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Why Didn't You Buy GSB?

[Jun 05, 2010, 3:00 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

"Why didn’t you buy Gratuitous Space Battles?" is the question posed by Positech's Cliff Harris on Cliffski’s Blog, attempting to open another dialogue with gamers similar to his query a couple of years ago about why games are pirated. Here's a bit: "I am NOT complaining. I am NOT moaning about sales. I am NOT unhappy with sales, I am not whining or anything like it. I just like making games that people enjoy, and I don’t know why the people who didn’t buy it, didn’t buy it. I’d like to know. The answers may well make it a better game for everyone, if I fix those reasons (if they make sense). It will make the game attractive to current fence-sitters, better for current owners, and more sales for me and my cats."

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Re: Why Didn't You Buy GSB?

Jun 5, 2010, 21:54

Hyatus

I don't have games in my main budget anymore. I'll buy the occasional sub-$7.50 game on Steam and the occasional sub-$15 console game at a used game store, but that's what I can do. Growing up sucks because you have to pay for things that are more important than video games. But hey. Once my kid(s) is(are) out of college(20 years from now) and if my wife will let me, sure, I'll buy it. I guess if I had more time to play the games now I'd spend more on them, but I only get a couple of hours a week at best for me-time. I do miss it.

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Comment [quote="Hyatus"Jun 5, 2010, 21:54]I don't have games in my main budget anymore. I'll buy the occasional sub-$7.50 game on Steam and the occasional sub-$15 console game at a used game store, but that's what I can do. Growing up sucks because you have to pay for things that are more important than video games. But hey. Once my kid(s) is(are) out of college(20 years from now) and if my wife will let me, sure, I'll buy it. I guess if I had more time to play the games now I'd spend more on them, but I only get a couple of hours a week at best for me-time. I do miss it. [/quote]

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