Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM game from 1993

Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by SyneRyder on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @12:59AM (#13693628)

Apparently I'm one of those people. I'm still earning money from Photoshop plugins I first wrote around 2001 / 2002. And the DOS version of Rebel Assault mentioned in this post is still sold through Good Old Games, 20+ years later (though presumably without the accidental copy of Deluxe Paint):

https://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_rebel_assault_1_2

Software products can have a surprisingly long life. (Which can also mean a surprisingly long time of providing customer support, too.)

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Re:Development content accidentally shipped on a DOS CD-ROM ... by Houshalter on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @02:08AM (#13693864)

Of course there are exceptions. But for every piece of software that's still making money 15 years later, there's 99 pieces that are totally abandoned. Often it's difficult to even figure out who owns the rights and how to contact them.

Even the works that are still generating revenue after 15 years, surely most of them have already made 99% of the money they are ever going to make. The people buying rebel assault now are just a few nostalgia seekers. It will add up to a tiny tiny fraction of the total copies sold in it's heyday.

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