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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDHCMcdSVQ

wow. lol at all the absurd micro transactions. All the art and sound effect infringement is just icing on the cake.

 

[Valkyria]

Wow super mario pokemon scam brothers.

 

[Muku]

Good god. And it isn't even a lot of small microtransactions. They straight up hit you with crazy amounts just to unlock Pokemon, LOL.

 

[javac]

Nintendo, listen up.

 

[Akuun]

Wow. I guess all it needs is a few poor bastards hitting buttons too fast to earn an insane profit.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Pathetic, how can this kind of shit pass any type of quality test?


the iOS store is just sad

 

[Bsigg12]

How the hell does this make it through the app approval process. Apple, c'mon man this is so Busch league its sad.

 

[PAULINK]

Wow, $100 for a character, and they give you no warning besides that prompt? I wonder how many people got scammed by this.

 

[grimshawish]

It really should be that 'Super' and 'Bros' are flagged up if together Apple.
Dreadful though.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Seems to go hand in hand with Apple's business strategy.

Seriously though, this shit needs to stop.

 

[sunnz]

The $99.99 one made me almost choke on my drink...

 

[RoboPlato]

Holy crap. The sheer amount of balls it took to release this is staggering.

 

[Boney]

sweet jesus

 

[grimshawish]

The $99.99 one made me almost choke on my drink...

There should be a $0.99 limit on ingame purchases. It would vastly improve the entire environment.

 

[Valkyria]

Last week I bought a cheap Android tablet for browsing online and reading text guide for games translations and stuff like this.

I went into the market and I started to freak out, is this the thing that people claim to be killing gaming? Like, for real? The amount of garbage was unbearable.

 

[Bilix]

Is there no password verification for in-app purchases? I'm definitely not going to download this and find out the hard way.

 

[Jinfash]

I'D LIKE TO SEE SMOKEY DAVE DEFEND *THIS*!

 

[Papercuts]

Is there no password verification for in-app purchases? I'm definitely not going to download this and find out the hard way.

I am pretty sure you need to put in your password. Still, this is terrible.

 

[Paskil]

Scammers gonna scam. Is there DOA on mobile? They have some interesting pricing schemes for their DLC. Also, curious how much it would cost to download every song for Rock Band 3.

 

[Zee-Row]

Freemium games are the worst thing ever.

 

[cube444]

Love the Mario "jumping" sound just totally being ripped off. Quick, someone tweet Reggie.

 

[Akuun]

Is there no password verification for in-app purchases? I'm definitely not going to download this and find out the hard way.

I'm curious about this too. Is there some sort of setup for one-button purchases or anything like that?

 

[popyea]

These games are actually pretty fun if you play the "avoid pressing a button that will charge me" meta game.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

Yep, looks like a mobile game.

 

[Dion Blaster]

future of gaming

 

[ColtraineGF]

Oh wow, $99.99 for not-Charizard, what a steal.

 

[Fantasy Final]

This is so dumb that it's gotta be a joke

 

[RM8]

These games are actually pretty fun if you play the "avoid pressing a button that will charge me" meta game.

Lol.

 

[Fuzzery]

Hahahahaha, was this made in china?

 

[VibratingDonkey]

301+?
What are these shenanigans? Youtube is ruined.

 

[WarMacheen]

Feemium phone games are the goddamn devil. If I see a game that looks cool and it says free, I automatically ignore it as I know it's going to have bullshit in app purchases.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

301+?
What are these shenanigans? Youtube is ruined.

View counts have never update in real time. Its hours behind and 301 is a common stop gap for it

 

[RoboPlato]

View counts have never update in real time. Its hours behind and 301 is a common stop gap for it

I think he's referring to the new + next to 301 for when it stops but people keep viewing.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

"Where's the app police?"

Good question, IGN. Good question.

Maybe instead of just poking fun at this abomination they should look into this because this shit shouldn't even be allowed on the app store.
It's designed to trick kids who can't even read into clicking "yes" to purchase crap like a character skin for $99. Shameless.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Remember kids, theres absolutely no downside to just letting everyone be a developer of videogames!

 

[Mario]

Feemium phone games are the goddamn devil. If I see a game that looks cool and it says free, I automatically ignore it as I know it's going to have bullshit in app purchases.

All inapp purchases in freemium games are bullshit? How so?

 

[Petrie]

All inapp purchases in freemium games are bullshit? How so?

Either sell me the game or don't. Don't use the strategy a damn drug dealer employs.

 

[RoboPlato]

Good question, IGN. Good question.

Maybe instead of just poking fun at this abomination they should look into this because this shit shouldn't even be allowed on the app store.
It's designed to trick kids who can't even read into clicking "yes" to purchase crap like a character skin for $99. Shameless.

Hey now, that skin is for freaking Charizard! Totally worth it.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

It really should be that 'Super' and 'Bros' are flagged up if together Apple.
Dreadful though.

Superbrothers Entertainment

Makers of Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Superbrothers Entertainment

Makers of Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery

Flag it and make them change it. I can't call my game/company DragonQuesters: Final Fantasies, now can I?
Besides, Superbrothers is a dumb uninspired unoriginal name, they should be glad to change it.

 

[Mario]

Either sell me the game or don't. Don't use the strategy a damn drug dealer employs.

I see.

Do you have a solution for the discovery problem that would make such an approach commercially viable?

 

[dreamghost]

Apple Utopia!

 

[davepoobond]

Candy Crush Saga lets you buy a 40 dollar cheat.

and there are .99 to 3.99 cheats that you have to buy over and over once you use them.

 

[Sean]

Is there no password verification for in-app purchases? I'm definitely not going to download this and find out the hard way.

There's a password verification for all App Store stuff but I'm pretty sure it doesn't ask you for your password if you've entered it recently (like in the last hour or so?).

So a parent could enter their password to download this game for their kids, and then a kid could go fucking nuts with in-app purchases for that first hour without seeing a password prompt. At least I think that's how it works - I remember there being some huge controversy about the Smurfs iOS game for this reason.

 

[Poltergust]

Lawsuit incoming?

 

[louiedog]

They don't need many accidental clicks to turn a profit on this garbage. Apple will filter content based on morality, but apps hoping to trick people into accidental purchases are fine.

 

[epmode]

View counts have never update in real time. Its hours behind and 301 is a common stop gap for it

Once a video reaches ~300 likes, the counter is stopped until Youtube audits the data to confirm that the likes are legitimate.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

I see.

Do you have a solution for the discovery problem that would make such an approach commercially viable?

yes

dont make mobile games

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

There should be a $0.99 limit on ingame purchases. It would vastly improve the entire environment.

"Would you want to purchase 100 bullets for the price of $0.99 (each one)?"

 

[AcceptableGhost]

There should be a $0.99 limit on ingame purchases. It would vastly improve the entire environment.

No, having no ingame purchases at all would greatly, greatly improve the quality of mobile games. There are ways to make in-game purchases that aren't shit but mobile developers have pretty much shown that they can't do things responsibly. Nothing except completely disabling IAP would save the platform (in terms of quality).