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What? Watching the Top Paid section for a new game, spec'ing it out, and shipping it to a contractor for a weekend, then selling it for $1.00 less than the orig
by hack_edu 15y ago
What? Watching the Top Paid section for a new game, spec'ing it out, and shipping it to a contractor for a weekend, then selling it for $1.00 less than the original qualifies as creativity now?
- atomicdog 15y agoThey're not doing that, making a genuine clone and undercutting the competition is 100% okay (unless you're one of those pesky PIPA-supporting types) What these guys are doing is generally making a 20minute game such as pong and including a gallery of, say, Minecraft screenshots in the app. They then market the app in such a way that's designed to trick users into thinking they're purchasing Minecraft, when they're actually just purchasing a gallery of Minecraft screenshots. Case in point: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/eclipsecraft/id492415390?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/eclipsecraft/id492415390?mt=8