[casual_games] distribution question

[Brent Silby (Def-Logic)]

Thanks Lennard. That's an excellent solution. I hadn't thought of that.

Cheers,
Brent.
DEF-LOGIC
NEO-ARCADE GAMES
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lennard Feddersen" <Lennard at RustyAxe.com>
To: "IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List" <casual_games at igda.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [casual_games] distribution question


> You can ask him to use a 3rd party service like BMT Micro to do the 
> fulfillment and cash distributions.
> 
> Lennard Feddersen
> CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
> www.RustyAxe.com
> 
> Lennard at RustyAxe.com
> P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
> 3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7
> 
> 
> 
> Brent Silby (Def-Logic) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have a question regarding distribution of casual games.
>>  
>> We are in the process of supplying a distributor with several games. 
>> He will distribute demo versions of the games, and end users will then 
>> purchase the full version of the game through his site. He will then 
>> pay us on the basis of how many games are sold.
>>  
>> My question is this:
>> Is there anyway we can protect ourselves from being misled as to how 
>> many games are actually being purchased? My worry is that the 
>> distributor could conceivably sell 50000 units but only tell us that 
>> 25000 were sold. Don't get me wrong, I trust the distributor and do 
>> not believe we will be misled. However, I would still like to know how 
>> other developers get accurate sales figures. We are new to this, and 
>> any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Brent.
>>  
>>
>> /DEF-LOGIC
>> NEO-ARCADE GAMES
>> www.def-logic.com <http://www.def-logic.com/>/
>>
>> /DJ Mixed House Music
>> www.brentishouse.com <http://www.brentishouse.com/>/
>>
>>  
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