We're still basically having to purchase them again as well as other
products not everybody's going to be interested in.
But thou must!
-----Original Message-----
From: Draconis
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:35 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BSC Games shutting down, and reactions…
You could only say you're being forced to re-purchase products you already
own if he was charging the full price…but he isn't. Not even close. You're
effectively getting the majority of the products for free.
But regardless, I've said my piece. I didn't expect many to agree with me.
Carry on. :)
On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Bryan Peterson <bpeterson2...@cableone.net>
wrote:
A little. It's one thing to offer the games and other programs he's
written at ridiculously reduced prices. But it's quite another to
basically force those who've already purchased said titles to basically
purchase them again, as well as programs they may not necessarily want
just so that they can get the code generator in order to keep playing
their favorite titles on new machines. I myself would happily pay, if I
could be assured of getting only those titles that I wanted, those being
the code generator and possibly Day-by-Day Professional, because I already
purchased the five major titles. It's not the fact that we have to pay
that's got most of us upset so much as the fact that we're having to
repurchase titles we purchased years ago on top of any new products we
might want.
But thou must!
-----Original Message----- From: Draconis
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:10 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: [Audyssey] BSC Games shutting down, and reactions…
Hi all,
BSC was a pioneer in the early days of accessible audio games for modern
platforms. There are a handful of companies and developers without whom
the industry would not exist as it does today, and Justin is one of those.
I'm disappointed, but not really surprised, to see some of the sentiments
being batted around on list. Essentially, like always, everyone wants
something for nothing, and never mind the time, effort or trouble that
Justin put into the games over the past dozen years, whether or not he has
released anything new recently. The shortsightedness of the community is
to its detriment.
Kids won't be kids forever. Perhaps Justin is reserving the right to
return to creating and/or updating these games eventually, when his kids
are grown. Perhaps he just wants to be fairly compensated for the hours he
spent developing them in the first place. Whatever his reasons or
movations, I have no doubt that some of you will pirate the heck out of
these games without a thought to their creator.
Should Activision give away the Infocom collection for free? Should
Nintendo allow anyone to make clones of NES or SNES cartridges of the old
Super Mario Brothers Games? Maybe Paramount should give up the rights to
Star Trek the Next Generation, after all, they aren't making that series
anymore.
Rather than calling justin greedy for giving folks the chance to do the
right, legal, and ethical thing and purchase games they may want before
their gone for a ridiculously reduced price, you should all be thanking
him for the hours of entertainment and enjoyment he brought to you over
the years.
Personally, I'd like to thank Justin for paving the way for developers
like me to do what we love. I don't think it is him who is being greedy.
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