acetken
"Anything for $50!"
- Joined
- 8 Mar 2004
- Messages
- 48
Okay, I've thought this for a while, but I just read an article on here and now I feel I must post. I'm reeeally tired, so if I bounce around, bear with me.
Companies bitch all the time about people who download warez. Why? They say that it undercuts profits. Good call. Does it ever occur to them that the people who downloaded it would NEVER buy the program normally?
Do I have $2000 CDN or whatever to spend on photoshop so I can make 4 little graphics for my webpage? Hell no! Why should I for all the use I get out of it?
A few weeks ago, I plunked down $200 for Windows XP Home. Why you may ask? Because it's a worthwhile product. Microsoft decided to stop pumping out crap (ME anyone?) and I decided to support that. Sadly, when I got home I had a few graphics problems and learned I had to pay for support! $200 bucks and no support.
I just paid $5 at a pawn shop in town here and picked up a game from Acclaim and I had some problems with it working. They supported me fully until my problem was resolved.
Now who deserved the most cash?
When you buy a program, what you're actually paying for is a licence to use it, correct? Once you've paid you should be able to use it no matter what, right? What if your disc is scratched? Buy a new one. Kiss my big white ass. I'm not paying another $200 for XP just because my disc has a nick on it. When it happens (And it will) you can bet I'm going to get an ISO.
Another thing are games that take all of an hour to finish but still charge $60 CDN for the game. No multiplayer, nothing more. If they can make a game that can be used and tossed aside like that, screw 'em. They deserve to be distributed freely over the net. They shouldn't make crappy little games and charge full price. (IE: Most Star Wars games) You want a single player game with replay value? Check out the Spider-Man games. They even have alternate storylines for the damn games.
It's the same thing with MP3's. If you hear a song on the radio you like, download it. If you hear a bunch of songs by an artist on an album you like, buy it. Why not? If they make good stuff, support it. If the band has one good song and then disappears and there's only one or two decent tunes on the album, why bother buying it? This is why record companies were so up in arms about MP3's.
The way I figure it is if you like 3/4 of the songs on a CD, then buy it. The artist made something you like and you should support that so they make more. If a game company makes a great, nice length game, buy it.
If we all did that, maybe we'd still have Looking Glass Studios or possibly another Undying... (RIP)
Companies bitch all the time about people who download warez. Why? They say that it undercuts profits. Good call. Does it ever occur to them that the people who downloaded it would NEVER buy the program normally?
Do I have $2000 CDN or whatever to spend on photoshop so I can make 4 little graphics for my webpage? Hell no! Why should I for all the use I get out of it?
A few weeks ago, I plunked down $200 for Windows XP Home. Why you may ask? Because it's a worthwhile product. Microsoft decided to stop pumping out crap (ME anyone?) and I decided to support that. Sadly, when I got home I had a few graphics problems and learned I had to pay for support! $200 bucks and no support.
I just paid $5 at a pawn shop in town here and picked up a game from Acclaim and I had some problems with it working. They supported me fully until my problem was resolved.
Now who deserved the most cash?
When you buy a program, what you're actually paying for is a licence to use it, correct? Once you've paid you should be able to use it no matter what, right? What if your disc is scratched? Buy a new one. Kiss my big white ass. I'm not paying another $200 for XP just because my disc has a nick on it. When it happens (And it will) you can bet I'm going to get an ISO.
Another thing are games that take all of an hour to finish but still charge $60 CDN for the game. No multiplayer, nothing more. If they can make a game that can be used and tossed aside like that, screw 'em. They deserve to be distributed freely over the net. They shouldn't make crappy little games and charge full price. (IE: Most Star Wars games) You want a single player game with replay value? Check out the Spider-Man games. They even have alternate storylines for the damn games.
It's the same thing with MP3's. If you hear a song on the radio you like, download it. If you hear a bunch of songs by an artist on an album you like, buy it. Why not? If they make good stuff, support it. If the band has one good song and then disappears and there's only one or two decent tunes on the album, why bother buying it? This is why record companies were so up in arms about MP3's.
The way I figure it is if you like 3/4 of the songs on a CD, then buy it. The artist made something you like and you should support that so they make more. If a game company makes a great, nice length game, buy it.
If we all did that, maybe we'd still have Looking Glass Studios or possibly another Undying... (RIP)