulwa kwangoku ziphantsi kakhulu, kunokwenzeka ukuba nabani na abanemali engenayo yokuqonda ukuba babe nefowuni efanelekileyo kunye nesicwangciso.
Ngoku, yile ingxaki: ukuba umntu uhlamba umgca we-barrel ngefowuni ye-Android, abayi kuba neyona mali yokuhlawula imidlalo ngaphambi, ngaba kunjalo? Nangona bengayikhokheli ukuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo kwaye bahlawule abasebenzisi apho, banokubaluleka kwezinye iindlela. Bangakwazi ukubukela iintengiso, zombini ibhanna kunye neentengiso zevidiyo, ezifaka ingeniso kumthuthukisi. Ngaloo ndlela, inkululeko yokudlala iyinhlobo yokulingana: ngelixa ukuhlawula abadlali kwimidlalo emininzi kungenza ngcono, wonke umntu angadlala.
Oku akuthethi ukuba i-Android iqulunqwe ngokuqinisekileyo kumazwe afana ne-Indiya kunye ne-China, apho idola lihamba ngakumbi kunalo kumazwe asentshona. Nangona i-app izitolo zihlala zinikela ngee-third tiers zexabiso, umdlalo owu-$ 0.99 uphambili ubiza iindleko ezininzi kumntu ovela kuloo mihlaba.
Ngoko, ukwenzela ukuba isibheno kubabukeli abanzi abangenakho imali eninzi yokuchitha kwimidlalo, ukudlala-mahhala kuyimpendulo.
02 we 04
Njengoko imidlalo yokunqongophala ifikelele kwi-zero, ngokunjalo ixabiso.
Imidlalo ngokukhawuleza idlulela kwi-free-to-play iyingxenye enkulu yokunyuswa kwe-digital. Yintoni eyenzekayo kukuba njengoko kuye kwaba lula kubavelisi ukuba benze kwaye bathengise imidlalo ngaphandle kokuba yinxalenye yequmrhu elikhulu, kwaye ngaphandle kokuhamba nabapapashi, baye bakwazi ukwenza imidlalo ngokukhululeka. Baye bakwazi ukwenza imidlalo encinci kunokuba bafanele benze into efuna ukuveliswa kwemidiya engokwenyama ukuze isasaze. Yintoni eyenzekayo kukuba kuye kwaba nenani elwandayo leemidlalo kwiivenkile zeselula.
Ngoku, cinga emva kwimboni yomculo xa uNapster efika, kwaye ngokukhawuleza unokuba nomculo wehlabathi uncedo mahhala. Kutheni uhlawula umculo xa ungenayo? Kutheni uhlawula ngaphezulu iiCD xa umculo wedijithali ungancinci? Kutheni uthenge umculo ngoku xa iinkonzo zokubhaliselwa ziphantsi? I-9.99 yezikolo ngenyanga yindleko yokuhamba kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo iza nezilingo ezincinci kunye nezinye iibhonasi. I-Google inikezela i-YouTube ngaphandle kweentengiso kumntu obonakalisa iGoogle Music. Abathengisi beekhermesi behla njengezimpukane njengeNetflix, i-Amazon ne-Hulu banikela ngemithwalo yezinto ezifanelekileyo kubantu kwaye zibiza kakhulu kunezinto ezibhaliselwe ikhebula.
Kuyafana nemidlalo. Njengoko ukubonelela kunyuke ngokukhawuleza, imfuneko yokuhlawula imali eninzi kwimidlalo yancipha. Amaxabiso aqala ukuhla e-$ 0.99, kwaye njengoko ukuthenga kwangaphakathi kwintsebenzo kwafumaneka kubaphuhlisi, ngokukhawuleza yaba yindlela yokuhlawula. Umdlali osemgangathweni akadingeki ukuba asebenzise imali kwimidlalo ngaphambili.
03 we 04
I-Pirira iyinkxalabo ekhethekileyo kwi-Android
Imiphumo yobugqirha yinto eninzi engaziwayo-ingayichaphazela ukuthengisa, okanye ngaba nje ngabantu abangayi kuhlawulwa ngenye indlela ukufumana umdlalo mahhala? I-China, apho i-Google Play idlulile ngamanye amaxesha, ngokuqhelekileyo iyimvelaphi enkulu yepracy. Kubonakala kunokwenzeka ukuba abaphuhlisi beentloni ngento engafanele bayenze, kodwa beye.
Ngokungakhathaliseki, kwi-Android, kulula kakhulu ukuba i-pirates ibe nemidlalo yokukhululeka, kuba ii-APK zinokufakwa yiyiphi na umntu, ngokuchasene ne-iOS apho kunzima ukulayisha imidlalo. Kwaye nabasebenzisi be-Android badlala imidlalo yokugubha. Ngaloo ndlela, abathuthukisi abathile baya kwenza imidlalo yabo ikhululeke kwi-Android kunye neentengiso, xa kuthelekiswa nokuhlawulwa kwi-iOS. Mhlawumbi abasebenzisi abancedisayo abakabalulekanga ngomsebenzisi ngamnye, kodwa kungcono ukwenza imali kunokubeka ingozi yokwenza i-zero kubantu abaya kufumana umdlalo mahhala nangona kunjalo.
04 we 04
Iimidlalo zokunceda-free-play zizuzisa kakhulu kuba zidala ezoqoqosho
Isizathu esona sizathu sokuthi i-free-to-play ayizange ikhutshwe, kodwa iyazinyamekela, kukuba umdlalo ngamnye ukhuselekile kwaye uyasuswa kwezinye iimidlalo kwimarike. Umdlalo ohlawulwayo ngokukhawuleza uqhathaniswa nezinye imidlalo kunye nokujikeleza kwinqanaba lentengo. Okwangoku, kuba imidlalo yokukhulula i-intanethi inezoqoqosho, umbuzo awuyi kuba "lo luxabisekileyo ngokubhekisele kwenye into," kodwa "ngaba oku kubalulekile kum?" Ngaloo ndlela, ingcamango yokuchitha imali engaphezulu kwemilinganiselo yemidlalo ehlawulelwayo inokutshatyalaliswa. Kwaye kunye nemali engenamkhawulo, kunokwenzeka ukuba imikhosi echitha amakhulu kunye namawaka emdlalweni omnye, ukuba iidola ezilikhulu ziyanelisa abantu abaninzi abaneemidlalo ezihlawulwe ixesha elide.
Ngoxa ukucacisa indlela le midlalo ukwenza ngokwenene kuyinselele, kunye nesenzo sokulinganisela; umdlalo onobubele kakhulu kubadlali abayi kuyenza nayiphi na imali, kodwa umdlalo onobudlova obukhulu kunye nokwenza imali ungabangela abadlali ukuba bavulwe. Kwaye ke, ukufumana ukulandwa ngokwaneleyo kuyinselele kuyo kwaye ngokwayo, ngakumbi xa iqela elincinci labadlali lihlawula konke. Kodwa xa isebenza, isebenza kakuhle kakhulu, kunye nemidlalo eyenza izigidi ngezigidi kunye nangaphezu kweebhiliyoni kwiimeko eziphambili kakhulu.