The bishoujo game industry is TINY. It’s microscopic. If you’re downloading currently available English games onlne or any other way, you are flipping your middle finger at me and G-Collections and the others (the few others) and saying, fuck you. Instead, if you’d buy the games you’d like to see more of, cast your “dollar votes” so we know what you want to see more of (more Crescendos, more X-Change’s, whatever), you will help us continue to do our important work, and make sure more games of the kind you like will be brought out.
Obviously, I know that some of the “fans” on this site are really pirate-fans who hang out here to discuss games they’ve gotten for free. I have a short list of several members, although I won’t post it here since that would be rude. We watch IRC and the major hentai BBS sites and take what action we can, but obviously we know we can’t stop piracy. I try to let people know that we’re a tiny company with hardworking game translators, testers and sales staff, and hope they will support us since we’re busting our butts for them. I also remind people that if you buy a game and it’s not to your taste, sell it on eBay and you can get half your money back. I’ve never seen a bishoujo game that’s not worth buying for $50, playing through to all the endings and enjoying thoroughly, then selling at some future point, if you choose to do so. I know that many people got their first games online and then switch over to becomming supportive fans, and I am thankful to those people for helping us out, as I am to all true fans of bishoujo games.
Well, gotta stop typing and get back to work!