Exactly. How many 99 cent apps are going to be discussed as being classics here on HN in 10 years from now?
That's the difference between a 99 cent app and a classic game that is on sale for 3 dollars. Unless something happens with the trend of mobile apps being mostly disposable "flavors of the month" no one is going to remember any sort of mobile game classics in 10 years. It also does not help that developers can pull and app and it vanishes (unless you're lucky and rooted your Android device or jailbroke your iPhone and pulled a copy of it) as well as the lack of backwards compatibility on mobile
