psionandy

Agree with you tmn :approve:

Lots of the PDA games developers also run forums. And they really value feedback. In return you can often get discounts too. It's a win-win situation and you get to keep your integrity

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Morphy

Originally Posted by Frenchy

The way I see it actions could have been made by game programmer to avoid piracy. No efforts are made to prevent it. How about games sold on SD or CF cards. You could play directly from the card so piracy is reduced to a minimum.

This wouldn't necessarily reduce piracy. A lot of PPC games are sold on CD and they make their way onto the P2P networks same as software for PCs. A CF or SD card is basically the same as a CD so I don't see how this would make a difference.

jefflins

Practically everybody only gets half of what a product is sold for. Distribution chain gets the other half...thats life. Applies to pc games, console games, etc.

As for the "they don't sell enough of the games" line, part of that is due to price. Lower the price, sell more. I would assume that these businesses are smart enough to sell at a profit maximizing price...except that since so many games are exactly $20, i find it hard to believe that they take that into account...

jledesma

I agree. Check for example Esoft Interactive. They have some pretty good games for just about $5-$15 bucks. I guess they are the direct resellers of their own games. I wonder why Astraware (for example) does not sell below the $15 line.

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Because Astraware is a money hungry company.

psionandy

Originally Posted by jledesma

I agree. Check for example Esoft Interactive. They have some pretty good games for just about $5-$15 bucks. I guess they are the direct resellers of their own games. I wonder why Astraware (for example) does not sell below the $15 line.

Except for the games that they do sell below $15.. and the promotions that they have on

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Originally Posted by psionandy

Except for the games that they do sell below $15.. and the promotions that they have on

But we won't mention that in this Thread now, will we?
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