Not to steal some of Josh's fire here :) but again, this touches on my point as well.
While I personally would like to see these games stay supported for the community, I have to wonder, what in the world many people here expect of developers? Why is it right to treat Justin with such negativity? This is the sort of thing I'm getting at. Can we not offer positive support and suggestion here rather than constant and obnoxious criticism and derision? Why would anyone want to be involved with a community of insistent nay-sayers when all we need do is approach this another way? For myself, rather than argue and complain, I searched out Justin's email address, first by asking people and then, when that failed, I kept looking on my own and finally I found it. I contacted him and politely / positively brought up the consideration of selling the company or rights to the games so that they can continue to be supported. I don't even play Windows games. I did this for this community… This is what I'm suggesting when I mention getting involved. Rather than complain, take initiative for ourselves, and do something positive. Even if it's only a little thing but make a situation better not worse. Just do the best you can… -Make sense?… Thanks, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Apr 18, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Bryan Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: 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 <[email protected]> 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. > > > --- > 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]. > > --- > 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]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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