But there's no question that they've priced it on the Google Play store at 69p/89c/$0.99. It's true that it's £2/$3 on iTunes for iOS handhelds. We truly believe Tiny Thief to be a unique and great game with a correct price for this platform and we hope you feel the same way once you get to play the adventure.'

We've been developing Tiny Thief for over 2 years, the game has around 3.000 animations and 700 sound effects plus music crafted by a small team of passionate game developers. Additionally, the game is 3$ on mobile platforms: prices are set differently on each platform and these two markets are very different. 'In this version we have made an additional effort to make the game look as good as possible, with high-quality graphics and other improvements to make the experience as smooth as possible. Someone from developers 5 Ants has addressed some of the frustration about this on the Steam forums with: So what on earth were they thinking? Oh, we know. I think people would have accepted an increase for a PC version, but not something this ridiculous.

It undeniably affixes a sense of what one should pay for it. They've given their game a value, and it's been available at that price for a good long while. But it wasn't released first on PC, and this creates a rather big problem. Tiny Thief is over-priced at £12 - it's a short game, with limited replayability (unlike Angry Birds) - but it's obviously a game that released first on PC would be acceptable well over 69p. But, now on a bigger screen! For only 17 times more money! It's more involved, little bits of point-n-click adventure ideas put into a very cute cartoon puzzle game, but playing out in distinct levels.

Tiny Thief is a fun little game, and a nice surprise from Rovio insomuch as it isn't Angry Birds.

So it is that 69p mobile game Tiny Thief has just been released on Steam for £11.99.Īnd what do we get for this 1,738% mark-up?Ī good one, certainly. Despite the income stream from Angry Birds lunch boxes, Angry Birds towels and Angry Birds flip-flops, their need to tower bundles of banknotes to reach the moon is unsated. Oh Rovio, you are such scamps! Now richer than China, the Angry Birds developers can't seem to get enough money.

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