I've heard this story somewhere before... hmmmz, around 1991 I think. It was another game though.
Anyways, cheers to you Armando! -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Armando Perez Abad Verzonden: donderdag 3 januari 2002 9:09 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: KPIBALL AND SIRDAN FREE Dear boys and girls KPI BALL becomes free game, this is my decision. There're much reasons for this movement but the most right one is the easy money than some persons had plump to others... I like to tell the history: Around January year 2001, we sell 50 KPI BALL units to SUNRISE through Jesus Tarela from Hnostar. Each unit had a cost of 6 euro becose SUNRISE sell ONE copy of the game + booklets + adhesive sleeves. SUNRISE puts his own floppy disk and jewel case and then they make the necessary COPIES from the original for the retailer market. 6 euro was the price for distributors. I don't know the exact cost for one floppy disk and one jewel case by SUNRISE, I presume they may be 1.8 euro (upping the price). Let's play for mathematics: 6 + 1.8 = 7.8 euro. All right, nice price cost. Now I invite to you for take a look to SUNRISE web site at http://www.msx.ch/sunformsx/ What a surprise, KPI BALL reatiler price at 14.75 euro! I think than my browser runs perfectly... Let's math game again: 14.75 - 7.8 = 6.95 euro by proffit. Nice price yet, but only por SUNRISE crew this time (sign...) The price of KPI BALL in Spain was for 10.82 euro. Obviously this price includes our all production costs and our all development and programming time. Well, we have this comparation now: KPI BALL in Spain 10.82 KPI BALL in Netherlands 14.75 Something is wrong. No sense about this difference... This business looks fishy to me. Why SUNRISE win more for the SAME game? Had SUNRISE reprogram the game and reprint the booklets? Who knows... I'm not damaged becose SUNRISE is more rich like me actually, I'm damaged for the dutch users mistake. One dutch user pays 3.9 euro MORE than one spanish user. Until the current date SUNRISE had been plumping to the KPI BALL buyers. Excuse the convenience but that it's the true. Mr Rob Hiep (SUNRISE leader) was warn several times for an inmediate KPI's downprice but he refuse any response at our enquiries and advices. Maybe it's later for my unrevoked decision but you can download now a COMPLETE VERSION of KPI BALL from the Matra's web site, www.matranet.net. This version is COMPLETY FREE, no cost, no pay. Only a note, this game is MATRAWARE, so read with attention matranet section or read the file README.TXT included in KPIMATRA.LZH Matra is a well-know exMSX group so I will not entry on more details. Check matranet is my suggestion. http://www.matranet.net By the way, at www.matranet.net you can download another MSX complete game too. This one it's Sir Dan by Canor, although Canor's movement IS NOT the same like mine. For your information you can take the complete KPI BALL package (floppy disk, jewel case, booklets and adhesive sleeve) from Club Hnostar (www.hnostar.com) at the one and only correct price, this is 10.82 euro, nothing more and nothing less. Enjoy all this, for free in short. -- Un saludo, Armando Pérez Abad HELIO YAGO, S.L. http://www.bogamari.com Tlf: (96) 363 43 17 Fax: (96) 390 27 17 -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
