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		Hackbraten on April 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple says they're removing my game because it's m... Older games sell a lot worse than freshly released ones. Non-game apps somewhat depend on freshness too, but I’d guess not so heavily. That would make ongoing maintenance more expensive for games than for other apps. Maybe Apple should honor that and allow more slack for games.

ipaddr on April 24, 2022 [–]

Older games have reviews from outside of the app store, friends recommendations and brand awareness. Freshness is important to one category of user, older brands another.

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