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tonyyeb
06-29-2003, 08:30 PM
Ooooh this might stir up some discussion I think!

Please don't take this the wrong way. When I had my Commodore Amiga, i used to get loads of quality shareware for £2-£3 when comercial games were £19.99. Now in PPC land it seems that anyone thinks they can charge £14.99 for some pretty poor stuff. Do these people expect to make a living out of this quality?

Chris
Pony99CA
06-30-2003, 06:52 AM
Ooooh this might stir up some discussion I think!

Please don't take this the wrong way. When I had my Commodore Amiga, i used to get loads of quality shareware for £2-£3 when comercial games were £19.99. Now in PPC land it seems that anyone thinks they can charge £14.99 for some pretty poor stuff. Do these people expect to make a living out of this quality?
How long ago did you have that Amiga? Has the cost of living gone up since then?

As for making a living, I doubt there are many shareware authors that make living doing Pocket PC programming, regardless of quality. Many of these people are hobbyists doing it for fun or some extra cash.

Steve