Jul 31, 2012
The lede to this story is that <em>Whale Trail Frenzy, a free version of Whale Trail, is now available, but the context must be given first.
There was the controversy recently when Dead Trigger went from $0.99 to free, but a lot of the anger was contained by the fact that the game never really changed – it was always about IAP as a second currency. Not so much with Whale Trail – it has made the shift to a free-to-play game, adding in upgrades, costumes, and a currency called krill to help fund the title.
On iOS, the main game shifted to free-to-play, and some anger was had by players who didn’t like to see a game shift from being a simple $0.99 experience to one that was free with IAP, even if the game did give previous players 8000 krill to try and tide them over.
However, on Android, ustwo has gone a different route, leaving the original Whale Trail up as Whale Trail Classic, and selling Whale Trail Frenzy now, which is the free-to-play version. Of course, no one can be happy: there’s a customer review on Frenzy suggesting that they should have just updated the original app.
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