Hi Charles, That is a tricky question to answer. Since a key generator can create the keys for an unlimited number of copies of the game, even for people who didn't buy the generator, it is rather difficult to put a price on something like that. However, I don't think it should be worth more than the price of the original product.
Let's say you purchased Troopenum II for 24.99 then I don't think the generator for that game should be more than the cost of the game since obviously you are entitled to a product key. Since you couldn't get the product keys from the company a license key generator should be provided instead for a small fee of say $5.00. That allows the developer to make money off the key generator, but isn't forcing the customer to pay two or three times what the key generator is actually worth. However, in this particular case you are not just getting a key generator. You are getting a license for every single product Justin wrote, both games and general software, which is probably a fair price considering you are getting $280 worth of software for a single price of $75 and an endless number of keys for them for as long as they run on your PC which is the catch 22. My problem isn't that it is a fair price, but I don't want to buy everything he is selling. If I don't want to pay for Troopenum II, which I already own, I still have to consider it part of that $75 I am shelling out for the software bundle. There are other things I don't particularly want either, but I have to pay for them weather I want them or not so in that sense it is a bit unfair. I'd rather just buy the key generators for Pipe II, Troopenum II, and so on which should be a discountsince I already paid for them once, and all I need is the key gen. Cheers! On 4/18/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > The key generator is a piece of software that generates a key. It is not a > > game. Why should we get the generator at no charge? I don't think we > should. > > Maybe we could get some insight from game developers as to what they think a > > fair price would be for a key generating program? As an end user, I don't > have a clue. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
