Is Space Empires V currently over development?

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 April 15th, 2004, 11:52 AM

Even though I knew it was fake, that still panicked me.

trooper · #2 April 15th, 2004, 12:16 PM

AT, its not funny to play with people's nerves...

Instar · #3 April 18th, 2004, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Atrocities:
"Do to fiscal concerns, poor sales, and pirating of Space Empires IV, the light that was the shinning beacon for Space Empires V has been turned off. Please direct all questions and comments to those who opted to download the game for free rather than support the development process by buying the game."

This is what could happen if you download SEIV for free. Spend the $, the game is well worth it.

Edit, fixed a spelling error.

A good public service announcement, but I doubt the creeps who would DL the game like that would come here.

tesco samoa · #4 April 18th, 2004, 04:15 AM

and false....

Downloading a game does not kill it.... It is a lie that is stated over and over and over.

Protential sale does not equal loss of sale.

1 download does not equal 1 loss of sale.

At you gotta stop listening to your music lobby Groups in the USA...

Yimboli · #5 April 18th, 2004, 04:51 AM

*WARNING* rant ahead! *WARNING*

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thank you, tesco. it's always good to meet more people that have thought critically about this topic of piracy and its ill effects.

for all you that buy the RIAA's nonsense, take a look at this: Free book on generating functions

anyone interested in a degree in math will find this book very helpful. Indeed, it was originally published and released as a textbook just like any other. After a while, sales declined (as they usually do once the initial rush of instructors and researchers have bought their copies of any textbook), and the author (Herb Wilf) requested from his publisher that he be allowed to post the book in PDF format on the internet. If you clicked the link, you've probably realized that they said yes. All the people that originally wanted the book already had bought it. After it was posted, more people saw it, decided that they wanted it, and some bought a copy just to have around. Their sales didn't drop, but rather increased.

imagine that!

i, for one, bought se4 after playing from a burned copy from a friend. And then i bought se4gold as well. does that make me less of a person? god i hope not! If that were true, I guess all those CDs i bought after hearing one of the songs on mp3 would simply be metaphors symbolizing my lack of morality.

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sorry, i couldn't resist

-Timbo

[ April 18, 2004, 03:59: Message edited by: Yimboli ]

Atrocities · #6 April 18th, 2004, 05:08 AM

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.

[ April 18, 2004, 07:43: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Captain Kwok · #7 April 18th, 2004, 06:40 AM

I disagree with that one pirate copy = one lost sale. Most pirates don't buy games/software to start with.

That being said, the odd person that does not normally pirate software and happens to come across this game through shady means would likely buy a copy sooner or later. Not always, but I'd guess maybe more than half the time.