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Revered iOS game Monument Valley "bombarded" with 1 star reviews after paid expansion
- Thread starter Dalek
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those GTA-games you mentioned are also over 10 years old that were being sold for 50-60 dollars at the time.
i see where you're coming from but i don't really think that is an apt comparison.
heh
Its funny to see the general non gamer public react so strongly
We're use to stuff like this so we eat it up
Game: $60
DLC: $60
Season Pass: $30
WTF THATS SO EXPENSI- Pulls out wallet
The problem is that mobile has accustomed its users to the free/99 cents model. If you are a developer on mobile you'd be blind to not understand that. Heck, I myself wait for a Deal of the Day now because games I've paid $5 bucks for end up free or 99 cents at some point. Its about time devs tell Apple and Google to do something.
Pretty much I'd say the same reaction would occur if Steam went a year without sales, or decided something like "This Winter the only games on sale will be indies" or something to that extent.
You've accustomed your consumers to a certain standard and its the kind of consumer culture Apple and Google have created for their shops. Its going to take a lot of work on both Google and Apple to change that culture which they don't seem to care about doing anyway. They can tell devs to create meatier and costlier games, but if the Ripoff Artists that plague mobile shops can create the same game with a different skin, sell it for 99 cents and Apple/Google lets them do it, the "entitled/casual gamers" on mobile are going to continue existing.
Pretty much I'd say the same reaction would occur if Steam went a year without sales, or decided something like "This Winter the only games on sale will be indies" or something to that extent.
You've accustomed your consumers to a certain standard and its the kind of consumer culture Apple and Google have created for their shops. Its going to take a lot of work on both Google and Apple to change that culture which they don't seem to care about doing anyway. They can tell devs to create meatier and costlier games, but if the Ripoff Artists that plague mobile shops can create the same game with a different skin, sell it for 99 cents and Apple/Google lets them do it, the "entitled/casual gamers" on mobile are going to continue existing.
chris121580
Member
Congrats...you can pay 4.99 for a mediocre port with terrible controls or you can pay that much for a game that is designed from the ground up for iOS, is innovative, supports a small developer, and utilizes the touch screen in unique ways
CambriaRising
Member
And has been..but its useful for when patches break apps, which happens a lot.
But what about all the previous reviews? where do they go?