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mr ploppy · 05-11-2010, 07:13 AM

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http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Saving-a-penny----pirating-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle

This is for a game, so the demographic will be different. They basically let consumers decide how much they wanted to pay for it, with a minimum price of one penny.

So far it has been downloaded 80,000 times, and generated $683,000 which gives an average of about $8.50 per download. But 25% of the downloads were unauthorised, and came from links posted on pirate sites, so the real average payment would be much higher.

The 25% who wouldn't even pay one penny for it suggests that their piracy is not financially motivated. The blog post gives a few suggestions for what their motivation might be, and they all seem reasonable enough to me.

Though the obvious one seems to be missing -- most people downloading it for free won't know that they could have bought it legally so cheaply.

05-11-2010, 07:13 AM	#1
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	Oh no, another thread about piracy Code: http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Saving-a-penny----pirating-the-Humble-Indie-Bundle This is for a game, so the demographic will be different. They basically let consumers decide how much they wanted to pay for it, with a minimum price of one penny. So far it has been downloaded 80,000 times, and generated $683,000 which gives an average of about $8.50 per download. But 25% of the downloads were unauthorised, and came from links posted on pirate sites, so the real average payment would be much higher. The 25% who wouldn't even pay one penny for it suggests that their piracy is not financially motivated. The blog post gives a few suggestions for what their motivation might be, and they all seem reasonable enough to me. Though the obvious one seems to be missing -- most people downloading it for free won't know that they could have bought it legally so cheaply. Last edited by mr ploppy; 05-11-2010 at 07:19 AM.