-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] You might quit playing it, but they already have your money.
They're not losing much because you stop playing. On 3/7/07, ics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In-game adds are not added into game because of money problems. Valve > has not made any mentions about funding problems and there should not be > any. Game has paid itself back many times already so nothing justifies > the adverts in-game. Game itself doesnt cost that much to run as you > think. > > They only said that in-game adds are experiment and a way to make new > revenue since 1.6 is the most popular FPS-game in the world and > advertisers would be interested to have new way to reach new customers. > Of course, all of this is marketing propaganda. If 1.6 would cost too > much to maintain, adds would have come sooner. Beta-stage was there to > collect players opinions about adds. Some say they dont bother, some say > they do. I'd say that every distraction in the game is annoying. There > isnt much ways to give feedback. 1 player says "adds are ok" to right > persons ear and it makes public opinion -> adds are ok. Fine, most > people submit to this as they dont care or they have to submit to be > able to play games they like. If this goes through fine, id say other > companies will add advertisements to their NEW games - including Valve > to their future games. I already heard a rumour that there will be > changeable adds in HL2 Episode 2. > > Nothing justifies adding advertisement into OLD games which people PAID > already ages ago and got them WITHOUT ADVERTISEMENT. If this would be > new game, lets say HL2 Episode 2, it would be totally different thing. > People would not have to buy the game if they knew that it will have > adds, however, most people dont care like i said and would buy the game > anyway. Players of 1.6 feel somewhat betrayed because of the adds. I > would be pissed if i would own 1.6 and have adds added into it later - > when before i would have had it without adds. If these ever spread to > CS:Source, ill be sure to quit playing it instantly. > > -ics > > Andrew Forsberg kirjoitti: > > On 08/03/2007, at 10:25 AM, Saint K. wrote: > > > >> Dont you think supporting a game once its released has been pre- > >> calculated > >> in the bugets? > > > > When the budget has expired do you want to see support for the game > > cease completely? or could you put up with a few small ads here and > > there? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
