The business model is that every time they release a big update, the game gets a lot of press and sales spike for a period of time.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Keeper <[email protected]> wrote: > What I was saying was ... future business. > > And who says these updates will always be free? What kind of business > model > supports this level of work on a product for over 2 years (and going) past > its initial release? > > Technically they could go the Blizzard method and charge to play the game > for time period. > > Dunno, just thinking aloud. Filter is off. > > Keeper > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Zimmermann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 5:10 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 - Removing Halos > > What "business" will Valve lose? Last time I checked, all of these > updates came free. > > -Mike > > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Keeper<[email protected]> wrote: > > @Mike: > > LOL ... yeah I had to think about a decent analogy, even then I have to > > admit fail :( > > > > @msleeper: that's not my point. If I spent the money to play a game > that > I > > can no longer play due to the fact that there are REQUIRED UPDATES ... > then > > I could construe this as theft. > > > > Nowhere in the original news was it mentioned that this game would > > constantly be evolving over the next couple of years. I expected updates > > and bug fixes, but nothing like this. > > > > Now, I will think twice before ever purchasing software from VALVe again. > I > > will have to watch the games I'm interested in to make sure they won't > > change. If they do, VALVe will lose my business. > > > > Will it be enough to matter? Probably not. Will I feel better that I'm > not > > charging windmills and arguing to VALVe that they fix stuff? Certainly. > > I'm tired of going to the cleaners to find my dress shirts are now > Hawaiian > > shirts. > > > > Keeper > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
