Popular game Dead Trigger was made free for Android devices a week back ,and now the company has made the iOS version also free .
Because of piracy rate being too high , the developer Mad Finger was forced to make the game free . The game used to cost just $0.99 .
Mad Finger said in the official statement -
" Regarding price drop. HERE is our statement. The main reason: piracy rate on Android devices, that was unbelievably high. At first we intend to make this game available for as many people as possible – that’s why it was for as little as buck. – It was much less than 8$ 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."
Game studio's CEO says that number of pirates on iOS is roughly same as the number of jailbroken devices . He also says that Google and Apple aren't providing enough protection for game studios like Mad Finger .
Those customers who paid for the game before will get in game rewards as compensation .
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Because of piracy rate being too high , the developer Mad Finger was forced to make the game free . The game used to cost just $0.99 .
Mad Finger said in the official statement -
" Regarding price drop. HERE is our statement. The main reason: piracy rate on Android devices, that was unbelievably high. At first we intend to make this game available for as many people as possible – that’s why it was for as little as buck. – It was much less than 8$ 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."
Game studio's CEO says that number of pirates on iOS is roughly same as the number of jailbroken devices . He also says that Google and Apple aren't providing enough protection for game studios like Mad Finger .
Those customers who paid for the game before will get in game rewards as compensation .
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