Doubtful, knowing Valve if they were to implement this, they are going to charge both for the games and force ads down our throat. I just hope they don't go for this retarded idea. The game was paid for, there is no reason for us to have to deal with ads.
--- Gigabit Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Anyone else thinking that ads could be a toe in the > water test for giving the game away for free? > > Think about it, Valve get no revenue beyond the > initial purchase price at the moment, but if they > could get a regular stream of cash from ads then > maybe they could use it to fund ongoing development > and give the game away free in the same way many > websites give their services for free and are funded > by ads. This could lead to episodic games (such as > the HL episodes) where each episode is free because > advertisers have paid for it, or versions of CS : S > which can be downloaded for free because the in-game > ads have covered development costs. > > This would also reduce the need to scale up the > licensing/authentication servers for steam servers > because I suspect that most users would use the free > paid for by ads version, for which there is no no > need to track license keys and logins. > > They could also offer a pay-for non-ad version which > costs either a subscription fee, or the traditional > one of payment. > > What does everyone think??? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. > http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
