{"id":2548,"date":"2008-04-18T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2008-04-18T21:07:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T03:07:00","slug":"sent-to-a-downloadable-game-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/18\/sent-to-a-downloadable-game-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Sent to a downloadable game site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A site I used to like sends me weekly email about the new downloadable games. Over the last few months it&#8217;s dwindled from 3 games (2 mac) to 4 games (1 mac) to.. another version of Bejeweled every 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s email listed 2 games &#8220;Available for PC&#8221; and one other game &#8220;Not available for Mac&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So I wrote them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i><font size=\"-2\"><br \/>\nI have decided to terminate my subscription to (Your Company). I have removed my email from the automatic newsletter mailings. I&#8217;m writing this to explain why.<\/p>\n<p>When I first discovered GameHouse you were releasing some very enjoyable games on both the Mac as well as the PC. I am (possibly obvious by my ordering) a Mac user.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last year the selections on the site have become grimmer and frankly insulting to a Mac user. For a while you had to dig through the list to find the &#8220;Mac Game&#8221;&#8230; Now they are pretty much entirely eliminated. I use the term insulting because your feature games now list, &#8220;Available for the PC&#8221; several times and then often add one that is specifically, &#8220;Not available for the Mac.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In short terms. It&#8217;s obvious to an end user you&#8217;re no longer giving serious support to the platform, but have not taken the time to admit it. And to an educated end user&#8230; this is not going to be taken well.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m writing in the (perceivably vain) attempt to say that I feel badly. Because I did like the games that (you) sold. I bought them regularly. <\/p>\n<p>Even as the Mac platform grows in market share, it is obvious that some companies no longer desire to invest in the platform. I will issue the same warning that I do to all companies in this situation. This is a bad business decision. <\/p>\n<p>When a company turns its back on Mac users. They leave and they don&#8217;t come back. Even when the company shows interest again.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome a response to this email. But sadly, having worked in the computer industry for over 20 years&#8230; I sadly do not expect a response. <\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nAndrei Freeman<br \/>\n-Former (your company) Customer.<br \/>\nP.S. My attempts to format this email are thwarted by your web posting page.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The post script is because all attempts to use the spacing above failed. 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