I don't even want to post the app store link to Temple Jump by sleazy Anton Sinelnikov -- but it's a $.99 shill on Temple Run that has a deceptive icon and just a title screen in its screenshot gallery. And it's #1 ranked in the App Store right now... I wanted to share a few shots. The game is worthless -- please avoid. bp
App Store Consumer Behavior After Temple Jump and other similar titles I'm wondering about App Store consumer behavior; I understand that now people make mistakes because it is on the top listings and because name a icon are similar to Temple Run. I thought users look at description and ratings before push the buy button, it its probably people start rating it when it was too late and sounds like people trust a lot on apple listings. I think iOS need a shortcut to rate downloaded apps. _____________ Francisco Padilla Beat Enigma Developer http://beatenigma.com
It doesn't appear to be available in the US App store anymore. Maybe it's in the process of getting taken down? Let's hope! Edit: Just checked the App store by searching his name and TJ doesn't even come up in the search results anymore Edit#2: Yep, it's been taken down. 'Where's My Water' is #1 again.
Something was quite fishy there. The publisher of that app still has ~9 apps in the store - http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/anton-sinelnikov/id365570370 - but previously there were 66 by that publisher, and quite a lot of piggybacking titles like Angry (whatever), Plants vs. Zombie. I dunno if it was because the game was in the process of being taken down or if this was part of the scam but in a search I saw those appear/disappear several times. I'd love to know what this guy that broke through that other scammy developers haven't been as readily able to do. Like these people - http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/best-mobilegame/id480591333. They got one of their Zuma clones in "What's Hot" a few weeks ago. *Just* cloning a name of a top app hasn't been enough in the past that I can think of. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skulls-trucks-jump-to-survive/id408690156?mt=8 / http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birdies/id408405447?mt=8
Ripping work off, absolutely. But making it to number one in the charts... a testimony to temple run's success I suppose.
Or possibly how mindless people are when they purchase apps. Cant believe some people actually thought that it was a legit game, just by looking at the title and its resemblance to Temple Run. But people really need to carefully read the app description and review before buying, as it looked shady from the beginning. "Let the buyer beware..." <---I suppose
Call me a jerk, but I'm actually glad that it made it to the #1 app. People need to learn to read the app description and previous reviews from customers. I MEAN REALLY, IS IT NOT OBVIOUS THAT IT'S A RIP OFF?! Sometimes this just needs to happen so that people learn a lesson. Don't get me wrong, these kinds of apps absolutely piss me off, but what pisses me off more are idiotic customers.
I dont get how people can fall for this...even my 10 year old bro knows the difference between real and fake.
I dont know how you can blame the customer. So many times people buy games based on hearing about them from friends/websites, when they see "temple jump" they just assume that's the one that people were taking about and wont bother to read the review. That's why apps like these should be removed, because it's basically conning people. techcrunch article about this: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/03/app-store-fakes/ seems like Apple is cracking down.
Its a difficult one, i rarely read reviews for games as so many of them are the usual fake ones (As they're trying to win a $10 gift voucher just like many threads here), people are so quick to buy something though. Most reviews are worthless, wish forums wouldnt allow companies to ask for fake reviews just for kids to try to win a voucher, just ruins what the app store and its reviews should be about Look at a lot of those arcade apps, people think theyre getting games when in actual fact if they read the description it says theyre getting sounds from those games with screenshots, so many people get fooled Its like that famous story on ebay about someone selling an x-box, it sold for a lot of money as the buyer presumed they were getting an actual x-box, the description actually read you would be getting the box which an x-box came in! Theres a lot of young kids who get fooled though, i've seen countless times threads from spammers here advertising ipods for $200 if you send money to them by western union (yeah right !) and still you get people replying asking for more details. Surprised how many shill games or 'illegal' games are getting through the app store at the moment, must admit i didnt complain when iMame was there for 48 hours
Oh wow. I didn't know it got to Top charts... Haha, people are really dumb - forreal. *antoine dodson voice*
You really have to look at it from a different way. To us, yes it is mindless and stupid since we are on a gaming website and probably care enough about what we buy to look at the description, screenshots, etc. But what about the kid in between classes who wants to buy the neat jumping game he saw his friend play, and sure enough its sitting right there at number one on the charts. Most people really do not care enough to read, its not that their mindless. At the end of the day, its 99c to them. Not 99c they might put on another game, but 99c that might have gone to a pack of gum or candybar... worthless. This is the up and downside of digital distribution in mobile gaming at such cheap prices. The game goes from worth little to worth nothing when the customer finds out its garbage. Like I said above, I really think its not so much a people being idiots, but: A. having a different sense of worth for games than the population here, meaning no point to them in reading description B. and also not having quite as much familiarity with the appstore But at the end of the day, most people do not care for 1,2,5, or 10 bucks just disappearing in the digital world. It is almost like a resurgence of the arcade era in digital form, but the game has even less attention of the customer (thus comes in farmville rather than an arcade fighter).
TR I saw that crap the other day, I found it odd how it was top in the appstore. I'm guessing many people thought it was an Temple Run remake. I thought that too, either that or it was a complete spam. No images besides the title screen as well. x.x
Any app with only the title screen as the "screenshot" (if it can even be called that) automatically = scam/fake/shill/illegal. But what can we do? Apple has no review team that functions with any sign of intelligence. Make an app called "Final Fantasies", 100% Apple will approve it, then wait til it makes enough scam money (since Apple receives 30% of revenue) and the consumers begin to protest, then pull it. Apple still gets to keep the money it made.
Here's another developer doing exactly the same thing. http://t.co/taDdoNaq 64 apps and a russian support page. Very similar to the other guy they took down.
#2 Paid App in Entertainment: Temple Guns Same blue icon as Temple Jump, same single screenshot (with guns added). http://itunes.apple.com/app/id500022688 How does this stuff get past Apple's review?
