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Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by mysterydip »

cableshaft wrote: post #159
mysterydip wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The in-app purchase says "remove non-SEGA adverts" which sounds like you'll still see ads even after paying, which seems shady to me. Second, I've got a retro arcade collection on iOS/android that might be a bit harder for the 4yo but has some games he can play. My niece likes "pong" and "duck hunt". Check my website for more info. I'm working on a graphics revamp as well. I have a second game (on iOS only) that's fr…

Well if it's Sega ads it'll probably just be ads for future free games you can download, or possibly for their console game releases. As long as the frequency is much less, that's might not be too bad, and possibly useful.

Right, but it's still odd since most people would expect all ads to be removed if they pay.

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Post by TomNomNom »

Baeocystin wrote: post #147
TomNomNom wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My 3.5 year old loves Monument Valley. It's not something I thought he would have been capable of playing - and he does sometimes "need some help to win" - but he downloaded it himself on Kindle Fire for Kids Unlimited and just started playing it. The Kids Unlimited thing has been great. All the apps are included in the monthly price, there's no ads, no in-app purchases, and all the games and apps are vetted to be ch…

Thanks for making me aware of it. I've been looking for something to get my 6-year-old nephew that can be set up to be kid safe, and I hadn't really thought about the Fire tablets until now. How's their durability?

The durability has been really good. We've just got a regular Kindle Fire with a Kids profile on it; it's taken a real beating and shown no issues.

The Kids Edition of the tablet is more expensive, but comes with a very rugged case and a "If they break it, we'll replace it. No questions asked" guarantee for the first couple of years.

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Post by intoverflow2 »

ekianjo wrote: post #136
intoverflow2 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another alternative is buy him a Nintendo handheld instead of an iPad. No ads, no dodgy content, quality games.

what if you dont like Nintendo games ?

Get a PSVita instead it's a ridiculously underrated handheld and will be going cheap these days.

But as it was a young kid we're talking about I think it's safe to say there will be something on Nintendo that they're into.

My main point was more just you really do get what you pay for and if these things on iPads bother you then please vote with your wallets and buy products from companies that actually care about quality of their software.

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Post by Pigo »

jypepin wrote: post #112

this is actually awesome. Altered Beast is one of my favorite game of all time. Really looking forward to see Aladin and Jurassic Park becoming available. It would be cool if they could release those on a more portable format so it could get put inside a raspberry pie or something!

Altered Beast was the one game I was willing to admit jealousy to the Sega guys for, still not sure I'd trade Excite bike for it though.

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Post by noxToken »

richev wrote: post #12
tdiggity wrote: post #10

The Sonic game uses the most vile type of in-app ad. The ad requires you to play Game of War for some indeterminate amount of time. You are made to play it after every stage. I hope Sega changes this, it basically makes their game unplayable.

Or, you can just purchase the game to get rid of the apps.

This is such a false dilemma. "Pony up money or get the same content with a less-than-stellar ad experience." What about supporting your product with ads that don't suck? I know this is much easier in theory, but I'd like a Web where the advertisements didn't suck so much.

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Post by iaskwhy »

setq wrote: post #152
iaskwhy wrote: post #121

One thing missing from this discussion: people who in the past bought the game are now required to pay for it again in order to have it ad-free! That's the reason for the big influx of 1 star ratings in the AppStore.

Apparently this isn't actually the case entirely. You can do a restore purchases on the old version now. I haven't tried it myself though. Edit: remove unrelated edit!

You are correct, it seems a new update was released to allow the restoring of old purchases.

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Post by bitJericho »

monster2control wrote: post #160

I think this is awesome, and I wish Nintendo would do it too, but I was hoping for an Emulator style application, a single app, where new games can be added as they come out. Being separate apps, it's fine, but it's going to make it a PITA when you have over 100 games you'd love to play. Thank god for iOS searching.

I think nintendo has it right. I'd rather pay for the games and not be the product.

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by striking »

system16 wrote: post #166

I think this is great, but 121 MB download for a game whose ROM file is 316 KB? I mean, of course I expect overhead but the cynic in me suspects most of that is analytics, tracking, and advertising libraries.

It's also built in Unity, which explains the terrible performance and emulation.
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