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Kraftwerk said:
If it was cheaper, fine, lets see they would make less money, but they would have a much larger community. Whats more important, a bottom line, or a community? A community is going to keep sales of a game going alot longer, because people get attracted to communities more than the get attracted to games.
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It's better for the community that Shrapnel Games stays in business. To stay in business, they have to do profit. They have done it so far, and I doubt they're going to risk that by changing their money-making scheme. Remember, they also have to have enough money left over that they can publish other games, including possible different Illwinter game. You might want to subscribe to the FRAG! newsletter; it will tell you if there are any sales which would allow your friends to grab a copy for less. It also lists the games that have sold more in the last month, and Dominions is pretty much always on the top three. They don't give any numbers, though, so that doesn't tell much.
It's nice to know that average gamers can also appreciate Dominions. I've always felt that this is too much of a niche game for the first-person shooter crowd to get interested.