Madfinger Games: Dead Trigger kostenlos wegen vieler Raubkopien

Anfang des Monats hat Madfinger Games “Dead Trigger” im Google Play Store zum Preis von 0,99 Euro veröffentlicht. Vor einigen Tagen hat man dann damit begonnen das Spiel kostenlos anzubieten. Geld verdient man damit nur noch durch In-App-Käufe. Auch wenn es nur 99 Cent sind, einige Käufer verärgert es “natürlich” diese gezahlt zu haben. Madfinger Games erklärt nun in einem Statement, warum man sich zu diesem Schritt entschieden hat. Man begründet dies mit dem großem Anteil an Raubkopien:

Regarding price drop. HERE is our statement. 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. Anyway – DEAD TRIGGER is not FREEMIUM, it always was and still remains FREE-TO-PLAY, that means, all players are able to play it without IAP! We stand up for this statement, because all members of our team are playing (and enjoying) DEAD TRIGGER without IAP.

Dead Trigger im Google Play Store [via TheVerge]