If you have been following my blog you know Microsoft has hit a big snag with some of the major app developers for phones. Many do not want to put the time or effort into actually working out the code to make their apps work on the Windows Phone. Well there are reports that Microsoft is willing to invest in getting more Apps into the Windows App Store. So what Windows is doing is adding incentives like free phones and promises of top spots in the apps store and Windows Phone advertising. Microsoft is also going to finance development of high profile aps to work on Windows Phones. The numbers could be anywhere from $60,000 to $600,000 depending on the complexity of the app. The app store for Microsoft does have about 70,000 apps on the market so far and some well-known ones at that such as Netlfix, Youtube, Fruit Ninja, etc. However Apple has 600,000 and Android has 400,000 apps. So Microsoft has some moves to make and big ones at that. So there is no surprise that Microsoft will pony up some big dollars to get games like Angry Birds Space on their platform.
