Posted By
Hans
on 2015-06-29
13:55:08
|  Re: How to sell a new plus4 game commercially?
@George: Your question "How many copies of this unique game will be sold?" has only one response - as soon as the game is out in the field, it's going to appear in the Plus4world download area without much delay, which consequently does mean "no more sales, just download it for free". (This would, of course, the same if Mad made a cartridge rather than a floppy distribution. Then you'd find the appropriate CRT file(s) in the download sector).
To me, the pro & contra discussion regarding the 1551 leads away from Mad's question. If he wants to have success with his product within the Plus/4 community, the product ought to be compatible with genuine hardware invented & made especially for the 264 series, such as the 1551 floppy drive. If the software fits 1541, SD2IEC etc., etc. - lovely. But that only can be a nice side effect as long as a diskette release is on the slab.
Maybe your preferring a cartridge would provide a better copyright protection for the author. I'm thinking of a dongle barrier, as an example.
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