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Originally posted by Odin View Post@miles
Playing a game is not about finishing it, but having fun with it over as long periode of time - maybe that's what Kano wanted to say in addition to his other points.
And anyone that complains because he won't spend 30? on a game he only plans to play for 5 hours is right - but the rental now offers him an alternative to not playing the game at all. Cheaper than the bargain bin, but apparently for some 1$ is far more expensive than just getting the game for free.
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Originally posted by Kano View Post@miles
I have got nothing agains buying, but when you look at the price differnece of the same game which is a budget title for Win for years and the price you should pay for the Linux variant then something is definitely wrong. I looks like that Linux games never get old and sell for full price. That price will only pay very few people, even if they like the game. Maybe they buy the Win version after testing.
People that buy Windows games definitely isn't LGP market, even when such people consider themselves as Linux users. If you've got both an XBox 360 and PS3, and the PS3 port of a game is selling for 70$ when the XBox360 game has been out for one or two years and can be found for less than 20$ on a bargain bin, while the PC game has been out for much longer and can be found for less than 10$, nobody's going to contest there's a huge price difference. It doesn't prevent some companies offering PS3 ports, and obviously there's a market for them - just not the ones that own both consoles, or like to game on a PC.
Same with Live Arcade/Wiiware/Playstation Store selling classical games for 10$ when for that price you'd get 5 of them second hand everywhere, or free. Same for PSP ports of a PS2 game that's only 5$ second hand next door (the shop next door to me has a few thousand second hand PSX/PS2 games). Or an XBox 360 port of a Dreamcast game that could be found brand new for a few bucks on Ebay. Guess what, a PS2 port without any improvements sells for 40$ on the PSP, and nobody finds that a steal - if you don't want it, don't get it. There's a market, it's just not you, get over it - if you're happy with Windows, where's the problem?Last edited by miles; 04 June 2009, 04:11 AM.
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I want to play games for a long time and I want to pay for them as little money as possible.
If LGP would offer more games for a lower price, I would buy them from their store/resellers instead of playing the games under Windows or on my X360. They are losing potential customers by setting high prices.
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Originally posted by Odin View PostI want to play games for a long time and I want to pay for them as little money as possible.
If LGP would offer more games for a lower price, I would buy them from their store/resellers instead of playing the games under Windows or on my X360. They are losing potential customers by setting high prices.
getting 1 customers paying 50 bucks for a game gets you 50 bucks and 1 reference. setting the same game at 20 bucks would get you 3 sales ($60) and 3 references. Lets be honest, you cant sell Gorky 17 at the same price as ARMA 2... Linux users believe it or not are people .
ders no law that says price is relative to output but ders a reason our tangible goods are made in china .
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Originally posted by deanjo View Post
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