Re: An Example of Ancient Wares and Present Values

[bobryan9@my-deja.com]

Good point.


In article <20000630010116.02983.00000130@ng-cd1.aol.com>,
  sheppy@aol.com (Sheppy) wrote:
> >     Probably. In fact, at the nearly give-away price, what you have
shown
> >is
> >that Activision feels its oldie software has value chiefly for
promotional
> >purposes.
>
> I'd point out that as recently as a year ago, Activision was actively
selling
> archive packages for anywhere from $30 to $60 of classic Infocom
games; the
> fact that these packages are now giveaways doesn't necessarily matter.
>
> The point is that even though these products have gone for extended
periods out
> of print, they have come back at least twice (as in The Lost
Treasures of
> Infocom around 1992-93, and in the more categorized archives of 1998
or so).
> This could be taken as evidence that even "forgotten" software does
> occasionally get revived by publishers.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> --
> Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
> Making software for everyone!
> http://www.sheppyware.net
> (On AOL, don't ask :)
>


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