I smell bullshit

[confidentials]

Clearly TSR enrolled in a course at the Carla Niven School of Business Management.

Ohmigoodness, this made me LOL.  :lol:

[Surelyfunke]

I also notice that the site as a whole hasn't mentioned this little alteration, it's thus far only there for people who care to do a little digging...I mean, out of most general, everyday users, who actually reads the FA's blogs?

Umm, I do? When I go to Windkeeper's site to pillage her shit, her blog updates are there. No digging involved, stupid Oniella.

[wicked_one]

its up to the FA's how much of their crap is free each week, windkeeper is just explaining that they don't want their stuff to be free anymore but blaming it on low subscription sales.
Which is bullshit and makes me think that s/he is getting paid a percentage not just a set amount (like someone said before it was estimated at $250 a month)....why else would windkeeper give a shit about how sales are doing? lol
Also why is it windkeeper has time to blog about how poor TSR is going to be, but has no time to reply to peoples' polite pm's regarding their creations? I know of a few people who have pmed him/her almost a month ago and are still waiting for a response.
and tsr is the  :twisted:

[Anouk]

10.000 downloads = 10 dollars, and (in the beginning) you can make a max of 300 dollars. But it differs per artist. That is the first offer you get.

[lemmiwinks]

10.000 downloads = 10 dollars, and (in the beginning) you can make a max of 300 dollars. But it differs per artist. That is the first offer you get.

300 dollars? Its an effing game! I wouldn't spend that much on a needed business app!

[Anouk]

That's really low compared to what some sites get offered to shut down.

[lemmiwinks]

That's really low compared to what some sites get offered to shut down.

TSR must have gone to the Bill Gates School of Business.

[Pariland]

That's really low compared to what some sites get offered to shut down.

Do tell...

[Quorneater]

I feel sick...

[Anouk]

I feel sick...

Hehehe, why? I have never encountered one 100% honest bussiness man in my life. It's to be expected. When it's about big money, most play it somewhat or completely dirty. Bussiness is bussiness, and to him these are investments. If people don't go for it, he'll find someone else.

[Quorneater]

Well it just seems things are actually going the *wrong* way rather than the right way.  With TSR planning to make some of their content completely pay-only, they're a  big player.  It's quite a big statement.

I also feel annoyed with myself because right at the beginning I actually supported the existence of paysites, because I felt they increased the variety and richness of the total simming experience.   In Sims 1 there wasn't so much movement of creators between sites, but now TSR is becoming like a black hole sucking them in.

Anyway when a tool maker or someone and I have forgotten exactly who, wanted to make their utility available to free sites only, I was one of the voices dissuading them so they didn't in the end.   I do wish I had supported that plan now.

[idtaminger]

Paying for stuff makes the experience more varied and rich HOW exactly?

[Quorneater]

In the Sims1, there were nowhere near as many creators or sites in total - well not that I could see anyway.  Especially code modders.  Places like SimSlice and 8th deadly sim were more or less essential!

[BlueSoup]

I considered the Magic Mirror essential back then.  That was pretty much it.  Custom content wasn't as essential back then as it is now.

[Quorneater]

Well, YMMV, but CC was pretty essential to me and many of the people I knew back then