AA and questioning whether such head to head competition is a good thing (specifically when I was talking to Xot) try to understand these points are where I'm coming from. So Jarett, I address this point specifically to you - if you heard me discussing Packrat vs. I don't want to make this another Hozer Video situation, but it just concerns me that if a pricing war breaks out between Packrat and AA, three groups of people are going to suffer: the programmers (who may find the diminishing returns on games are no longer worth it), the vendors (who can't afford a price war in terms of their production being feasible), and the gamers (no more carts to buy when price wars dry up the margins and carts are no longer made). Do they get the same royalties as AA authors do, even though the games are sold at lower prices? Are all of the games being sold by PackratVG authorized by their respective hackers or homebrewers?ģ. Why would you befriend AA users (such as me) and be an active member of our boards, only to try and undercut us at a con?Ģ. Competitiveness in a fair and free marketplace is one thing, but here's where and why I felt upset:ġ. What I don't understand though is intentionally selling the same games that AA does, with different labels and lower prices, at a con AA does so much to support and help make thrive. Now Packrat VG did have some unique and interesting hacks and homebrews that weren't available at AA's booth, and I wholeheartedly applaud that and as such any price they'd sell such games for was not only a good one, but in some cases quite a steal. Of course I never just want to take someone's word for it, especially if they're talking about somebody I know, so I had to see their booth for myself. Someone reported to me that the Packrat booth had been over taking pics of the AA booth before the show opened, and set all their prices based on AA's. That's why, some (including Jarett himself) may have overheard my surprise and shock that the Packrat booth seemed to be trying to intentionally undercut AA by selling some of the exact same homebrews, for exactly $2.05 less in most cases. A man tends not to forget things like that when they make such a good impression. Plus I can't ever forget that the man hooked me up with my own Combat 01 for only a buck back when I didn't have and couldn't find one, and that was a very nice gesture ($1 +shipped+ even). In fact, in terms of their friendly attitude and customer service at the show, it matched pretty much what I expected of PackratVG via knowing Jarett from AtariAge. To start with, I want to say I have nothing personal against Jarett or any of the PackratVG staff or salespeople. Since this is about 2600 games and homebrews thereof and not about the event itself, I'm posting it here, but Albert Ed or CPUWIZ can move it if they feel it's OT. ![]() Since I believe there's a possibiity one or more of my comments about Packrat Video Games at PC5 may have been heard out of context or without the whole enchilada, I feel it's only appropriate to explain myself now that it's a few days after the con.
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