Do big name companies get promocodes?

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  1. Ajg3

    Ajg3 Well-Known Member

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    Do big companies get ptomocodes like electronic arts or gameloft?
     
  2. Zincous

    Zincous Well-Known Member

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    Everybody does. All developers get 50 per version.

    so the answer is yes.
     
  3. Ajg3

    Ajg3 Well-Known Member

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    I never see them distribute the codes?
     
  4. Kunning

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    They only get distributed to review sites. So if you want one, you have to be part of a well-known review site.
     
  5. Zincous

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    Not publicly. They give them to websites for reviews. And probably to the developers for their friends or whatever, idk.

    They occasionally may have a contest or whatever. But yeah they don't usually give them out, they know you'll buy the game anyway if they don't give out codes.
     
  6. skyye06

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    Not ever since that Spore fiasco if I remember correctly
     
  7. Zincous

    Zincous Well-Known Member

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    EA isn't the only "big company" the OP is talking about ;)
     
  8. skyye06

    skyye06 Well-Known Member

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    Lol I know that but I was just giving an example
     
  9. Sainter

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    Yep. They certainly do.

    Only very very rarely to the public though. Neither Gameloft or EA have given them to the normal folk for a long time
     
  10. ImNoSuperMan

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    You`d find their promo codes on different gaming blogs for contest etc. I remember entering in one for Gang$tar right when it was released. But yes, it`s very rare to see them giving out codes generally.
     
  11. Seishu

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    Though I do remember one of the bigger companies (ngmoco) handing out promo codes for Rolando to tons of best buy stores so people could get it for free if they bought an itunes gift card. I guess Apple makes exceptions sometimes.
     
  12. Zincous

    Zincous Well-Known Member

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    #12 Zincous, Oct 21, 2009
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    EA = Spore
    EA = Rock Band

    Rock Band = Promo code contest: http://forum.148apps.com/showthread.php?p=1714

    EA = Promo code contest :confused::eek:

    That doesn't make sense from your logic though :confused:

    :p
     
  13. skyye06

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    lol I was only making an assumption as I read somewhere in a past thread of how everyone got a code from EA(I don't know how) and there where threads everywhere on TA if they wanted to trade. Which resulted in EA(or whoever gave them away) getting mad and never giving away promos in masses or we could have gotten one for Sim city

    Note that is what I read from an old thread so that's why I assumed that and said If I remember correctly
     
  14. Zincous

    Zincous Well-Known Member

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    Yeah they gave away 200 promo codes for spore back in the day, your right. (I got one of them :D)
     
  15. arn

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    you guys are mixing up terms.

    Every iPhone developer get 50 promo codes for each app or version.

    Spore and Rolando had something else, not regular promo codes, but free gift cards that were being given out. These are specially created with the help of Apple, and not something available to every developer.

    arn
     
  16. skyye06

    skyye06 Well-Known Member

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    I was wondering how they gave out 200, makes sense now.
     

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