Just to add my quick $0.02 since most people don't understand. "And if it does make a sale more likely, does giving the game out for less money help Valve?"
ABSOLUTELY! Thinking otherwise leads you to the way of Adobe with CS. You're going to get more people to buy the game at $35 than you are at $50. You'll easily get enough extra sales to make more money selling more copies than you would by selling it to less people at $50/ea. Simple economics, yet most people and business owners don't understand. It's not like Valve has to spend extra money for each extra copy of the game sold...they aren't selling physical copies, it's all digital, and they already have the infrastructure in place to handle the downloads. -Michael ------ Original Message ------- Subject: Re: [hlds] COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA From: Ed Kellett <[email protected]> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list <[email protected]> Date: 5/14/2010 2:51 PM EST > Piracy is not defined by your moral outlook on the situation, the CS:S beta > is copyright Valve and to download it (from their servers or otherwise) > without their permission is illegal. Whether or not illegal downloading > "hardly hurts Valve" is for Valve to decide, as is who they want to have > access to it. The Subscriber Agreement gives them the right to ban anyone > they like from Steam in any case. > > How can an "increase in anticipation" arise from more people already having > the game anyway? And if it does make a sale more likely, does giving the > game out for less money help Valve? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max S"<[email protected]> > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:11 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds] COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA > > > >> If it were a paid DLC and none of the public had access, then yes, it >> would >> be piracy. You can only play on Beta servers if you've purchased a license >> of CS:S, thousands have already downloaded the client and posted videos >> online, and legitimate copies of the game will be updated next week. No >> core >> gameplay elements have been changed/added, and an increase in anticipation >> hardly hurts Valve (and increases the probability of a week(end) sale to >> celebrate the update). >> >> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:06 AM, ics<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Well it's like a copy of a game you do not own. Technically piracy, >>> since it's unreleased. >>> >>> -ics >>> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
