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Alarmist. EA is running a massive sale- 99 cents instead of the usually $6.99. Because of that, they got a huge, massive boost in sales. When they increase prices, download amount will go back down. The Paid charts are based on downloads , not revenue - seems to me they're increasing their iOS install base ahead of putting out new versions of their games, so they can cross-promote against those new paid apps. EA is u…
I believe that EA only publishes Angry Birds and does not own it as the article states. How that effects the revenue stream is beyond me.
EA simply bought Chillingo, the publisher of Angry Birds (and Cut the Rope, and several other top iOS games) a few weeks ago. I don't know what deals Rovio, Zetptolabs, etc. have with Chillingo, but no, EA does not own Angry Birds as far as I can tell.
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/20/angry-birds-chillingo/
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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.
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!
Also, thanks for the heads up about SimCity, had not thought about that.
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EA simply bought Chillingo, the publisher of Angry Birds (and Cut the Rope, and several other top iOS games) a few weeks ago. I don't know what deals Rovio, Zetptolabs, etc. have with Chillingo, but no, EA does not own Angry Birds as far as I can tell.
Rovio has been moving away from Chillingo/EA for a while now. All their new releases are self-published. Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/20/angry-birds-chillingo/