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Total comments: 31 | Last comment: 08-07-2005 at 07:50
ketch22
From:  (hell)
Joined: May 17th, 2003
Posts: 333 | hooray for blatant advertising!! |
Knippschild (Staff)
From: 
Joined: June 11th, 2003
Posts: 114 | Ketch22.. Uhm.. This is a filefront network. |
Destroyer187
From: (Warwickshire)
Joined: April 17th, 2005
Posts: 159 | attention plz, does anybody know if u can get a demo of winter assult ( I just wondered since dawn of war had a demo i thought winter assult might have one to even though it's an expansion not a game.) |
Crazysniper1177
Joined: December 21st, 2004
Posts: 7 | If it does it would come out after the game...Im hoping they have a closed beta for fileplanet peoples...might have to subscribe just to get that >.> |
falcon93
From: (california)
Joined: January 23rd, 2005
Posts: 623 | there is no beta for srry guys |
badass7
Joined: March 24th, 2005
Posts: 415 | Swat4-the best multiplayer squad game ever! |
CaptJono
From: (Washington state)
Joined: September 30th, 2002
Posts: 79 | How quickly the topic drifts... |
noyouralreadydead
From:
Joined: March 3rd, 2005
Posts: 371 | how can it be a "file"front if it sells dvd's? |
Ridge_Runner_5
From: (Aurora, Colorado)
Joined: September 27th, 2003
Posts: 407 | DVD may be free, but then they charge you $15 for shipping  |
falcon93
From: (california)
Joined: January 23rd, 2005
Posts: 623 | no they are selling u the dvd wich has the files on it :-P |
MajorPayne
From:
Joined: July 25th, 2002
Posts: 949 | I've always wondered how Filefront managed to get around the distribution rights with files and such considering the amount they charge. I'm certain that it breaks some sort of copyright which no-ones tried challenging. Still I supposed it would be claimed as being necessary to "help run the site". Strange that if thats the case then why all the popups and advertising. You dont' see other independant sites charging for file distribution on cd/dvd. Okay so not many actually do it, but let me check my maths: From my own experience of sending a cd overseas, it didn't cost any more than about 90p and the cost of the jiffy bag was about 50p. First class stamp is about 32p and the cover for the cd was less than 10p, so there has to be something fishy going on somewhere here.
But then like I said, no-ones ever challenged it. |
Deathbyteacup (V.I.P. Member)
From: (Manchester)
Joined: December 15th, 2002
Posts: 1411 | Uhm, we don't sell people's files on CD or DVD now, MajorPayne.
These DVD's contain DEMO's made by companies and its all above board. If you don't want a DVD then don't buy one. |
MajorPayne
From:
Joined: July 25th, 2002
Posts: 949 | Oh my appologies FT. I didn't realise that Filefront had changed its policy,. |
AngryAmoeba
From: (New Hampshire)
Joined: September 10th, 2003
Posts: 1219 | Uhhh, dude, FileFront is doing nothing illegal, they're just offering an easier way for those who aren't fortunate enough to have a fast inernet connection to download larger files and game demos, which are created by the game companies for free download. |
Big_Daddy (V.I.P. Member)
From: 
Joined: August 15th, 2003
Posts: 1176 | FileFront never made any money off selling those files on CD anyways. All the proceeds went into the cd and shipping. Non-profit so to speak. |
Mido
Joined: December 10th, 2004
Posts: 64 | Every time a game is updated to a new version, all the old demos don't work.
 I will laugh when someone actually gets a demo DVD, and then the game updates and they can't watch any of the demos anymore. |
falcon93
From: (california)
Joined: January 23rd, 2005
Posts: 623 | they dont update the demos that much only the multiplayer ones are updated most. and most of the time the updates are because the slopped the demo together in a couple of days. |
tekagi
Joined: April 20th, 2004
Posts: 104 | OMG more great modding news (MUST READ!) ...... awww is that all what a con lol |
Deathbyteacup (V.I.P. Member)
From: (Manchester)
Joined: December 15th, 2002
Posts: 1411 | #16 - Demo's get updated now do they?...
