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如何鉴别应用商店中的冒牌货

发布时间:2012-12-31 16:43:26 Tags:,,

作者:Mark Brown

如果iTunes上的应用看起来太好,好到不像是真的,那么它就是假的。

各位抱歉啦,现在并没有iPhone版的《孤岛惊魂3》、《光晕4》、《战神》和《Shinobi》。如果你看到了,那只是最近刚从应用商店的大堆冒牌游戏中浮出来的。

谢天谢地,发现冒牌、去伪存真的办法还是有的。当你浏览虚拟商店的货架时,请记住以下打假的办法。

Halo 4 (From Pocketgamer.biz)

Halo 4 (From Pocketgamer.biz)

 

即使你已经上了冒牌的当,也不是完全没办法了。读一读《如何让苹果还你钱》(how to request a refund from Apple),它会按步指导你如何从这个技术巨人那里拿回你的钱。

查看文件大小

识破骗局的最有效办法就是查看应用的大小。记住,一般来说,一款品质接近游戏机的iOS游戏需要设备腾出500MB至2GB的空间。

所以,如果开发商说你的iPad安装整个《光晕4》只需腾出6.6M的储存空间—-相当于几个MP3文件,那你就知道这游戏是真是假了。

查看开发商

信不信,“’Hai Dinh Thi Thanh”不是《战神》的授权开发商。如果你查看开发商或发行商的名称,通常能看出不对劲的地方。

但有时候,这些无耻的骗子也会冒用发行商的详细信息来混淆你的判断。假《战神》看起来是由Sony Computer Entertainment发行的,但其实根本不是。

给你一个建议:即使游戏的发行商是“正确”的,也不要以为这款游戏就是合法的。

查看用户评论

如果有人花钱买了一个假货,他肯定想在评论里告诉全世界这个垃圾如何如何。

你有没有看过这种可疑的评论如“这是假的”、“还我钱”或“如果让我找到做这个游戏的家伙,我一定要断了他的命根子。”

在所有评论中,你可能会看到一些积极的(如果拼写很差的话)。为了让你上当,这些骗子可能说服心术不正的朋友帮他写好评。

查看开发商的其他游戏

《孤岛惊魂》系列是由Ubisoft制作的,是吧?

所以,当我寻找《孤岛惊魂之黑》的开发商的其他游戏时,为什么我不能找到Ubisoft的其他手机游戏,如《Rayman Jungle Run》?

哦,好吧:因为这是一个大骗局。

查看截图

那些漂亮到不像是真的的截图可能就是你考虑购买假游戏的唯一原因。幸运的是,这些截图是很容易鉴别的。

在网络浏览器中打开游戏的应用商店页,对着截图右击鼠标,选择“复制图片地址”,然后到贴到Google图片。你就会看到搜索栏上的蓝框图片。点击后通过图片查找。

如果你访问图片地址,Google就会显示图片的来源。

如果你发现图片只是真游戏的广告截图(或者另一款游戏的截图),你就知道这是个假游戏了。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,拒绝任何不保留版权的转载,如需转载请联系:游戏邦

How to spot a scam on the App Store

by Mark Brown

If an app on iTunes looks too good to be true, that’s probably because it is.

Sorry, folks, but you can’t really get Far Cry 3, Halo 4, God of War, or Shinobi on your iPhone. Nope, these are just the latest in a long line of counterfeit games to surface on the App Store.

Thankfully, there are a few ways to sniff out a scam, and separate truth from fiction. Keep these in mind while you browse those virtual shop selves, okay. Better to be safe than, well, broke.

If you’ve been suckered by a scam, though, all is not lost. Read our feature on how to request a refund from Apple for a step-by-step guide to getting your money back from the Cupertino-based tech giant.

Check the file size

One surefire way to sniff out a scam is to check the size of the app. Remember that your typical big flashy console-like iOS game requires anywhere from 500MB to 2GB of space on your iOS device.

So, if a developer promises to put the whole of Halo 4 on your iPad and only take up 6.6MB of storage space – the equivalent of a few MP3 files – doing so, then you know that something is up.

Check the developer

Believe it or not, ‘Hai Dinh Thi Thanh’ is not a licensed developer of the God of War franchise. If you look at the developer’s or publisher’s name, you’ll often spot something that sounds a bit off.

Sometimes, though, these cheeky fraudsters will use fake publisher details to throw you off the scent. This God of War fake is apparently published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Even though it definitely isn’t.

A good tip, then: don’t just assume that a game is legit even if it appears to have been published by the ‘right’ studio.

Check the customer reviews

If someone’s bought a scam app and wasted his pocket money on a piece of crap, you can be darn sure he’ll want to tell the world all about it in the game’s customer reviews section.

Have a look and hunt for telltale signs like “this is a scam”, “give me my money back”, and “if I ever find the guy who made this game, I’m going to use his testicles as conkers”.

You will probably see some positive (if poorly spelled) comments in there, too. The scammer will have roped in some of his morally dubious pals to leave nice comments and try to trick you, you see.

Check the developer’s other games

The Far Cry series is made by Ubisoft, right?

So, why can’t I find Ubisoft’s mobile games – like Rayman Jungle Run – when I look at the Far Cry Black developer’s other games?

Oh, that’s right: because it’s a great big ball of lies.

Check the screenshots

Those lovely too-good-to-be-true screenshots are likely the only reason you’d even consider buying a fraudulent app. Luckily, there’s an easy way to check the validity of these screens.

Open the game’s App Store page in your web browser, right-click on a screenshot, choose something like “Copy URL”, and then head to Google Images. You’ll find a blue camera icon on the search bar. Click this to search by image.

If you pop in the URL, Google will show you where that picture originated.

If you find it’s just some promotional screenshot for the real game (or, perhaps, a completely different game), you know it’s a bogus app. (source:poketgamer)

 


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