Microsoft game pack in COMPUSA national flier.

[redrumloa]

The famous  game pack featuring 1 AMIGA game (Crossword Puzzle) is currently being advertised in CompUSA's national flyer. This flier is distributed with newspapers nationwide and reaches millions of homes.

Link to online HTML version of the ad here.

PDF version of the Flyer here.

[redrumloa]

I forgot to mention it is on sale for $29.95. It being advertised in their flier means it IS available in store at all of their locations.. Probably the first time anything with the AMIGA brand name has been mass marketed in many, many years.

[Sodapop]

Nice post Redrumloa !  :-)

Too bad they chose a puzzle game...

[redrumloa]

I wonder how much royalties they can make from 1 game out of this game pack? After they pay the author I mean :-?

[The_Editor]

You beat me to it !!

Whatever... Its ALL gonna help Someone.

[System]

I do not mean to be negative here.  It's good to see they "got something out".  I don't however see anything being sold as an Amiga product, only the word Amiga on one of the games in the Microsoft product.

That means that Microsoft gets 90% of the money from the sale.  Out of the remaining 10% of a 29.95 product, I would doubt that the author gets even one single dollar for his game  :-(  

If this is the case, I hope Microsoft sells lots of them, if for no other reason than to pay the author for the game.

[redrumloa]

@Wayne

I agree completely, though I thought it was newsworthy enough though considering I stumbled accross the ad while looking thorugh the flier:-) Very minor, but better than nothing!(?)

[SidMan]

It's definately better than nothing though.

Good to see the Amiga DE, TAO (whatever you want to call it) environment is being used. I have always been a fan of the concept.

Lets hope they do make something out of it.

SidMan.
=- New A1G4 owner -=

[System]

I'm beginning to wonder, in order to get paid, if software authors for the game packs ought to just go straight to Microsoft and cut out the middle man.

[SidMan]

I think after joining the DE DEV list the terms of payment and percentages were given.

But I can see where this is going........................

[amimonkey]

Way to start another flame war wayne!

 :-?

AmiMonkey

[System]

@amimonkey

I am *NOT* trying to start anything.  I hope Microsoft sells bunches of them, as it demonstrates there is a market for such things.  It also helps get the authors of the actual games paid.  Both of which I am very much for.  

I do not however understand why the game authors don't go to Microsoft directly instead of giving 70% of their "$3.00" from the sales to Amiga Inc who have done absolutely nothing in this example except put their name on TAO's product.

I don't say this with any hidden animosity, I simply cannot see the logic in this case.  If Amiga software authors can write software and make money selling it through Microsoft, very cool.  Amiga software authors deserve support, but exactly how, and exactly WHY is Amiga Inc getting (what I recall to be when I signed up as a developer) 70% of that already small percentage of money from the sale is a bit beyond my particular understanding.

If you are offended by my lack of understanding, I apologize, but please feel free to calmly and LOGICALLY explain it to me.

[SidMan]

Amiga can co-ordinate it all.

That is why..

Plus they provide the forums and people for support. You belong to that community and you get help.

Also, I think it would be very difficult for individuals to approach Microsoft.........

[System]

Amiga can co-ordinate it all.

but they don't.  This is a Microsoft product and if you think that Amiga Inc is allowed more than a "here's what we have", then that would be a very unique situation with Microsoft..

Plus they provide the forums and people for support. You belong to that community and you get help.

 Where would this be?  Their forums aren't well attended and TAO supports their own product.

Also, I think it would be very difficult for individuals to approach Microsoft.........

Not at all.  Have a product that Microsoft wants, they'll talk to you whether you're a janitor or a superstar.  They're interested in making money.    How do you think that Blue Ribbon ended up in their hands?

[Hooligan_DCS]

After reading through this threat I watched the "Bill at TechTV"-clip after a long time and AmigaAnywhere still looks good. Too bad it's really been too long time for it to make a breakthrough, I think.

Honestly though, I have not been following AA recently. Just remember what I read on magazines when it was being made and later saw it once live, long long time ago.