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Docrobot · 06-29-05, 11:44 PM

More sales does not mean reduced program prices, more sales means more dollars in Handangos pocket(s). Who here knows how much money Handango takes on, say for example, a $20 title? How much of that original $20 makes it back to John Q Programmer?

Also, don't fall into the CD pricing Metaphor, at least until the MEGAMUSIC companies die a slow, painful death. Nothing but corporate and personal greed running the prices up and the sales down! For example, which costs more to mass produce, a CD or a DVD? (DVD!) Which costs more to make, an 40 minute Audio Recording, or a 90 minute Movie? (Duh; Movie!) I mean, why does a new CD Audio disk cost more than new DVD Movie? Greed!

I can see games like Ages of Empires being a good value at $20, but the posters who relate PPC graphics to Amiga, Commodore 64s and the like are sadly correct for the most part.

On the other side, remember there are still PPCs running CE out there, and lots of them! Don't forget most PPC CPUs don't have video acceleration, let alone anything like 3D accelerators, DX9 programming aids, 256 MB vid ram, etc... We can't (yet) get PC quality Games on our PPCs. We need more Flash games me thinks! Lets see what Ver. 5 gives us...

Its too bad we cant get Win 95 Quality Graphics on many PPC games yet. All we can do to let the game programmers know we want better games is to buy more of the high end games with the best currently available graphics, and less of the DOS Quality games. That way, it will be market driven!

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06-29-05, 11:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
Docrobot Aximsite Rookie DAP Freshman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada! Posts: 90 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	More sales does not mean reduced program prices, more sales means more dollars in Handangos pocket(s). Who here knows how much money Handango takes on, say for example, a $20 title? How much of that original $20 makes it back to John Q Programmer? Also, don't fall into the CD pricing Metaphor, at least until the MEGAMUSIC companies die a slow, painful death. Nothing but corporate and personal greed running the prices up and the sales down! For example, which costs more to mass produce, a CD or a DVD? (DVD!) Which costs more to make, an 40 minute Audio Recording, or a 90 minute Movie? (Duh; Movie!) I mean, why does a new CD Audio disk cost more than new DVD Movie? Greed! I can see games like Ages of Empires being a good value at $20, but the posters who relate PPC graphics to Amiga, Commodore 64s and the like are sadly correct for the most part. On the other side, remember there are still PPCs running CE out there, and lots of them! Don't forget most PPC CPUs don't have video acceleration, let alone anything like 3D accelerators, DX9 programming aids, 256 MB vid ram, etc... We can't (yet) get PC quality Games on our PPCs. We need more Flash games me thinks! Lets see what Ver. 5 gives us... Its too bad we cant get Win 95 Quality Graphics on many PPC games yet. All we can do to let the game programmers know we want better games is to buy more of the high end games with the best currently available graphics, and less of the DOS Quality games. That way, it will be market driven! :approve: __________________ DOCROBOT Dell X30 mid w/ optional Charging Cradle, PDair Aluminum Case, 2GB OCZ 150x SD Card, 1800mAh Battery, & Jabra BT620s BT Headphones, Thats everything I have, so stop snooping and go away... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by Docrobot; 06-29-05 at 11:54 PM.