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On Tue, 05 May 1998 09:51:30 -0000, "John Shiali" <jo...@heights.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Derek Smart wrote... 
>
>
>> > 
>> > Anybody know if it'll be included on any UK magazines.  I'd like to try
>> > it but I'm loathe to spend 8 hours downloading from the net !
>> 
>> No, because there is a law in the UK against putting complete games on
>> mag cd-roms. PC Gamer UK was going to carry it until this was
>> discovered. If you live in the city, you can probably get it from a
>> store that sells European mags and will find it on one of the French,
>
>
>There is no law against this at all. In the late 80's and early 90s,
>magazine competition was so fierce, that games magazines were putting
>free games on their coverdiscs.  These were ususally 6-12 months old,
>but were otherwise full commercial releases.
>
>It became so prevelent that games manufacturers were worrying that
>people weren't buying games - they didn't need to because they got so
>many free on the cover of magazines. These freebies sucked up all the
>free time of players who would otherwise (supposedly) be buying games.
>
>The games publishers got together and strongarmed the magazines into
>stopping this practice, and that agreement still stands today.  That's
>most likely why BC3000 won't be appearing on the front of a UK
>magazine.

Cool, thanks for the explanation. Sounds like how the retailers strong arm the
distributors and publishers into paying for shelf space using extortion type
tactics.


Derek Smart, Ph.D.
Designer/Lead Developer
Battlecruiser:3000AD

"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further 
than the crowd.  The man who walks alone is likely to find 
himself in places no one has ever been."

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