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Apple Removes 'Texas Hold'em', its Only iOS Game, from App Store
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Too diversified means jack of all trades and master of none. And apple built its reputation on being a "master".
If they are to survive prudent decisions must be made like this one to "keep the focus".
Too diversified means jack of all trades and master of none. And apple built its reputation on being a "master".
If they are to survive prudent decisions must be made like this one to "keep the focus".
Page 2 anyone?
...or at least on the iOS Blog tab.
Not to be a d**k, but I cannot help but snicker at folks who were hoping for an iPad update to a FIVE DOLLAR(!?!) poker game Apple hasn't touched SINCE 2008. Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over...
...or at least on the iOS Blog tab.
Not to be a d**k, but I cannot help but snicker at folks who were hoping for an iPad update to a FIVE DOLLAR(!?!) poker game Apple hasn't touched SINCE 2008. Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over...
RIP 
Texas Hold 'Em
2006-2011
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I just ena apple support, requesting reimbursement for the $4.99 I spent on this app. Will post once I receive a response.
Bingo. Given that there are plenty of folks making games of all kinds and up to date ones with more reasonable prices, why should Apple waste even one person's time on this title when they can pull it (since they have basically forgotten about it anyway) and have that person working on iOS or their functional apps or some new feature/app etc
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Have they ever yanked an app from any devices before. Nope. That rip off of Super Mario they cut for IP complaints, still on our devices. VLC, still on our devices etc.
Eh, Texas Hold'em was a sign of Apple "getting serious about gaming"??
Or those games that came bundled with Windows
Or those games that came bundled with Windows
That is some developers opinion and could be erroneous. Apple just isn't designing their devices/software optimized for what games and game creators think is THE way to design them (4000dpi screens, 3.0 quad core processors, 20 GB of ram etc) but rather for the common user. Same game they do with their prosumer software and common man computers. Which also peeves the gamers because they think Apple should focus on what they want not what their grannies would need
That's a two-year old quote from Carmack. I tend to doubt that is still the prevailing opinion of Apple execs, if it even was truly the prevailing opinion at the time.
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You likely won't get a refund. Especially if you bought it back when it first released.
The TC says all sales are final. It also says that apps could be removed from the store for a number of reasons including the developer wants it removed. It doesn't stop working if it is removed from the store after all. Also the version of iOS it was made for is rather clear from the last update date, the requirements etc so it is isn't working so awesome you should have been able to guess that could happen from the last update being 3 years ago.
Basically you have zero grounds to demand a refund, you won't likely get one and they will probably politely say no and suggest you read the TC you agreed to when you created your account and many times since then. Yeah yeah you didn't bother reading it any of those times. You still agreed to follow them.
He had zero proof it was the opinion even back then. He just 'believed' it was based on his not getting the responses he thought he should.
That's an outdated article from 2009.
I'm fairly certain that the executives mentioned in the article have changed their mind since then - especially when considering that less than a year later (in September 2010), Game Center was introduced. Also Apple makes a point of claiming iOS to be the most popular mobile gaming platform.
Both hardly say "they're not proud of the iPhone being a game machine" any more. Quite the opposite.
I'd imagine the app was pulled because there's simply no need for Apple to continue to develop their own games for the platform, when there are so many third party developers on the App Store already dedicated to doing so.
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Quite the contrary. It predicted, what we see now: No update for Apples iPod touch 4G and Texas Hold'em removed from the App Store. A serious gaming platform should be more than the current iPod touch 4G.
It's a shame it won't be updated, it was pretty good. But if they're not going to do so it's not surprising that it was pulled. It's hardly the example that Apple wants to be sending to developers that not supporting a host of the new APIs and features that have been introduced since iOS2 launched was a good thing. It didn't even have a retina icon.
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Did you see the 4S launch??????????????????????? They had a demo from a game to show it off.
*Requested a refund. I demanded nothing. Also, this is not my first time dealing with Apple's customer service. I bet you I'll get a refund. Either way I'll post their reply, should be less than 48 hours.
Why do you use so many "?" signs?
And? This does not mean, that the other 400.000+ non-gaming apps in the App Store are worthless for Apple. With over 500.000 apps in the App Store, only around 85.000 are games (< 1/5 of all apps).
I knew it reminded me of something!
Kinda like those Phillips CD-ROM video games I played at my uncle's house. Had to play with a remote control 
They'd best not! For one I paid them for it, two they haven't yanked VLC from me, four I'm still holding my breath for a retina icon
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