🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:33:52 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
wrote:

>PW <emailad...@ifIremember.com> looked up from reading the entrails
>of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 09:38:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xoc...@kingston.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>"Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>>>entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>>>say:
>>>
>>>>Before it was
>>>>"Steam is a place where you buy games you will not play" :))
>>>>But now, with trading cards presentation, it is
>>>>"Steam is a place where they pay you for your gaming" :))
>>>>
>>>>Like I, at last, began to play "Call of Juarez", got 3 cards,
>>>>sold them in no time, and overall got 150% of price I paid for the game.
>>>>
>>>>IMHO, this feature is serious blow to pirates, much more effective than
>>>>all those stupid laws and restrictions.
>>>
>>>Pretty much what I've said all along;  You don't treat everyone like a
>>>thief by putting intrusive security schemes on the games that the
>>>pirates defeat in no time anyway, you reward purchasers with a little
>>>extra.
>>>
>>>Make them _want_ to buy it.
>>>
>>>Really they have only themselves to blame - crap games at very high
>>>retail prices and they long ago stopped including the basic stuff with
>>>the games - REAL MANUALS for one - when all they give you is a
>>>half-assed manual on .pdf, there's no barrier to copying.
>>>
>>>When there's a 100+ page manual you need, well that's a bit harder to
>>>copy.  Sure the pirates can scan it (assuming it's not hard to scan) and
>>>make a pdf, but that's actually work.
>>>
>>>$60, 100 hour games in Game _boxes_ full of discs, manuals, cloth maps,
>>>posters and other stuff to $60, 10 hour games in dvd cases with a disc
>>>and an install guide.
>>>Give far less at the same price and make it easier to distribute
>>>digitally - gee I wonder why copying increased?
>>>
>>>Xocyll
>>
>>Games that must be downloaded for days sometimes that cost more than
>>purchasing the boxed DVD.
>
>That's the downside to the whole digital download revolution - it
>assumes that everyone who wants the game also has ultra broadband and
>can download multiple gigabytes in a few minutes.
>
>That's one of the reasons I prefer retail boxed games - My DSL is about
>1.4MBit on a good day.
>The other reason is if I have the retail box I don't have to back up the
>installation or face another multi-day download to play it again - I can
>just stick the disc in the drive.
>

I hear ya X!!

>And there's just something about being able to look over at the game
>shelf and look at the boxes.  Even games you don't think will load
>anymore evoke fond memories.
>The Wing Commander box does, but Wing_Commander.rar never would.
>
>Xocyll

I hear you again loud and clear! :-)

-pw