Apple fights game clones, pulls Angry Ninja Birds, Plants vs Zombie, others

2. kshell1 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 08:16 1

apple did a good thing for once. the guy was trying to rip off peoples hard work to make a quick buck. people should have paid attention to what they was downloading though

3. Roomaku posted on 06 Feb 2012, 08:20 3

Angry Ninja Birds?!?!? I wish i had gotten a chance to play that one...

4. Bluesky02 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 08:31 2

That's a good move that will encourage developers creating new games.
First good news from Apple aside from lawsuits

5. PAPINYC posted on 06 Feb 2012, 08:43 6

Typical Apple control iFreaks: they control what you play; they control what music you can listen to (via iToones); they control what videos you can sync to your device ( via iToones); they control how your Home Screen can look; they control and limit their FaceTime to Wi-Fi……I'll be glad when, like Samsung's Superbowl commercial for the Galaxy Note, they are left with one sheep on-line ('waiting for their next big thing')……cough, cough!!

7. PimpStrong posted on 06 Feb 2012, 09:04 1

I agree with this move. A game dev shouldn't be able to slightly tweek a game and call it something different just to try and sell you the same product twice.

I guess its a judgement call when it comes to pulling a "blatant clone". Tough calls at times I bet.

8. arcq12 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 09:09 2

is there like a patent claim on this? thats how Apple goes right?

9. EclipseGSX posted on 06 Feb 2012, 10:45 3

i guess Disgruntled Ninja Fowls didn't flow as well

11. Stuticus posted on 06 Feb 2012, 11:29 2

WIth my Disclaimer being i've not played any of the clones, This strikes me as being no more bad for gaming than Saints Row being a clone of GTA is bad for gaming. People will buy and enjoy both. This is the developers place to complain not apples. They have no business sticking their noses in it, they aren't the developer.

12. TKFox007 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 12:54 0

I agree with this, there's so many apps and games that do the same on both Android and iOS. It's silly that you paid for a clone of an app that you already paid for or worse, got for free.

Especially in this case where they're direct copies of more popular games with a name that's exactly like the title they're ripping off. Because they're just trying to trick people into buying their app to take money away from the originals.

15. squeeb posted on 07 Feb 2012, 11:22 1

lol angry ninja birds