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Siiee
Recycled Heroes
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Posted - 2010.10.04 19:06:00 -
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As much as I like Capsuleer, knowing that you were just chomping at the bit to monetize it and since you can't you're taking your toy and going home, I just can't feel too bad about this.
The community will fill in the gaps, it may just take a while because the platform is so small.
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Siiee
Recycled Heroes
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Posted - 2010.10.05 10:04:00 -
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 Originally by: Typhado3
Sucks to see you go but I would love it if you guys released your source code or even just passed the project on to someone who wants to continue it. Leaving the project to gather dust is a shame.
Originally by: Doctor Ungabungas
They could always open source their work to date and let someone else continue to invest time and materials in developing it for the community.
Noone's going to see a line of the source code, this isn't a community effort, or a pure labor of love. It's a premature commercial venture. They're not quitting because they don't have the time, or because they're bored of the game, they're quitting because they realize that they're not going to get paid. It doesn't make any sense for them to just throw it all out into the wild, they'll want to sit on it for as long as it's remotely relevant on the off chance that someday they'll be able to do something with it to offset what they invested in it's development.
And that's totally reasonable.
It doesn't make me feel any more sympathetic to their cause tho. I still think it's a bit annoying to try and make the players put pressure on CCP for them by publicly executing the project.
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Siiee
Recycled Heroes
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Posted - 2010.10.06 03:35:00 -
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That's not how I read it. Sounds just like a simple tier system to me. You put in your limited key and it works in free mode. You put in your full API and it requires you to pay to get at your assets and orders etc.
The pay gate is in the app, the API doesn't change at all.
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Siiee
Recycled Heroes
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Posted - 2010.10.14 07:55:00 -
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Originally by: Aera Aiana
Well, hello there. You must be the resident forum clown. I'm sure you give your performances for free too and hope someone will pay you afterwards, right?
That's so right. There certainly has never been a business that attempted to build a large and loyal user base with a free app or service, with the intent to transition to pay services at a later date. No one would ever pump their adoption numbers to attempt to get investors to buy in by releasing an early version of their product for free and heavily advertising, constantly teasing unreleased "advanced" features in an attempt to gain more market share over competitors before being anywhere near release.
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