Mobile payments bring back the arcade

Much like old-fashioned arcades, mobile payments allow online gamers to “put in another quarter” and continue playing

Bringing back the arcade: mobile payment as a games industry innovation

SuperData (2012): mobile payments bring the logic of the arcade back to video games. Like putting another coin in the machine, players pay small amounts to keep playing, which turns free-to-play games into a mainstream business.

Source: SuperData, Web Archive copy