近日，微软通过一篇Windows Phone 7开发商博客宣布，WP7平台将在2011年1月实现应用付费功能，同时还将允许开发商利用分析工具，追踪应用产品的下载和销售情况。

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Windows Market高管Todd Brix在博客开篇中写道，“我们很高兴宣布，WP7的第一个应用计费系统将在2011年1月的第4周开通；1月份以后，开发商计费系统将每月结算一次达到最低付费标准的Windows Phone 6.X和WP7应用销售额。”

据游戏邦了解，WP7平台目前已有4000款手机应用，但在上个月底，该平台的应用数量才刚刚达到3000款。

尽管不少评论反映WP7平台仍有不少漏洞问题有待解决，但Brix表示，开发商现在已经可以开始追踪应用产品在Marketplace的市场情况。

除此之外，微软还优化了WP7平台的应用审核流程。据Brix所称，91%的手机应用在提交审核两天后就可以顺利发行——很显然，微软有意通过这种工作效率，把苹果App Store冗长繁琐的应用审核流程比下去。

另外，XNA游戏开发商现在还可以通过微软在美国发布的一个广告赞助SDK，将广告植入游戏产品中。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Microsoft streamlines WP7 submissions, improves analytics and speed payouts

The remarkably open nature of the relationship the majority of mobile platform holders have with developers means it’s possible for everyone to gain an insight into the inner workings of each format.

Microsoft, much like Google before it, is using these channels to demonstrate its willingness to listen to the development community.

As such, news delivered via the Windows Phone 7 developer blog that platform payments to studios will now take place in January is the perfect repost to the potentially damaging rumour that such a payout wouldn’t take place until February.

No play with pay

“We are pleased to now announce that the first payouts for Windows Phone 7 sales will be made in the 4th week of January 2011,” Windows Marketplace senior director Todd Brix says in the entry.

“After January 2011, developer payouts will be processed on a monthly basis for all combined sales of Windows Phone 6.x and Windows Phone 7 apps for those developers who meet the minimum payout threshold limits.”

Not only does Brix claim developers were already aware of the previous payout date of February, he also uses the entry to deliver a veritable bevy of advancements for the platform.

Windows Marketplace, for instance, now boasts 4,000 apps according to Microsoft’s numbers – up from 3,000 at the end of November.

App tracker

Monitoring the performance of said apps will also be easier, following the launch of the platform’s official data reports.

“As shared previously, we planned to provide developers with individual insights into their app’s performance within Marketplace – this is available today,” Brix adds.

Though the comments already posted in reply suggest there are still a few bugs to iron out, studios can now access up to date download and transaction reporting for all their apps on the platform, with Brix adding Microsoft is interested in feedback to improve the set up further.

And finally…

Also updated is the app submission process, with Brix admitting the previous set up was less than ideal for many developers.

Nonetheless, he claims 91 percent of all app submissions have been published within two days – the kind of speedy stat Microsoft will no doubt use to distinguish Windows Marketplace from the lengthier process adopted by the Apple App Store.

Developers of XNA games can now also employ ads via Microsoft’s Advertising SDK in the US, as already enjoyed by apps using Silverlight.（source:pocketgamer）