Subject: Re: [stella] Perfect BIN copy protection From: Chris Wilkson <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:26:48 -0500 (EST) |
And here's my 2 ^H^H 10 cents... Ebay is a large part of why I'm so bitter all the time. By putting your wares on Ebay, you price most people right out of buying your item. When I started collecting, you could get most games for under 5 bucks through rgvc or whatever. When the Digital press guide came out, prices went soaring. But when the Ebay phenomenon started, it was no longer possible to find cartrdiges in the wild because everyone, even people who had no interest in the hobby whatsoever was buying everything they could get their hand on to resell on ebay. It's a wasteland out there... Many people are in this hobby because "nobody else wants this crap" as one of my poor friends stated. I agree that one of the draws to classic gaming is that you don't have to give a week's salary to get something new. I've tried to but a copy of every homebrew that's come through this list, and a few that haven't. Granted, I didn't buy every game, but those were released when I had no extra cash flow, much to my regret. I'll get them eventually. Now I have no problem with an author trying to make extra money. Especially at the expense of people who suffer from Rich Kid Syndrome. But if that's the only avenue of release for a game, I won't buy one. Period. In fact, there was one game (and I forget which title it was) that the Ebay debacle turned me off of completely. I didn't even try to get one from Hozer. Ok, this has turned into a bitter rant, and I hate it when people do that. My apologies. So let me end by saying this: To any any game authors out there I would offer this suggestion: post some copies of your game to Ebay. But also do a normal release though Hozer or Junie's (check them out BTW! http://embark.to/juniescreations) or wherever fine games are sold. And please mention on Ebay that the game will be available through other outlets. It's not fair to scalp people. And in fact, it will almost guarantee that they don't buy a second title from you if they find out. -Chris On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, MoonlightKnight wrote: > Now I need to put my two cents in here as well. > My suggestion to some of you homebrewers is to sell your games in a public > forum like E-Bay where EVERYONE will see you. Trust me, if you want people ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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