Studio Stoic, is developing a mobile version of the game The Banner Saga, shared his vision of the situation with applications in App Store. According to the developers, Apple is dissatisfied dominance of free games and encourages programmers to create high-quality and expensive projects.
«Apple unhappy prevalent mindset of the market for mobile applications, when people do not want to pay anything - told the Stoic. - They want to pay as little as possible. Many believe that the $ 4 - Excessive amount per game, which is quite illogical, considering lifestyle most people. They spend 600 dollars to buy iPad, $ 4 for coffee, $ 20 for lunch, but when will spend $ 4-5 per game, then it would be like talking about a decision that will change all their lives. I am also unhappy with this situation. "
Launching iPad Air and high performance tablet prompted Apple to start fighting this disappointing trend by encouraging and supporting developers in the release of premium products, says the Stoic. "So they told us to take a higher bar with our game - shared programmers. - We're still in the decision making process. "
Tactical role-playing game about Vikings The Banner Saga for iPad and Android-tablet was announced in June this year. It is known that the mobile version will not differ from the desktop, created with the participation of the composer's PSN-exclusive Journey and come from BioWare and earn 80 points on Metacritic.
According to the developers, the adaptation of The Banner Saga interface for tablets was not so tricky as it might seem - the game was originally designed with the possibility of entering the sensor devices. "All of our user interfaces as originally designed to be simple enough for a finger. You can go through the whole game on your PC with just one left mouse button "- shared in the Stoic.
Co-founder of the Stoic told difficulty setting reasonable cost for the upcoming iPad-version of The Banner Saga. According to him, the company will focus on other popular iOS-projects, such as XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite