No, it really doesn't. Not with pennies. It just doesn't matter how you spin it. Pennies are a waste of time. Even just counting and wrapping them costs more than they're worth.

You really aren't doing anyone any favors by giving them pennies.

Yes, lets just throw all our pennies in the salvation army buckets and fill them up, that way they get to stand in the cold all day for ten bucks in donations.

But seriously, before you make any more snarky comments please do a google image search for "1,000 pennies" so you can see how many it takes to make a measly ten bucks. They're not worth it, no matter how "convenient" it is to collect them. It's about as useful as pissing on a forest fire. In the mean time, I'll keep throwing my pennies in the trash and drop a buck in your collection pot instead, like I usually do.

By the time you have enough to make a significant difference for anyone, it's so many it's a pain in the ass to take anywhere. 1,000 pennies is only $10. Not worth my time. Other change adds up fast, but these days pennies are at best a terrible nuisance.

Not at all. You do all the math as normal, then round the final value. We already do that and have for decades. There's plenty of times where the price with sales tax doesn't come out to an even cent.

And FWIW, I won't pick up a penny off the floor. Or if I do, it's usually to throw it in the garbage because it's cluttering things up.

Translation: "I'm not trolling guys! Honest!"

Let me making it simple for you. STOP TROLLING.

Um... duh?

There's a lot more to it than that. First, as you pointed out, there's a very limited number of spots in the spotlight. Just like in any industry, there's only room for so many players, because there's only so much demand. Not every game is going to be a huge hit like that, not because they didn't follow your steps 1-3 in your previous post but because there's just not enough demand. The point is that any game from any studio has the potential to reach those heights if it meets the demand better than other offerings.

But it's always been that way. Those games really aren't so much "the exception". Those unusual ways are how most big game studios and most good franchises got their start. Call of Duty, for example, was started by a handful of guys who left EA. They weren't well known when they released the first CoD, but it was a huge hit, just like Minecraft, just like Angry Birds, and just like many many others. Not because they had years and years of past popularity but because they made a fun game.

What's new here is that now it's possible to leverage that viral popularity to make the next release that much better.

There's proven ways besides steps 1-3 for getting the necessary fan base. For recent great examples, you need look no further than Mojang or Rovio Mobile.

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On the bright side, SOE would almost certainly have imminent bankruptcy in their future.

But joking aside, you're absolutely right. I can't see this suit possibly winning, as the long-term implations are just too big.

I think it has a lot more to do with what people need (but don't really like) and what they want (and really like).