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iPhone App Rejected for being too Violent

Ours was rejected because we had little padlocks on premium features that you unlock through the in-app store. Sportacular has little locks on certain extras and that one is fine. :rolleyes:
 
If they put an +17 on it,,, I don't see a problem with this. Heck, look at the games we see today. And some of these games can be played on a Mac.

I don't know where to draw the line. Is there anything that says a game can't be violent? I know about the porn stuff, but violence?
 
My main concern is about the apparent hypocrisy. There are apps that are a lot more violent than mine in the store. Apple's concern that mine encourages violence more than others I think is unfounded. It's pretty harmless really. Certainly a lot less violent than paintball or other shooting style games around, that are perfectly legal.

Of course I'm happy to make it 17+ and then it's up to the parents to police what children can and can't have access to.

iPhone Apps don't kill people. People kill people! ;)
 
I guess the problem is not that you're shooting, (doom is in the app store after all), but that you are shooting actual real people.
I can see why that might raise red flags, I can also see that you could have avoided rejection by making it paintball instead of blood animations.
 
I DISAGREE with this censorship. Age restrict the App, and it should be up to the parents to decide, not Apple. This is not OK, but the sniper games are?

Hypocrisy at it's finest.

And before anyone say's it's "real people", a pixel is a pixel. There's nothing "real" at all.
 
Daremo said:
I DISAGREE with this censorship. Age restrict the App, and it should be up to the parents to decide, not Apple. This is not OK, but the sniper games are?

Hypocrisy at it's finest.

And before anyone say's it's "real people", a pixel is a pixel. There's nothing "real" at all.
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Do you want me to use your vacation photos of you and your family and make them gore to the ****?

That's what this app does...
 
I fail to see where the line between useful apps and senseless ******** apps is drawn these days. The iPhone app store has become a joke. I think a few novelty apps are fine but when dumbass novelty apps out number useful apps then that's a problem. Even the 10,000 flash light apps are semi useful.

I agree with Apple on this but I also wish this developer would focus his efforts on something more positive.
 
Anybody that agrees with Apple on this is nothing short of a complete moron.

So it's ok for me to play Gameloft's "Gangster" and kill cops and other people but this isn't ok?

Another shining example of Apple failure.

Pika said:
Do you want me to use your vacation photos of you and your family and make them gore to the ****?

That's what this app does...
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Because there's like, no other way to do that right?
 
I understand your frustration.

But if you look in the top 100 of the AppStore you'll find very few "useful" apps.

Most of them are games and novelty apps. These are the types of apps that are making people millionaires.

There's little incentive for developers to make useful apps, that take longer to develop and may not see the light of day, due to the review process and how the store is set up. It may have a niche market, as games and novelty seem to be the most popular.

Just look at number 40 in the US store "Finger Scale". It's clearly impossible to weigh things with your iPhone. 1,503 people out of the 1,672 have rated it 1 star. All the reviews say that it doesn't work.

Yet it's number 40 in the store and making the developer $1,000s of dollars a day. It probably took him a few hours to make.

If you were a developer what would you do? Spend 6 months and earn $100 or spend a day and earn $100,000?
 
Heres the thing though, why should your opinion limit those who would want the app? If it's on the app store, and you don't like it, then don't buy it. It's as simple as that.

Personally I wouldn't buy the app but I think people who would want it should have access to it.
 
I got this app through a promo code, and frankly I dont really care one way or another. Its a pretty useless app as it is. All it is is adding simulated bullet holes to objects.

Meh, deleted.

Sorry if I offended you developer guy, I would have said the same thing in iTunes. At least im keeping it out of there and witholding a 2 star review.

As Jessica said, more useful apps are needed.
 
My opinions.


1) I also got this app with a free promo code and I'm sparing the developer a negative review on itunes. Frankly - the app is relatively useless. And it's certainly not a "game" as it was originally marketed as.

2) The developer (and I don't mean to incite) is clearly posting to advertise/shill his application. Notice that his first post is all about his blog and even encourages the spreading of the blog via Digg. His blog also states how he names all his apps with an "a" as a means to position his apps at the top of lists. Fine and dandy. But If you're going to try and "work the system" and the system doesn't work for you - please don't cry about it.

This thread is nothing more than a way to draw attention to his app.
 
There have been loads of very popular gun apps, like shotgun, that have even been in the top 10. So it seems people like these kinds of apps.

My app "Wanted - Dead or Alive" overlays the gun onto the camera and allows you to record who or what you've shot. Surely that's more "useful" than shotgun (which just makes the noises).

Ultimately what's in the App Store is determined by the customers. If people keep buying novelty apps then developers will keep making them.
 
Daremo said:
I DISAGREE with this censorship. Age restrict the App, and it should be up to the parents to decide, not Apple. This is not OK, but the sniper games are?

Hypocrisy at it's finest.

And before anyone say's it's "real people", a pixel is a pixel. There's nothing "real" at all.
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Don't care if anybody thinks it is usesless. If you don't want it, you don't have to get it. Nobody is pointing a gun at your head telling you to get it. (punny i know).

Samething goes for pretty much anything. If you don't like it, don't get it. Some people will like this and want it.
 
rhett7660 said:
Don't care if anybody thinks it is usesless. If you don't want it, you don't have to get it. Nobody is pointing a gun at your head telling you to get it. (punny i know).

Samething goes for pretty much anything. If you don't like it, don't get it. Some people will like this and want it.
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Congratulations on entirely missing the point. It's about the hypocrisy.

Oh yeah, it's spelled useless. Kind of like your post, ;).
 
yetanotherdave said:
I guess the problem is not that you're shooting, (doom is in the app store after all), but that you are shooting actual real people.
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Are you effin serious? Did you just say that his app is SHOOTING REAL PEOPLE?

I swear some of the posters here sometimes make me want to kill myself. May be I should use the OP's app since you can use it to SHOOT REAL PEOPLE.
 
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