Comments on: Becoming an LGP reseller/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/ Commercial gaming for Linux Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reto/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Reto Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:27:46 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1774 I opened up my shop a few weeks ago: Fun4Tux, http://www.fun4tux.ch/ Downloadable games coming (hopefully) soon. I opened up my shop a few weeks ago: Fun4Tux, http://www.fun4tux.ch/

Downloadable games coming (hopefully) soon.

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By: Eskild Hustvedt (Community Manager and Junior Developer)/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Eskild Hustvedt (Community Manager and Junior Developer) Wed, 05 May 2010 20:22:29 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1634 Please have a look at /2009/04/11/why-do-linux-games-cost-what-they-cost/ for the rationale behind the pricing. Please have a look at /2009/04/11/why-do-linux-games-cost-what-they-cost/ for the rationale behind the pricing.

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By: bsag/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 bsag Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:58:47 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1563 Isn't LGP just way overpriced? Only die hard Linux fanatics are going to pay 30€+ for a game they could get Windows version for 10€ from Steam, since most Linux gamers dual boot. You guys should just drop the resellers and sell the games directly as download versions to compete with more realistic prices. Just opinion. Isn’t LGP just way overpriced? Only die hard Linux fanatics are going to pay 30€+ for a game they could get Windows version for 10€ from Steam, since most Linux gamers dual boot. You guys should just drop the resellers and sell the games directly as download versions to compete with more realistic prices.

Just opinion.

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:07:56 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1543 A reseller can set any price they like. Tux Games is just another reseller, competing against them is expected {:-) We do have a Tux on the box, look on the spine at the top, when the games are side on, on a shelf, Tux will be seen as the thing right at the top of the box {:-) A reseller can set any price they like. Tux Games is just another reseller, competing against them is expected {:-)

We do have a Tux on the box, look on the spine at the top, when the games are side on, on a shelf, Tux will be seen as the thing right at the top of the box {:-)

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By: Apopas/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Apopas Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:07:46 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1540 Greetings I wonder if a future reseller buys from you a lot of titles so he gets the 40+% discount, what permissions does he have later when seling the games? Can he decide the price by himself? Can he sell them more expensive or cheaper than LGP or TuxGames? thanks in advance Apopas BTW Why don't you have a penguin on you games boxes? There is one on the disk, but noone on the cover box :) Greetings
I wonder if a future reseller buys from you a lot of titles so he gets the 40+% discount, what permissions does he have later when seling the games? Can he decide the price by himself? Can he sell them more expensive or cheaper than LGP or TuxGames?

thanks in advance
Apopas

BTW Why don’t you have a penguin on you games boxes? There is one on the disk, but noone on the cover box :)

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:38:07 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1525 WRT your first response: Thing is, isn't it up to the creator of the work to decide how much to charge for it. You know the value of yourown work, and it is human nature for others to UNDERvalue it. If the consumer doesn't like the price, they vote with their wallet and don't pay. In the end a fair compromise is reached that people are willing to pay, and that will make enough money for the creator. Either that or the demand wasn't sufficient for the industry. If you let the consumer set the price, it will tend towards zero, because people as a whole don't think longterm. But as for your comment specifically to me, yes of course you can. You can play it at the same time too, there is no limit on that. You just have to be sure that you trust that person with your copy, as once they have it installed, they can, using the keytool, change the email address, request a new password, and then your game is their game. If you trust them, feel free, its just the same as lending the boxed copy in that way. We aren't trying to stop people lending, we're trying to stop people from putting it online {:-) WRT your first response: Thing is, isn’t it up to the creator of the work to decide how much to charge for it. You know the value of yourown work, and it is human nature for others to UNDERvalue it. If the consumer doesn’t like the price, they vote with their wallet and don’t pay. In the end a fair compromise is reached that people are willing to pay, and that will make enough money for the creator. Either that or the demand wasn’t sufficient for the industry.
If you let the consumer set the price, it will tend towards zero, because people as a whole don’t think longterm.

But as for your comment specifically to me, yes of course you can. You can play it at the same time too, there is no limit on that. You just have to be sure that you trust that person with your copy, as once they have it installed, they can, using the keytool, change the email address, request a new password, and then your game is their game. If you trust them, feel free, its just the same as lending the boxed copy in that way. We aren’t trying to stop people lending, we’re trying to stop people from putting it online {:-)

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By: Evaristo_el_rey/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Evaristo_el_rey Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:03:54 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1523 @Max: "I understand that you want and need to make money and I can’t understand how people constantly copy games, download music and movies and so on…" Well I don't know what country you are from, but it's a right in mine, (Spain). Well, It doesn't count for software but anyway, we've created the biggest library in the world (Internet) and I think we should use it. And then you decide how to contribute each company on your way. I can download games but I prefer to support the industry and above all the developers because I can, because I want. @Michael: There's s something I haven't fully understood. If I want to lend a copy of yours to a friend, can I do it? Even if it means that meanwhile I can't play. @Max: “I understand that you want and need to make money and I can’t understand how people constantly copy games, download music and movies and so on…”

Well I don’t know what country you are from, but it’s a right in mine, (Spain). Well, It doesn’t count for software but anyway, we’ve created the biggest library in the world (Internet) and I think we should use it. And then you decide how to contribute each company on your way. I can download games but I prefer to support the industry and above all the developers because I can, because I want.

@Michael:
There’s s something I haven’t fully understood. If I want to lend a copy of yours to a friend, can I do it? Even if it means that meanwhile I can’t play.

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:24:35 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1522 We have someone working on the patch but progress is slow. However the game is still perfectly playable at 1.07b We have someone working on the patch but progress is slow. However the game is still perfectly playable at 1.07b

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By: mateo/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 mateo Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:13:50 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1518 Can you make patch 1.08 for Mindrover? I played in demo and I want buy this game:) Can you make patch 1.08 for Mindrover? I played in demo and I want buy this game:)

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By: Max/2010/01/14/becoming-an-lgp-reseller/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Max Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:36:14 +0000 /?p=394#comment-1516 It definitely helps. The squealing occurs when the framerate goes too high. You could also just add any (optional) framerate limiter. Guess VSYNCH would be the most logical though. It definitely helps. The squealing occurs when the framerate goes too high. You could also just add any (optional) framerate limiter. Guess VSYNCH would be the most logical though.

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