Google Play removed thousands of legit ‘Game Dev Tycoon’ reviews

[Joystiq]

Google has removed some 77 percent of reviews for

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mobile port on Google Play. Developer Greenheart Games contacted Google to find out why the (mostly) five-star reviews were disappearing, and was told that the scores were removed on purpose, with little other explanation. Greenheart's theory is that Google uses the same algorithm to police

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on the Play store that it does paid games; Game Dev Tycoon costs $5 and you can't write a review

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. Free-to-play games, on the other hand, anyone can write a review with practically no time investment.

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