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Minecraft kept being updated during early development, so unless you wanted to play a five year old version it would still have been under copyright. I agree it
by elsjaako 4y ago
Minecraft kept being updated during early development, so unless you wanted to play a five year old version it would still have been under copyright. I agree it probably wouldn't have sold for a billion dollars, but they were making a lot of money before the sale.
Cave Story I'm less familiar with, but again the Nintento and Steam versions would probably be different and have new copyright. But I think you're saying the game sold well despite a free version being available. Isn't this an example that you don't need any copyright to make money off a game?
- nearbuy 4y agoYeah, the first 3 games were (and still are) being updated. Still seems problematic to lose your original copyright before your even finished making your game. People looking to make a quick buck could put old copies of your game on Steam, same name and everything. The Cave Story Steam version had some minor graphics changes but no major differences. Mainly, a lot of people hadn't heard of it before then, and people weren't necessarily aware there was a free version. Copyright was important here; without it, someone else would have put it on Steam years earlier.