Piracy forces game to be made Freely available - Page 3

usuallee · 08-07-2012, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giggleton

Neither are those who post limited versions of their work and place the rest behind a paywall. The future is one of donation based compensation for creation, there is no other route.

Just curious, how many devs/authors/etc. have you blessed with donations?

Freeshadow · 08-07-2012, 01:30 PM

Although Giggleton so vocally asks for free entertainment and reading he even hasn't managed to read the forums guidelines yet or he wouldn't continously start spreading his political crap outside of the P&R subforum

Teknikal · 08-07-2012, 10:31 PM

My thoughts on this is it was a pure stunt. Usually an apps main sales are in the first few weeks of a release then it stagnates except for freemium games which make most of their profits afterwards.

This was clearly an attempt by madfinger to get at both revenue sources, the whole piracy angle is nothing but a publicity drive I mean seriously have you ever seen a store give things away because someone stole a few of them it would be insane and that doesn't explain why the IOS version also went free.

The games also not very good I gave it a try and quickly removed it even while it's free it isn't worth the space it took up on phone I found it repetitive/boring with poor controls and gameplay.

I'm convinced it was a freemium game from the start but they decided to chance their arms and try and get some extra money in the first few weeks.

Giggleton · 08-08-2012, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWinmill

How about: we all have the right to be creators, and have others respect our wishes with regards to those creations.

What if I create by using the creations of others? Should I allow legislation to hinder my creation?

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08-07-2012, 01:30 PM	#32
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	Although Giggleton so vocally asks for free entertainment and reading he even hasn't managed to read the forums guidelines yet or he wouldn't continously start spreading his political crap outside of the P&R subforum

08-07-2012, 10:31 PM	#33
Teknikal Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 5264318 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Belfast Device: Sony T1, Note Pro 12.2, Honor 10	My thoughts on this is it was a pure stunt. Usually an apps main sales are in the first few weeks of a release then it stagnates except for freemium games which make most of their profits afterwards. This was clearly an attempt by madfinger to get at both revenue sources, the whole piracy angle is nothing but a publicity drive I mean seriously have you ever seen a store give things away because someone stole a few of them it would be insane and that doesn't explain why the IOS version also went free. The games also not very good I gave it a try and quickly removed it even while it's free it isn't worth the space it took up on phone I found it repetitive/boring with poor controls and gameplay. I'm convinced it was a freemium game from the start but they decided to chance their arms and try and get some extra money in the first few weeks.

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