Launch of the Screaming Narwhal FREE!!Posted by mymipageComments: 2 Right! So you haven't bought Tales of Monkey Island yet because your broke, or your not sure. Well, fear not, because Telltale Game have decided to give away the first chapter for FREE on International Talk Like A Pirate Day. So, if you haven't played Launch of the Screaming Narwhal yet, then shame on you! But more importantly, the 19th of September is the time to do so.
But that's not all. The Secret of MI: Special Edition is available for download with a 50% reduction this weekend also. That's only $4.95!!!
And while I'm here. In other Monkey Island related news The Siege of Spinner Cay is available for WiiWare in Europe on Sept. 25th.
It's a simple marketing strategy. When they offer the possibility of acquiring an episode for free, they're doing it to a target public: the adventure gamers who are somehow familiarized with the TellTale Games universe. Those who've already purchased TMI will have the opportunity to try other TellTale Games product and if they enjoy playing one of those episodes, it's likely for them to buy the whole pack. For those who don't have TMI, they’ll have the opportunity to try it and if they like it they'll end up buying the whole pack as well. This way the buyers are happy for getting a discount and TellTale Games advertises its games, eventually gets more clients and at the end it gets some good profit out of it. Take my example: by pre-ordering TMI I got a free episode of other game and I ended up buying the 2 Seasons of Sam&Max and now with this discount I ended up buying all the Wallace and Gromit episodes.