EA and Apple attacked for iOS price cuts

Ray Sharma, founder of Canadian mobile developer XMG Studio, had some stern words of criticism for EA Mobile and Apple at the Mobile Games Forum in London today.

"I think Electronic Arts really screwed the industry at Christmas time," said the former investment banker, speaking on a VC and research panel.

"You may have won in the battle in the short term in terms of owning this Christmas 2010, but in the long term I’ll be very interested to see how EA competes against indies in the freemium space, given their cost structure."

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