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by somebear 5661 days ago
What EA is doing is really quite clever. By making such a massive sale just before Christmas, they ensure that the charts are dominated by their apps come Christmas day, when all the people who received gift cards go check it out.
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jkahn 5661 days ago
I'm just waiting for them to jack up the price for Christmas day - so all the people that get given an iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch for Christmas view the top list and buy at full price.

Having said that - I purchased five EA iPad games on the weekend because of this sale. SimCity for 99 cents? Yes please!

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somebear 5661 days ago
I thought jacking up the price was implied in my comment. I know I will check the app store on Christmas day just to see whether it is true.

Also, thanks for the heads up about SimCity, had not thought about that.

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