#18 - That isn't the title of this news post. It clearly says what it is in the title. Sorry for "conning" you though.
Again, if you don't want a DVD then don't buy one. If you have a 56k modem and really want to get your hands on these demo's then feel free to order a disc. |
tekagi
Joined: April 20th, 2004
Posts: 104 | OMG FileTrekker did you see the "lol" at the end which states I was joking? I said what i said because this is the DOW section where we all stare and wait for news about mod updates and then something completely different comes up. And I was joking geeeez lol |
dauntless
Joined: December 15th, 2002
Posts: 623 | oh yeah, and what's the catch? it costs. a lot. |
Ronnie
From:  (Leiden)
Joined: December 4th, 2002
Posts: 647 | Blank DVD's are not really that cheap. The content has to be written on the discs and they have to be shipped. All in all a reasonable price  |
WhiteInferno
Joined: June 24th, 2005
Posts: 83 | DVD's are awesome, as they can store more stuff, but you should have a CD service. Some people don't have DVD drives. Still, this is an awesome idea. And to number 16: File-Trekker is right. Besides, the point of getting the demo: To give you an Idea to either buy or not buy the game. Not just for you to use in place of the game. Plus, as file-trekker also mentioned (As well as number 17), Demo's DO NOT get updated. Usually. Finally, I'm sure you can do a 'Select demo's you want on this disk' thing. If not, i'm wrong. I mean no offense by this post. (this very, very, VERY long post.) |
jelliott50
From:  (NSW)
Joined: February 3rd, 2005
Posts: 2 | Are you Kidding peacewiz. "Blank DVD's are not really that cheap." I get them for 30 cents here in Australia so that's about 10p or 20cents US. If you can get a DVD for 20c US how come free demo's cost $15 US. That's a lot for shipping. Don't get me wrong before I got Broadband these deals were tempting but just plain too expensive. |
MajorPayne
From:
Joined: July 25th, 2002
Posts: 949 | Peacewiz. So if DVD blanks aren't that cheap then why can I buy a spool of 50 for £8.99 (aprox 17p per disc), and a box of 50 plain covers for about £2.99 (aprox 5p per cover). Postage via airmail to practically anywhere is no more than £1.50 at the very most. So I'm sorry but $15 (aprox £8.47 currently) for postage cost IS excessive (considering as well that the UK has probably one of the more expensive costings for postage), it wouldn't cost more than perhaps £3.00 (just over $5.30) and even that might be way over the actual cost. |
Pethegreat
From: (Pittsburgh, PA)
Joined: March 30th, 2004
Posts: 677 | Hey they are sending it via express mail, faster than dl'ing them all if you on 56k, 5 gb takes about 8 hours if your on 1.5mb, at lest 6 days on 56k |
Reven
From: (Dunblane)
Joined: November 30th, 2004
Posts: 187 | I'll stick with PC Gamer, who give you a packed double-sided DVD with 10GB of demos, mods, videos, patches, galleries and utilities plus a magazine for £6/$11. Plus a subscription works out at roughly £3/issue. |
Ronnie
From: (Leiden)
Joined: December 4th, 2002
Posts: 647 | You're thinking of 4.7 GB disks. |
Reven
From: (Dunblane)
Joined: November 30th, 2004
Posts: 187 | Yeah but it's double density double-sided, so you can actually have up to 19GB on it. |
Lotsneaky
From:
Joined: October 27th, 2004
Posts: 223 | Blank DVD's not cheap ? Dude i can get one for 10 ct. here so dont say that they arent cheap |
fatherdougel
Joined: March 18th, 2005
Posts: 153 | Quote:
#9 - Posted by: Ridge_Runner_5 (Member) on 08-01-2005 at 13:17
DVD may be free, but then they charge you $15 for shipping
lol |
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