Dunch Noe dunch sleep

Wait, what am I doing here at 2.30am messing with this blog? Seriously, I need some rest. Tried to sleep but my stomach is bloated and causing me much grief.

Here's some food for your thought:

Ever wonder why some game providers failed to deliver? Well, an mmorpg <<many men online role-playing girls>> I was playing since dec '08 decided to close shop and I knew about the closure since jun '09 (that the announcement is coming aug '09 whether it will continue or close in sep '09). Somehow, it was insider's information so I doubt that I'll share much details. I could only say that one insider revealed that the contract didn't worked out to both parties' benefits.

Simple analogy in much business sense. Content seller wants royalties and control over price to avoid one provider selling product cheaper than another. Provider wants control over price over products to appeal and have a wider consumer base in a small community. Mutual disagreement and thus early termination of contract.

The victors here are the gamers who enjoyed the content without any price. The losers? Both the content seller and provider. However, in this episode, due to the fact that provider is operating a business and already signed a non-disclosure agreement, our victors are absolutely upset with the provider when the provider refused to provide any information on the episode.

Let us draw up a picture using food in this story.

Assuming content seller is providing the machinery to make good juice and the maintenance for the juice maker, provider staffed the machinery and paid for rental (internet/hardware). Consumers are now getting upset that their favorite 'free' fruit juice is no longer available. They scold the provider, saying they spend so much time getting used to the 'free' fruit juice, and are willing to pay for it for the additional toppings but the provider wouldn't shed a light on why the shop was closed.

Now, the consumers enjoyed the juice free. The additional toppings which the content seller will charge heavily for cannot be sold without approval from the content seller due to the agreement. The provider who spent the time providing the juice free, tried to negotiate with the content seller to sell the toppings cheaper so that they can appeal to more people from the small hawker centre crowd. They failed and as the juice itself cannot be sold at any price to the consumers, they decided to wind-up the business.

As the moral of the story goes without saying, nothing in this world comes free without a price, our consumers still gets upset with the provider for closing their favorite free juice store. Price of providing free content? Angry consumers facing withdrawal symptom. =)

*winks* I am not-so-bothered. There are many other free drinks around.