| Boutros said: I think it's perfectly fair to donate 0.01$... And they don't have to be called "cheapasses". I don't see the problem. It's still better than hacking the game. I personally didn't bought the game by lack of interest (and credit card lol) but donating 0.01$ or 2$ is the same to me. |
A pirated version of World of Goo earns 2D Boy nothing and costs them nothing.
Copy of World of Goo bought for $0.01 costs 2D Boy about $0.29.
So how do you figure that's better than piracy? You did them a favour by not buying the game for $0.01.
@ Alterego-X
I'd say that the fact that the "vast majority" of their 57,000 sales cost them money rather than earning them money makes this a qualified success rather than a complete success. It's good that their fixed costs are completely paid off, because if they were relying on this donation model to sell their games, it looks like they would have just barely broken even on their work. The only reason they can afford to do this is because World of Goo has already been incredibly successful for them.
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