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This idea is about a gaming service client like Steam, but the service would operate on subscrition based system, instead of buying a game and pay once for it, you would be able to play a good amount of different games through a monthly subscription (it could be an annual subscription too).
It would
be available on Windows, OSX and PC, I think this system could be apealing to a good amount of people, and the games wouldn't be streamed, but installed on your computer, it could be considered as a rental service.
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Isn't this the equivalent, in fact the same, as renting a game from a store ? |
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"What's up with what's going down?" (L7) |
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Well I did mentioned in the last sentence that the service could be equivalent to a rental service, perhaps it could be put more emphasis on that. |
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I think it's a clever idea, actually. It would follow the
same modernization pattern as video rentals
blockbuster video is to netflix just as gamestop is to this
idea. |
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@bigsleep
I don't understand where that comment came from. He's
using the site as recommended, and throwing an unbaked
idea out there. Hell, if I had the skills and resources to, I
would totally contactappdirect and ask if he could help
me bake this idea. |
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P.S. PLEASE don't show this idea to Valve... they might
get ideas. |
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bigsleep, I understand that you have the right to criticize and not like my ideas, but it bothers me how close you keep tracking my ideas and comments, it seems you are a bit obsessed about it, I would kindly suggest to cut it out a bit. |
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"They look like ridiculous patent claims i.e. poor combinations of existing technology" |
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"this site is for things that are mostly unpractical or ideas thrown out so that nobody can profit from them" |
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Well I think your first claim fits into your second claim, and you say that my ideas are bad, and then you mention this site is for bad ideas mostly, so why does it bothers so much? |
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// I would like to know why you are posting mostly lame
ideas though.// |
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Dude, this is the *halfbakery*. That's sort of the point. |
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(Seriously, though, I think appdirect's ideas are perfectly
suited. For example, we've got "Omelette ready eggs".
And,
yes, they would be handy - if you were making an omlette
- but I
doubt the dairy industry is losing sleep over that missed
opportunity.) |
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Better than boring conversations about socialism, philosophical mumbo-jumbo or rants about religion, which seem de rigour these days. |
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For those of us that tend to glom onto one game for a long time, this wouldn't be such a great value, but for those that want to try every game out there, this would be great. As long as everything is set up so that each install can be cleanly uninstalled when you need to make space for a new game, I think this would actually be a viable business model. Synching save data with the service so that it can be used on multiple machines would be a bonus. Of course, a given user should only be allowed to be logged in to one machine at a time. |
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A possible addition: monthly bankable guest credits to allow friends to join you in multiplayer games without requiring an account of their own. |
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@freefall, that idea is fantastic, about the bankable guest
credits |
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I'm pretty sure I saw this exact business plan somewhere several years ago. That I can't find it now may indicate its not such a good idea. |
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The trouble may be with how the service pays the
developers. It may be crippled like Netflix is, where the
many quality content owners who don't like the incentives
don't allow their content & the ecosystem starves. |
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Games are like music, & movies, where the top blockbusters
take 1-3 years to make, with a $30-$100 million budget.
But, the bottom, wide tail of that market is a million indy
developers who take 3-12 months & tiny budgets. |
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Most games are played for 1 day then tossed, or 45 days
then forgotten. Only a handful of games are played by the
same user for >1 year. |
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Kongregate & friv.com are out there with tons of free games
(mostly of poor quality). So, the subscription service needs
to have a wide base & decent quality & decent discovery
tools among the wide base. |
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So, what's the fair math/engine to incentivize both
blockbuster & indy developers to join? |
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