This is how bad the new app store is: I search for "Carmageddon". Result #1 is an app called "Armageddon". Result #2 is "Carmageddon". In what search algorithm does a direct title hit not make that the first result?
My friends and I used to LAN play the crap out of this game in the MacOS8/9 days. It was a lot of fun, but networking bugs would cause all connected computers to hard crash, needing restarts.
It's always surprising to me when developers give away their product for free when they launch. Seems like creating some buildup before the release by getting the game into reviewers' hands would be a better solution.
When I see a deal like this, I'll go ahead and grab the app even if I have no intention of playing it. If they launched with a discounted price and I saw a number of positive reviews, I would be more likely to buy the game to check it out.
Yeah, but you have to know first that the app exists. This way, they're using the downloads to reach the top of the app sales/downloads list. Probably, most of the people that are looking for free apps, aren't going to purchase anything, so they're not lost sales but good PR.
I wonder what happens if they change from free to paid, do they stay on the most downloaded paid apps list or the stats reset...
