Alan D
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Posted: Sep. 12 2006, 07:58 |
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Quote (Matt @ Sep. 12 2006, 11:50) | Alan, I disagree with your comparison with book purchase. MusicVR was fairly unique so there isn't a choice to be made between Mikes MusicVR and someone elses. |
I didn't explain well enough. I didn't see the issue so much about choice (though I see why you think I did - sorry), as about the fact that people often seem to regard something more highly if it's cost them something, than if it comes to them effortlessly. (The DVD that came free with a newspaper tends to be thrown away with the newspaper, but the one we bought is maybe more likely to find its way onto a shelf, even if we don't like it much.) I wouldn't want to carve it in stone as a principle, and there's no shortage of exceptions - but there is that human tendency, I think.
Quote | My concern is that it is now unlikely to have further distribution which means that many people who might have appreciated it if they had had an easy chance to try it are not now ever going to experience it. |
There's still a small but steady trickle of new members to the MVR forum, so it's still slowly finding new players. It will never be actually popular I think, even if free.
Quote | I am sure Mikes motivation for many of his projects is not purely financial. |
I'm certain you're right. He's spent an enormous amount of money on the MVR project, and income due to sales of the games can only be a tiny fraction of that. I don't think he's interested in the financial side of MVR at all - but the evidence suggests he's still interested in controlling its use.
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