Nvidia GeForce 7600GS finally out for AGP

"EDM" writes:

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"EDM" writes:

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"EDM" writes:

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EDM wrote:
Do you seriously believe Valve has received
more in revenue from reduced piracy than they've spent
designing, coding, implementing and supporting Steam?

No, but I bet they've more than paid for it in increased income. A game
sold through a retailer probably gives them less than 50% of the sale
price, a game sold through Steam gives them the full price minus the
cost of bandwidth.

Guess what percentage of people get the game via download.

Three out of every four internet connections are dialup.

Do the math.


What math?

We would need to know about what % of users with dial up modems also
play FPS.

No, we just need to know that 3 out of 4 people can't download
entire games even if they wanted to. Which roughly translates
into 75% of the gaming market, maybe slightly less overall.

That makes no sense.

The bit that ruins your assertion is the "if they wnated to" bit. We
dont know if they want to or not : and I'm asserting that a lot dont
want to either download or buy and play FPS games.

30% of PCs have no internet connection at all. Of the 70%
that do, 75% are dialup.

That leaves 17.5% as potential HL2 downloaders. What
percentage of broadband users are also gamers? Figuring
half (which is probably exaggerated), that's just under 9%
of the market.


Which part of "you dont have to download HL2" confuses you?

Also, where are the figures from? Certainly here in germany everyone I
know now has DSL.