Madfinger: Android piracy forced Dead Trigger to free to play model

Developer Madfinger Games explained today that its game Dead Trigger recently went from $0.99 to free because of the “unbelievably high piracy” it had encountered on Android.

The explanation was posted to the developer’s Facebook page in response to criticism from disgruntled customers who already paid the initial price. Some users even took to Google Play and gave the game negative reviews because of this issue.

Madfinger explained that they didn’t launch the game as free to play because they don’t have experience with that model, but that the piracy rates were so high even at $0.99

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