I think the question that begs to be asked is: did those that setup the domain run and price gouging for .xxx know about this upcoming massive TLD release? Don't new TLD's take several years to get approved?

I don't know much about the whole selection and approval process, but it just seems strange to now have a ton of various sexually related extensions to choose from that weren't there a few weeks ago, and right after the .xxx domains came down in price ...