Editorial-1 (what makes a game free)

What makes a game free?

All this time has been spent talking about free games. Some of these games could easily become your favorites. So why are they free? Why couldn’t the developers just sell the games and make money? Well, the list of reasons could be enormous.

1. Marketing:

A lot of these game cost almost nothing to develop except for time and temper. It’s not always someone gets a profit in the marketing business. If they were small time developers, the probably wouldn’t have recognition and therefore hardly anyone would buy their games. The cost of buying storage mediums like CDs would not be recovered and therefore, they would lose money.

2. Not up to mark

Would you pay money for a game like jumper? Probably not. Why? Perhaps because it was too tough, had bad graphics, inadequate story and no feeling of any surrealism.

3. Too short

Did you play Paroxysm? Then you probably wouldn’t want to shell out any cash for it. Technically, paying money for something that gets over quickly (except for food) is not something that everyone would want to do.

4. Just for fun

Some developers just create game for themselves to pass their free time. They know that there is no harm in sharing the games- after all, such sharing mentality is why we get free games. They don’t want to get involved in the hassles of marketing either

5. Supplementing Business

My next game review will be on the BMW M3 Challenge. It is a free game by BMW which you can find on their website. They feel that if people like the game, it may get them interested in buying their cars.

Overall, if you want to get a better understanding of this subject, compare one of your paid games to a free one. You should see the light.