cost of publishing

the19thbear

Hi.
Have i understood correctly, that if i start from scratch (creating an phone app on gamesalad) and want to publish my app, i pay 100dollars to gamesalad and another 100 to apple to be a developer.
So to make app available for sale on app store i pay a total of 200 dollars - right?

thanks alot!

firemaplegames

Correct. And you can then publish as many apps as you like during the year.

synthesis

yes...As FMG points out...those are ANNUAL costs.

the19thbear

both are annual?
i thought only the gamesalad fee was annual... do i also need to pay annually to apple?

thanks again!:)

chosenonestudios

the19thbear said:
both are annual?
i thought only the gamesalad fee was annual... do i also need to pay annually to apple?

thanks again!:)

You will need to pay $200 every year. $99 to Apple and $99 to Gendai Games.

the19thbear

ok!
so the app will stay on appstore for xx years, even though i conly paid the fee once, right?
i mean, the 200 fee is for PUBLISHING, right?
thanks again!
this forum is truly great:)

firemaplegames

Yes, pay $200 and you can publish as many apps as you wish during the year. When you stop paying Apple, they will remove your games from the App store.

quantumsheep

Currently, the way Apple has it, while you have a dev account with them, your game will stay on the app store.

So as long as you pay $100 a year to Apple, all your games stay where they are, even if Gendai were to cease to exist.

Hope that helps,

QS

Edit - what Joe said!