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Buying Games

A topic by JamesMacklin created Jun 18, 2022 Views: 1,720 Replies: 3
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So I am a little confused when it comes to buying games. I thought that if you brought a game, you would be able to download any updates for that game, however I have seen a few games saying its cheaper to support the creator through their Patreon rather than keep buying the updates.

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I'm not sure what they're talking about. Maybe some creators publish updates with special prices, or as separate projects.

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The way most games work here is that you you pay once and that gets you lifetime access to that game and any future updates.

Technically you buy a project and you get lifetime access to all files that are on that project.

Most sellers consider one page = one game and you get access to all future updates of the game. However it is up to the creator to decide and if someone wants to sell updates as a separate project that is possible.

There's also some danger involved as some less scrupulous people remove all files from a page, even if you paid for it!

To summarize: You buy access to a "project", a project contains a set of files that the owner can change at any time, adding more versions or even removing all files.

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Personally I'd be weary of buying anything where the author states that supporting through Patreon is cheaper than buying the updates as that suggest that the priority is on separating you from your money by getting you to pay for an unfinished product rather than delivering a good product.

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