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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
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From: JDCAPRIO@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (JOHN D CAPRIOTTI)
Subject: Re: Proposal: To Id Software.
In-Reply-To: otaku@sugar.NeoSoft.COM's message of 4 Sep 1994 14:24:09 -0500
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References: <34d5qu$p1r@nyx10.cs.du.edu> <34d6sp$9g4@sugar.NeoSoft.COM>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 02:02:52 GMT
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> > Have you considered releasing the first 3-5 levels of Doom ][ as
> > shareware? This was a classic strategy and a stunning example of
> > salemanship that undoubtedly was part of the success of the original
> > Doom.
[snip]
> Pointless.. Anyone who will ever want to have DOOM II already has their mind
> made up as to whether or not they are gonna buy it. The release of a shareware
> version would be useless. They already know the game is awesome, we already
> know that the game will be awesome, and they already know that we already know
> that the game will be awesome. 'nuff said :)
Yeah, but Spear of Destiny had a two-level shareware version released as well,
don't forget. I dn't know how effective it was - most who had access to it
already had Wolf 3D anyway. But somebody obviously thought it worthwhile.
j
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