Piracy Rampant on The iPhone?

Game developers are claiming it’s tough to make cash off iPhone titles these days… and Pirates are to blame! Instead of paying for downloads, developers claim users would rather obtain them illegally.

On Monday,  iPhone developer Smells Like Donkey claimed a 80% piracy rate for its latest game Tap Fu. Today Fishlabs is sharing a similar tale. The developer says it tracked UDID’s [unique device identifiers] for the release of its new game Rally Master Pro 3D and found it had a 95% piracy rate, with thousands of copies downloaded illegally on the first day of release.

Apple is suggesting in-app payments could be a protection against piracy, but developers are questioning if that would make a difference.

[Via Mobile Entertainment]