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pocketgamer:付费设置有陷井 《蓝精灵村庄》遇家长投诉

发布时间:2010-11-17 09:46:01 Tags:,,,

我们曾于日前报道过,Capcom公司的《蓝精灵村庄》(Smurfs’ Village)在英美两国的App Store游戏排行中高居榜首,将《愤怒鸟》甩在其后,它的成功得益于游戏内置付费功能。

尽管许多用户对这款游戏评价很高(已产生1600多条评论,获得了4颗星),但还有一个不寻常的现象是,仍有不少App Store用户在留言中抱怨连连——因为该游戏的功能设置问题,用户无需输入密码,就能购买虚拟货币Smurfberries,导致许多iPhone用户,尤其是年幼无知的小孩在无意中陷入了这一圈套,这一招也间接推高了这款游戏的排名情况。

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据了解,如果iOS用户在App Store中填写了针对这款游戏的交易需求,但15分钟后若还没有输入交易密码,系统就会默认用户已同意下载或购买该游戏。

一般情况下,用户同时下载大量的升级应用或最新免费应用时,这种默认设置是非常省心省力的。可是如果用户5岁大的孩子想扩大自己的蓝精灵村庄时,事情就比较麻烦了。

pocketgamer网站有个署名为“Angry Jason”的读者在留言中不无愤怒地指责该游戏“简直在抢钱,是个骗局”,称孩子在大人不知情、无需输入密码的状况下,就花掉了110欧元。

针对此事,App Store贴出了一份特别声明,描述了该游戏的相关特点,警告家长和准游戏买家们要谨慎,注意这种操作系统的功能设置。但从家长们的留言来看,大多数人认为这份声明只会再给游戏打广告,增强它对用户的吸引力。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

Is Capcom’s Smurfs’ Village only top-grossing due to accidental in-app purchasing?

Earlier today we reported the strange occurrence that childrens’ freemium title, Smurf’s Village was outselling Angry Birds due to the value of its in-app purchases.

While there does appear to be many who are happy with the app (4 stars from 1600+ reviews is usually a good barometer), comments from users left on our original story and left in the App Store suggested something else is also happening – young children accidentally purchasing the game’s currency, Smurfberries, without having to enter a password, thus causing the game to rocket up the charts.

One of the highest rated comments on the App Store from David Smout says of how ‘at no point was my password asked for’ while his son bought the virtual currency, nor was Pocket Gamer reader, ‘Angry Jason’, particularly thrilled, calling the app a ‘rip off and a fraud’.

Money for nothing

These purchases appear to be the result of a default setting in iOS that ignores the need for inputting passwords to download or purchase apps from the App Store for 15 minutes after having been typed in.

Naturally, this is handy if you’re downloading a ton of updates for apps, or grabbing the latest free downloads you’ve read about on Pocket Gamer, but not so great if your five year-old wants to grow their Smurf-tastic town immediately after you’ve downloaded it for them.

There is a warning message up on the App Store description for the game, warning parents and prospective buyers of this feature in the operating system, although from comments left by parents it’s clear this is a new addition.(source:pocketgamer)


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