Comments on: “Free Magazine” Is Not “Now For Half-Price” http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/ I'm baking games. Indie style. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/comment-page-1/#comment-16694 Juuso - Game Producer Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:04:20 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/#comment-16694 @Jan: I'm NOT using that same technique. And your example was exactly what I thought when I wrote that post :) @Jan: I’m NOT using that same technique. And your example was exactly what I thought when I wrote that post :)

]]> By: Jan http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/comment-page-1/#comment-16616 Jan Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:43:17 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/#comment-16616 But isn't that exactly the same thing with a lot of game portals and shareware sites? Even with indies? <i>Fake call:</i> <b>Caller:</b> "Hi, would you like to download and play free games?" <b>You:</b> "Sure, but are they really free?" <b>Caller:</b> "Yes, you can download them freely. You don't even need to register on our site!" <b>You:</b> "Now that's really nice." <b>Caller:</b> "...and if you played our games for an hour and if you like it, you have to pay 20 bucks." Just try Google and type in "free games"... I'll guarantee that 95 out of 100 results lead to sites claiming "Play Free Games" but offer nothing but Try-Before-You-Buy-Products. So don't be upset about some magazine's marketing technique when you're generating sales the very same way. ;) But isn’t that exactly the same thing with a lot of game portals and shareware sites? Even with indies?

Fake call:

Caller: “Hi, would you like to download and play free games?”
You: “Sure, but are they really free?”
Caller: “Yes, you can download them freely. You don’t even need to register on our site!”
You: “Now that’s really nice.”
Caller: “…and if you played our games for an hour and if you like it, you have to pay 20 bucks.”

Just try Google and type in “free games”… I’ll guarantee that 95 out of 100 results lead to sites claiming “Play Free Games” but offer nothing but Try-Before-You-Buy-Products.

So don’t be upset about some magazine’s marketing technique when you’re generating sales the very same way. ;)

]]> By: - http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/comment-page-1/#comment-16271 - Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:17:09 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/10/24/free-magazine-is-not-now-for-half-price/#comment-16271 This has happened to me as well and I was very annoyed about it. If you remember company the caller represented, you could report them to http://www.ssml-fdma.fi/ if they claim to "reilun pelin jäsen" (member of fair play) of "Suoramarkkinointiliitto ry". At least company called "Nikolex" is contracted to do direct marketing and they use that shady tactic, and they claim membership of that "reilu peli" thing. This has happened to me as well and I was very annoyed about it. If you remember company the caller represented, you could report them to http://www.ssml-fdma.fi/ if they claim to “reilun pelin jäsen” (member of fair play) of “Suoramarkkinointiliitto ry”. At least company called “Nikolex” is contracted to do direct marketing and they use that shady tactic, and they claim membership of that “reilu peli” thing.

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