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<blockquote data-quote="WilliamAndersen" data-source="post: 2649349" data-attributes="member: 34885">Just a minor correction from one of the companies that got onto the main site...Our little game company was started and continues to be a company that does games that we like to play.. it is not geared toward making money.&nbsp; I have been attacked by some other publishers (that will remain nameless so I don't get banned on the other site) for not putting money ahead of everything... and arguing that &quot;quality&quot; does not just equal 'sales'.&nbsp; I only do games that would be fun to me as a gamer (which I have been actively since '87).My family is supported by 'day job' (I am a college professor and do consulting work), and not by sales from our game company.&nbsp; When we price our products, we base it on how much we would need to charge to give the fine people that worked on it a little for their time and effort, then we try to keep the price down so we can get a lot of gamers to be able to do play our games without spending a lot.That is why Saloon Fights (with color maps, counters, etc) is only 3 dollars.&nbsp; The people that worked on it were happy to take very little, so the price could be very low.Sorry for rambling... (a trait of many of us in academia)... but, we were 'fortunate' enough to be put on the main site because we happen to have strong sales... but the money goes to the people that worked to make the product, and not our 'business/company''s huge profits.&nbsp; Our fiction publishing division and computer services division makes the money of the business...I do not believe we are alone in that...&nbsp; Certainly there are some companies on the main site that are just there for the dollars, but many of us are committed to making games, and are not thinking only about the bottom line.WilliamComStar<a href="http://www.comstar-games.com" target="_blank">http://www.comstar-games.com</a>PS:&nbsp; Our Website is going thru an overhaul, and will be updated with a completely new design soon...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WilliamAndersen, post: 2649349, member: 34885"] Just a minor correction from one of the companies that got onto the main site... Our little game company was started and continues to be a company that does games that we like to play.. it is not geared toward making money. I have been attacked by some other publishers (that will remain nameless so I don't get banned on the other site) for not putting money ahead of everything... and arguing that "quality" does not just equal 'sales'. I only do games that would be fun to me as a gamer (which I have been actively since '87). My family is supported by 'day job' (I am a college professor and do consulting work), and not by sales from our game company. When we price our products, we base it on how much we would need to charge to give the fine people that worked on it a little for their time and effort, then we try to keep the price down so we can get a lot of gamers to be able to do play our games without spending a lot. That is why Saloon Fights (with color maps, counters, etc) is only 3 dollars. The people that worked on it were happy to take very little, so the price could be very low. Sorry for rambling... (a trait of many of us in academia)... but, we were 'fortunate' enough to be put on the main site because we happen to have strong sales... but the money goes to the people that worked to make the product, and not our 'business/company''s huge profits. Our fiction publishing division and computer services division makes the money of the business... I do not believe we are alone in that... Certainly there are some companies on the main site that are just there for the dollars, but many of us are committed to making games, and are not thinking only about the bottom line. William ComStar [url]http://www.comstar-games.com[/url] PS: Our Website is going thru an overhaul, and will be updated with a completely new design soon...:) [/QUOTE]

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