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Amazon’s got a new way to buy stuff for anyone who has a Kindle Fire. Amazon Coins are a virtual currency that will come out in May in the US, and work for all app and in-app purchases on the Kindle Fire.
The Coins will function exactly the same as real money, and developers will still get their standard cut. Amazon thinks it will help drive more business, and that makes some sense. Especially with apps and games for kids, it seems like a nice addition where you can maybe set up a Coins purse without allowing access to another payment method. And since Amazon will obviously never stop accepting real money — unlike virtual currency-only merchants like Xbox Live — you don’t have quite the locked-in headache here, either. [Amazon]
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I agree with your point and also these virtual currencies sort of pull the wool over one’s eyes as to how much your spending. Looking at you, microsoft points system.
That and Freemium games with £69.99 in app purchases for virtual coins, which they put there in the hope your kids will slyly purchase it When your not looking. what will these companies do next mug old laddies. Pirates have f***ed up the industry so now these companies think its OK to rob from the rest of us to make up the short fall, thats whats going on IMO
I don’t see myself using this and this is the only reason why I never spend one pence in the XBox Live.
I think this is a great idea to stop kids from running up big bills on their parents’ cards.
Still US only. When are they going to let us buy Kindle books as gifts?
Amazon. Making Jimmy Carr look like a rank amateur since 1994.