| flagship said: Lol, personally I didn't download a copy for this exact reason. The 25 cents I figure it's worth wouldn't even cover their paypal fees. |
But wasn't paying nothing (and hence not incurring any PayPal fees for 2D Boy) an option? If you think it's only worth 25c, but know that paying 25c will see 2D boy out of pocket then paying nothing is better for 2D than paying 25c. So pay nothing and do them a favour. It's those 1c dickheads that have ended up costing 2D money, they should have paid nada.
This is the free market at its freest.
People will pay for a product they see value in even with a flexible price tag. OK so if I could choose what I pay for a PS3, 360 or Wii I'd probably choose to pay less than the manufacturing cost, but I wouldn't pay nothing. I reckon for the entertainment I get from my console I'd voluntarily pay $300 (NZD), which is less than the price-tag of any of the consoles at the moment. I'd also probably voluntarily pay ~$15-20 (NZD) for a full game, which is why I normally buy late and buy used, so that I can pay around the price I think the game is worth to me.
I think this should be done with movies too. You should only pay for a movie once you've watched it. If you loved it you'd pay more, if you hated it you'd just walk out and not look back. It might help keep the number of crap movies down, including the number of crap VG-movie adaptations.
Pay what it's worth to you also eliminates piracy. Who's goint to pirate World of Goo if you can get it for nix?
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