Those who are considering an attempt to make a buck on their Coldstone game may find this article interesting. Actually, anyone simply interested in how games are distributed should enjoy this:
(url="http://"http://www.bungie.net/perlbin/blam.pl?file=/site/0/site/bnet/soapbox/soapbox96_08.html")http://www.bungie.ne...apbox96_08.html(/url)

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is why ASW doesn't do retail.

Hehe, the last computer game I purchased from a Mail Order outlet: Diablo (I)
The last computer game I purcahsed off the shelf: Fallout (I)
Every computer game I've bought since then has been directly from the author/publisher. Admittedly, this isn't a whole lot, but still. It's a better deal for everyone.

Scott McCloud explains how this works in the world of comics fairly well both here: (url="http://"http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/icst/icst-5/icst-5.html")http://www.scottmccl...t-5/icst-5.html(/url)

and here: (url="http://"http://www.thecomicreader.com/html/icst/icst-6/icst-6.html")http://www.thecomicr...t-6/icst-6.html(/url)

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Sounds a lot like running a small record company. Especially the part about distributor goes under owing large amount of money.

also aswell

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