World of Goo for 1 cent sale, or another reason why PC gaming is so great.

http://2dboy.com/games.php

For this week only, pay as much as you feel like for World of Goo. You can pay only 1 cent, and still get the game.

(Buy 100 copies for 1$, and give them to us!)

I don't think consoles have sales as epic as these, do they?

wasnt this game the one with the highest piracy ratio? as in everyone just downloaded it and no one bought it?

They must have figured they should get SOME form of compensation back, even though it's 1 cent only... PC Gaming is GREAT.

wasnt this game the one with the highest piracy ratio? as in everyone just downloaded it and no one bought it?

They must have figured they should get SOME form of compensation back, even though it's 1 cent only... PC Gaming is GREAT.

jellomeister24

wasnt this game the one with the highest piracy ratio? as in everyone just downloaded it and no one bought it?

They must have figured they should get SOME form of compensation back, even though it's 1 cent only... PC Gaming is GREAT.

jellomeister24

Basically. Compared to most other retail games, this one took up far less space, making it easier to download. Plus, iirc, there was no crack or keygen to worry about.

wasnt this game the one with the highest piracy ratio? as in everyone just downloaded it and no one bought it?

They must have figured they should get SOME form of compensation back, even though it's 1 cent only... PC Gaming is GREAT.

jellomeister24

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

alextherussian

[QUOTE="alextherussian"]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

waffle57

wasnt this game the one with the highest piracy ratio? as in everyone just downloaded it and no one bought it?

They must have figured they should get SOME form of compensation back, even though it's 1 cent only... PC Gaming is GREAT.

jellomeister24

[QUOTE="alextherussian"]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

waffle57

They made tons of money out of this game, half of all revenues they got from Goo was from PC version(not to mention they got the money to finish the game from PC version preorders)

So you shouldn't feel bad for them. They don't feel bad about it themselves(the only reason why they gave out their piracy numbers (the number later on was corrected to 82%) is to show DRM doesn't work at all, as Richochet had DRM and yet had the same piracy numbers

I paid $20 for it on Steam and am slightly annoyed by this announcement.

Just bought it. Thanks for the heads up.

[QUOTE="alextherussian"]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

waffle57

Great deal, too bad I already own it. I didn't care for it myself, but my wife loves it.

i bought it a while ago. looking forward to the iphone version now.

[QUOTE="waffle57"][QUOTE="alextherussian"]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2008/11/acrying-shame-world-of-goo-piracy-rate-near-90.ars

90 indeed

Shafftehr

PC gamers: "Why spend 1 cent when i can download it for free, not even having to leave my comfy little Computer chair??"

:lol:

atlast the develpoers get some money out of the wiiware version of the game.

=/

Pirates: "Why spend 1 cent when i can download it for free, not even having to leave my comfy little Computer chair??"

:lol:

BodyElite

Piracy rates may be high but to assume that every PC gamers a pirate is stupidity. Besides pirates are on consoles they're just not as tracked as PC pirate rates, so currently we never do not know how high console piracy rates are.

I went in for $2.00seabiscuit8686

I gave 'em 5. I usually pick up most DD games on sale for 5. Riddick, Civ4, SR2, Oddworld, Assasins Creed, Bioshock, all games I got legally for 5. Plus more if I racked my brains enough.

I bought it for $0.25 :)Stevo_the_gamer

Heres my 2 cents, i brought it for 2 cents!

EDIT: They seem like nice guys and i feel kinda sorry for them so i brought it again for a alot more

hehe got it for $1

I gave them a whole DOLLAR!

Bought it for $0.005

Thats just messed up.

Bought it for $0.005

Thats just messed up.

shutdown_202

How is it possible to pay less than 1 cent? It really accepted 0.005?Or did you mistype.

What's so great about a developer resorting to selling a game for 1 cent? I remember the developers saying that world of goo was pirating like hell on the PC.Jamex1987

Wow..... think about what you just typed.

So if MS decided to give away copies of their next game, they get no praise, because we all could have just stole it anyway?

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

Bought it for $0.005

Thats just messed up.

whatisazerg

How is it possible to pay less than 1 cent? It really accepted 0.005?Or did you mistype.

Whoops, should have said £0.05

UK here and you can only buy it from the US site. So after conversion, thats how much i think i paid. Althougth they probably took the full penny.

So instead, you're going to just about pirate it by spending a cent. Don't think the developers deserve a little more, huh?

At least give them a dollar for the game. You give more to that as a tip to the pizza guy. This is a good game.

At least give them a dollar for the game. You give more to that as a tip to the pizza guy. This is a good game.

HarlockJC

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]

At least give them a dollar for the game. You give more to that as a tip to the pizza guy. This is a good game.

Jandurin

Do you guys HAVE to tip? i mean can't you just say "theres you mula, now beat it".

You should come live here, Tipping is about as common as [insert generic thing that rarely happens that i cant think of right now]

Do you guys HAVE to tip? i mean can't you just say "theres you mula, now beat it".

You should come live here, Tipping is about as common as [insert generic thing that rarely happens that i cant think of right now]

Do you guys HAVE to tip? i mean can't you just say "theres you mula, now beat it".

You should come live here, Tipping is about as common as [insert generic thing that rarely happens that i cant think of right now]

shutdown_202

atlast the develpoers get some money out of the wiiware version of the game.

=/

DeadEndPanda

[QUOTE="DeadEndPanda"]

atlast the develpoers get some money out of the wiiware version of the game.

=/

http://2dboy.com/games.php

For this week only, pay as much as you feel like for World of Goo. You can pay only 1 cent, and still get the game.

(Buy 100 copies for 1$, and give them to us!)

I don't think consoles have sales as epic as these, do they?

waffle57

I already owned it on Wii, so I went ahead and got in for a cent. Gotta love PC Gaming.

What warms my heart is that some people are putting down hundreds for it.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

[QUOTE="DeadEndPanda"]

atlast the develpoers get some money out of the wiiware version of the game.

=/

Jandurin

just shows how much bigger PCgaming is if it can deliver that despite all the piracy. In reality piracy numbers don't matter much, what counts are legal sales. Piracy can have emotional impact on you as a developer, but in the end it all comes down to actual legal sales

AdrianWerner

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"]

just shows how much bigger PCgaming is if it can deliver that despite all the piracy. In reality piracy numbers don't matter much, what counts are legal sales. Piracy can have emotional impact on you as a developer, but in the end it all comes down to actual legal sales

Jandurin

just shows how much bigger PCgaming is if it can deliver that despite all the piracy. In reality piracy numbers don't matter much, what counts are legal sales. Piracy can have emotional impact on you as a developer, but in the end it all comes down to actual legal sales