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Popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems
Nearly 70 percent of popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems for items and services to avoid hefty commission fees from U.S. tech giants Google LLC and Apple Inc., a Kyodo News tally showed.
TOKYO - Nearly 70 percent of popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems for items and services to avoid hefty commission fees from U.S. tech giants Google LLC and Apple Inc., a Kyodo News tally showed. Payments through external websites in the in-app purchase market, estimated at over 1 trillion yen ($6.8 billion), are expected to bring user discounts and boost providers' profitability, analysts said. In August last year, Mixi Inc. introduced an outside settlement system for its blockbuster game "Monster Strike," allowing its users to purchase about 5 percent more items compared with in-app payments.
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