nsane.forums Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 The developers of the Android version of the zombie first person shooter Dead Trigger have made the game free due to what it claims is a high piracy rate on Android, even with its low 99 cent price. We have heard that the PC platform is a bad one to use for games because of the high chances that the game could be pirated. As it turns out, the developers of a recent shooter game claim that the Android platform is also filled with pirates. The development team is Madfinger Games, who previously made the third person sci-fi shooter Shadowgun for iOS and Android products. In June, the team released its second game, a zombie-themed FPS called Dead Trigger. The game came out for just 99 cents for both iOS and Android. Indeed, Google showed off Dead Trigger during its Google I/O conference as a way to show off the hardware of the Nexus 7 tablet. However, while the game is still priced for 99 cents for iOS devices, Madfinger Games has now turned Dead Trigger into a totally free game to download for Android. In a statement on their Facebook page, the development team says: The main reason: piracy rate on Android devices, that was unbelievably high. At first we intend to make this game available for as many people as possible - that's why it was for as little as buck. - It was much less than 8$ for SHADOWGUN but on the other hand we didn't dare to provide it for free, since we hadn't got XP with free-to-play format so far. - However, even for one buck, the piracy rate is soooo giant, that we finally decided to provide DEAD TRIGGER for free. The statement seems to be a huge indictment against the Android operating system. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I believe I am quite android savvie, rooting, installing custom roms etc but I have really no idea where to even get pirated android stuff (and I have looked too on piratebay, isohunt etc) and found it quite hard. I can't imagine regular users doing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haxaw Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I believe I am quite android savvie, rooting, installing custom roms etc but I have really no idea where to even get pirated android stuff (and I have looked too on piratebay, isohunt etc) and found it quite hard. I can't imagine regular users doing this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBs Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yeah... Great game, amazing graphics... I still remember the time i pirated it in the first 2 hours when it just came out :PBut actually 99 cents is nothing for that game. But i don't believe that they made it free because of the piracy! ppl are pirating our game? Hey let's make it free so there are no pirates? :DI believe that the in app items purchasing got really popular so that they made it free for all so they earn more money :) You actually have to use the in app purchasings to enjoy the game! Good thing that it is not hard to hack games in Android :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 24, 2012 Administrator Share Posted July 24, 2012 I haven't got time yet to check, but can anyone confirm if this is actually "free" or "freemium"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Another site is www.apkmania.com.... cracker name is chathu_ac....awesome guy cracks any requests within few minutes...with gr8 mirriors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Another site is www.apkmania.com.... cracker name is chathu_ac....awesome guy cracks any requests within few minutes...with gr8 mirriors Also this one http://www.apktops.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbykiosk Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 u can find AIO in mobilephonetalk.com ^.^Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBs Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Someone open a new topic for android games/apps, i got lots of sites to post :P I guess this topic is not the right place to talk about where we can get cracked android games :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Someone open a new topic for android games/apps, i got lots of sites to post :P I guess this topic is not the right place to talk about where we can get cracked android games :DI with you there. Lets do it. I opened one http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/139069-android-apps-sites/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I haven't got time yet to check, but can anyone confirm if this is actually "free" or "freemium"?Freemium :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 25, 2012 Administrator Share Posted July 25, 2012 I haven't got time yet to check, but can anyone confirm if this is actually "free" or "freemium"? Freemium :( Ah, thanks for confirming. Bloody jerks. They used piracy as an excuse to make the game freemium. They can earn 10 times of what they used to earn. :angry:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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