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Atari, ToEE, And P2P Distribution For Games?
Txiasaeia writes "In a very strange turn of events, it seems as if Kazaa (and only the 'official' Kazaa, not any of its non-spyware derivatives) is offering a copy of Atari's new PC RPG, Temple of Elemental Evil for download. What makes this particular case unusual is the fact that, once you download the 6-hour time-limited 'demo', you can unlock the full game for $49.95. While Steam has been doing this with Counterstrike, Kazaa is footing the bill for the bandwidth for ToEE, which makes it one of the first times that a major game publishing house has embraced a P2P client as part of its official distribution network. Is this latest move by Atari an attempt to garner media attention (especially with the RIAA and Kazaa in the news), or are they seriously embracing P2P as a legitimate source for game distribution?"
Isn't this what we've been calling shareware for the last decade??
Nothing new under the sun...
Hence it must be a commercial marketing 'jump on the RIAA/Kazaa/P2P shady legal bandwagon'...
I want my karma, and I want it now!
wouldn't you figgure that a kazaa lite user could launch kazaa(normal) and get it and share over kazaa lite? thus giving it to everyone else?