Well...I followed this thread from the beginning and it seems to me that someone was displeased with their purchase. Originally the thread was called "Why do I have to pay for Elefunk?" I'm assuming that the OP made his purchase...maybe played the first stage, couldn't figure it out and was upset that all sales were final on PSN downloads, so no refund. We all know that there are small development teams working on these games, which we know is their livelihood. Heck, you can even see the credits of each game and see there were more people involved in making these titles...with the exception of Jonathan Mak's "Everyday Shooter" (maybe...since Sony did publish it and may have had people port it over). Sure...some could go about making small games in their spare time, but some would like to try and make something from it. The OP mentions that the games are "like demos"...again, these games may not have much in the visuals and may not take several days to complete, but are still full games. Q Games, the company behind the Pixel Junk games actually specialize in these types of games meant for casual gamers, yet they still have teams (though small) of people working on them. They're hiring (I think) more people to work for them (from what I saw on their website). Basically...someone has to be paid. And as others have mentioned, Sony is selling systems at a loss and need to collect somewhere. But, as other responses like this, will be cast aside like others by the OP.
The tl;dr version: OP may have been upset about a purchase, but started a thread to get some attention out of it...and it worked. (Similar posts like this are in the OP's post history.) Futile attempt at explaining something, but will just be ignored except with a response from OP that will just invoke another person to respond the same way (or harsher).
sunnyblue wrote:WHY OH WHY does everyone give me the same analogy:
"I bought a car where is the gas?"
"I bought a microwave where is the food?"
" I bought a DVD player, where are the DVD's??"
ITS NOT THE SAME THING! I am not saying that the Blu Ray games should be free. I know they cost money to make and I am willing to pay for them.
The argument here, let me repeat, the argument here is about downloaded games from the PSN store. They are just mini games just like demos and it did not cost game companies money to make. Seems like the games were made during the devs spare time. SO why are they charged back to the consumer??? How come the PC has free games which anybody can download? I dont see the point why SONY can't implement this model and have to pass the cost to the consumers.
Demo's are free because they are made so people will buy their full game. Same thing goes for the videos on the store, they are made so people will buy their full game when its out. Those "mini games" are full games. I think this is the conclusion to this thread.
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