> ABSOLUTELY! Thinking otherwise leads you to the way of Adobe with CS. Adobe is raking it in, though I do take your point. But does that apply to a game that's already only $10? And if Valve has to be driven to putting on a sale by illegal downloaders (not that I really see how that works), it wasn't going to make money.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Secord" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [hlds] COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
