I aggree I don't bear a grudge against justin or blindsoftware, his
actions are puzzling but nothing more will I buy from him again?
it depends what he is selling.
if its more of the same I think a lot of us will be telling him to
fork himself.
some of us had to buy our stuff twice I had already the arcade pack
and only really did troop2 1 and pipe1 and bits of 2.
A collectors item sure but there will come a time when even that will
become bad.
Ofcause if he returns in 10 or 20 years it may be different in fact
given enough time if bavisoft returned and actually acted peroperly
I'd give them a chance.
At 03:59 PM 4/23/2013, you wrote:
Hi Charles,
Well, I don't hold anything against Justin personally, but after this
incident I will not buy from any audio game developer who uses a
hardware based key system. While I know the reasons for tighter
security, the desire to cut down on piracy, but that does not justify
selling someone a game with no way to license it after the developer
is gone. If Justin had stuck to a name and key system there would be
no need for Justin to sell his key generator and much less all the
controversy about him going out of business because a customer could
just stick his/her name and key into the registration box and be
assured it will work for years to come. As long as you don't lose your
reg info a user name and registration key is the most practical way to
insure a piece of software can still be used by a customer if a
developer is no longer able to offer support for the product. So I'm
definitely apposed to hardware specific keys now at least as far as
small shareware companies goes.
Its one thing if you have a huge corporation like Microsoft and
another thing when it is a one or two man operation. With Microsoft
if you need a new key for say Windows 8 they might charge you an arm
and a leg for it but you can pretty sure the company won't pack up and
close their doors tomorrow. With a one or two man operation as we have
seen many times they are usually here today and gone tomorrow. Alchemy
Game Studios, BSC Games, DanZ Games, etc are cases in point of how
temporary one or two man operations can be. So buying a product using
a hardware key system is a very questionable prospect in our market.
Cheers!
On 4/22/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will bet that if he decides to reopen his business in the future, even if
>
> he comes out with new games, his current actions will drastically cut into
> sales. I, for one, would be hesitant to purchase from a company based on
> his current actions. Although he is making the software and key generator
> available, I would think that, given the fact that most gamers in this
> community are low income, more time should be given before closing the
> doors. JMO.
>
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