for real man even de blob which looks better on wp7 is .99 cent on the iphone on wp7 its 3.49 or 7.49 dats a biggggg difference

The WP7 marketplace has a lot of developers, and the marketplace is growing as fast as the Apple App Store did.

The most interesting metric is comparing the sales of Fruit Ninja, a popular game, on every mobile platform. Even if Fruit Ninja was lowered to $0.99 on WP7, it would have sold more, and with a MUCH smaller install base. There are also Fruit Ninja style clones available on both platforms.

If I were an app maker, I'd be hoping that WP7 marketshare grows, because people are willing to pay for well-made apps.

Bingo.

We're starved for content because there's so few games with high production values as well as good gameplay, so developers can charge more. Sure, the fact that Xbox Live will naturally cost more, but those natural costs will also decline when there's more competition in the marketplace. And until we get some Xbox Live games that offer competitive play, I'll be passing on many of them. The big draw of Xbox Live on the console was the ability to play other players online. I'm sure it'll be the same on the phone.

I know it's still very early in the game, but I'd love to see MS developing some solid multiplayer Live games to draw people to the service. If one of those was a simple game like Uno (Live enabled, but not for gameplay), I would've picked it up by now. Until then, I'll continue to play Spell It! and Alpha Jax.

This is the mentality apple made for mobile gaming android follows. "Cheaper is better!" maybe for casual one minuters. But people who play games care more about the quality of the games. When the market is flooded with competition, what game developers should do is try to make better games than lowering prices. A better environment for consumer is a place where we can buy good products, not just cheaper prices. I, my self was fairly bitter about WP7 having higher prices for games, but reconsidering my thirst for good games I'm willing to pay these prices. coz if you think logically, an average smartphone user pays for a morning coffee more than this. Having said that WP7 must offer some premium good looking games for WP7, coz they're mostly rehashing the games that came out for iphone(which were then recycled for android). Just a single halo or CoD branded game can increase WP7 market share percentage by several digits. At the moment WP7 exclusive game offering falls behind compared to iOS offerings like Real Racing 2, Infinity Blade and Rage HD. But I don't think a smart developer would stick to iOS, for an example look at real racing 2. a very premium game that looks better than any mobile game ever released but had to lower its initial $10 price tag to $5 because of relatively none bought it compared to angry birds. This might sound a good deal but its bad if you expect to see better games with higher budgets.

Unbelievable. If it's too expensive for you, then don't buy it. Or get an Android if you think the games are cheaper on that platform. The idea that you have a right to software without paying for it, i.e. stealing it, while simultaneously complaining about "robbery" illustrates much of what is wrong with things today. No offense.

You clearly lack even a child's understanding of basic property rights. By what standard do you consider it appropriate to steal the intellectual property of every software developer whose prices you deem excessive? You used the term "reasonable", yet your statements point to obvious deficits in that area. To equate "robbery" (theft by force) with trade (voluntary exchange between consumer and developer) is, at best, baffling. At worst, it's a gross inversion of proper ethics.