Kids go on expensive buying sprees in iPhone games

[headkaze]

Perhaps we're aiming at the wrong target audience? lol

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_expensive_smurfberries

[flash]

You could be right lol

[spacefractal]

This have also been happen in Denmark, where a parent account have been borked of about 6500dkr (over $1250).

But really its more a damn rally big big iOS bug, and wonder why password don't shown in every purchase (which is really important here)? This would fix it, so company don't can cheat money out of people.... This is simply because the password was not shown, and some company have designed for use of this feature to bork of people money (which should not been allowered).

I also hate "free" games, that suddenly cost money in this way....

In our game (Jungool, I guess no secret anymore, hehe). The inside Appstore I got for a week ago (I did not got any comment of it), its still a maximum in about $5-6. So nothing we bork of people me think and is only optional.

PS. In this one in Denmark, the parent did got thier money back from Apple.

[Sokurah]

This have also been happen in Denmark, where a parent account have been borked of about 6500dkr (over $1250).

Wtf?...borked? LOL.

It's a pretty serious thing, I think, and Apple should remove that 15 minute graceperiod if the user has just used his password, or at least make it an option - defaulting to having to type it every time.

Pretty clever of the developers of the Smurf game, but honestly I do see this as a form of a scam. Not the right way to go.

[spacefractal]

Borked is something should write "borked" since I'm har not a really big english :-D, but I guess you all known what I means.

Yes its really serious why that 15 minutes graceperiod is here, since its can been really been misused. Personly I dont really like that feature too (etc enabled by default as least).

This kind of issue would been fixed of if that graceperiod was not there. I known its a feature, but it end cost money in the end and yes its clever scam for the smurf game (which is the same game issued in Denmark as well), and even some of the ingame items is really high and they should have put a lift on it, since its markedthing againgt kids.

[headkaze]

Pretty clever of the developers of the Smurf game, but honestly I do see this as a form of a scam. Not the right way to go.

I agree but it is CAPCOM.. you wouldn't expect them to do it.