{"id":43189,"date":"2025-01-24T16:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T07:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43189"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T07:55:56","slug":"tired-of-google-and-apple-taking-a-huge-chunk-of-mobile-game-revenue-japanese-companies-are-thinking-up-ways-to-let-players-spend-money-out-of-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tired-of-google-and-apple-taking-a-huge-chunk-of-mobile-game-revenue-japanese-companies-are-thinking-up-ways-to-let-players-spend-money-out-of-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired of Google and Apple taking a huge chunk of mobile game revenue, Japanese companies are thinking up ways to let players spend money \u201cout of app\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Game8, a major Japanese game walkthrough site, has partnered with Sony Payment Services to launch S8 Plus,<\/em> a company that will offer gamers an alternative way to make purchases related to mobile games. The proposed “out-of-app purchase” system will allow players to buy in-game items directly through articles on Game8, without the mediation of platform holders like Google or Apple (source: ITmedia<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This move follows the 2024 passage of Japan\u2019s Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software<\/em>, which targets reducing reliance on app stores dominated by IT giants. Currently, these platforms tend to take up to 30% of revenue made through in-app purchases, which Japanese developers cynically refer to as \u201cApple tax\u201d (source: Otaku Soke<\/a>n<\/a>). Thus, the point of S8 Plus\u2019s out-of-app payment system is to bypass these platforms and their \u201ctaxes,\u201d enabling developers to save on commissions and offer more competitive prices to their players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The system links game walkthrough articles directly to purchasing options, so people looking up tips or guides can buy the related in-game items they want directly through the website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

S8 Plus and Game8\u2019s CEO Shunsuke Sawamura talked about the long-term vision behind this project: \u201cWe aim to reduce the financial burden on game publishers and create a system that benefits both users and the industry.\u201d Future plans include offering a support package for developers to implement out-of-app purchases and potentially selling game download keys via Game8 to reach new audiences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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