From: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co (nikki) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: publishing games (info) Date: 25 Jan 1997 19:11:23 GMT Organization: GameBoutique Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5cdlsr$8li@flex.uunet.pipex.com> References: Reply-To: nikki AT gameboutique DOT co NNTP-Posting-Host: www.gameboutique.com To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp > : 1) we publish your game(s) for you and split the profit 50/50 with you. remember that retail price and cost price are very different, ie you don't get 50% of the price you see it for in the shop, but 50% of the cost it's sold to retail at. (minus produc > tion costs) > > : 2) we give you the chance to sell your game yourself. after all you wrote it, why should any publisher make anything from it? > : as many sites don't allow commercial activity on them, we can offer you web space and ftp space on a fixed or per usage basis. obviously we have to charge something because we're offering you part of our bandwidth, but the cost would be far less than tr > ying to set your own server up. prices for this vary so it's best to email us and negotiate the best deal for *you*. > > : you can reach us at sales AT gameboutique DOT com or me directly at nikki AT gameboutique DOT com > > ??? I don't get it. As a skeptical developer, I have to ask, what do I > get from that? I give you 50% and you give me a good price for web and > ftp space?? sorry, there was some confusion here it seems. option 1 and 2 are separate. in option 1 we take a 50% cut of profits as opposed to 80% or more which is what any other publisher will offer you. in option 2 you don't pay us for anything except renting the web/ftp space. regards, nik -- Graham Tootell GameBoutique Ltd. - THE online gaming experience nikki AT gameboutique DOT com http://www.gameboutique.com