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From: lawrence@bbn.COM (Gabriel Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Software (and other kinds of) copying
Keywords: technology changes things
Message-ID: <6266@ccv.bbn.COM>
Date: 22 Jan 88 18:56:56 GMT
References: <8055@g.ms.uky.edu> <174@piring.cwi.nl> <14257@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <111@ritcv.UUCP>
Reply-To: lawrence@ccv.bbn.com.BBN.COM (Gabriel Lawrence)
Organization: Bolt, Baranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
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In article <111@ritcv.UUCP> vxp6840@ritcv.UUCP (-Vitas P.-) writes:
>	I personally tried a lot of games, but the few in my collection
>keep me happy.
>	But enough of my thoughts, I still don't understand why new games
>still come out, even if they are worth the price, few people will actually
>buy them.
>
>	Comments welcome.

Since you asked... I'm afraid, I'll have to disagree with you.  In the latest
MacWorld (Feb. '88) Charlie Jackson of Silicon Beach Software fame mentions
that sales of "Dark Castle" (an unprotected 'arcade-style' game) have reached
approx. 30,000.  Those are impressive sales figures for any one piece of
software, game or not.  From a personal standpoint, I certainly do hope that
new, innovative games continue to emerge.  I enjoy playing them on occasion
(when I actually have some spare time!) and find that if it's well done, I'm
more than happy to pay the $20-35.00 it might cost.

=Gabe Lawrence=
=BBN Communications=

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