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GameHippo.com sold
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:53 pm
by emmzee
Popular freeware gaming site GameHippo.com has been sold to a new owner:
http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/04/g ... -sold.html
The site (which if I'm not mistaken used to be freegames.org?) was sold for an undisclosed amount to someone who, from the sounds of it, is interested in keeping the site going as it is, hopefully with more frequent updates.
For the record, I receive a few offers each year to sell DOSGames.com, but have never seriously considered them.
Although, I wonder how much money he got ... if someone were to offer me a bajillion<sup>*</sup> dollars ...
<sup>*</sup> Not a real number.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:57 pm
by CPT Worm
lol GH.
That's good...that site has been hacked some many times. They need someone who can actually have root access to the site.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:45 am
by Dogbreath
Hopefully this'll mean a change for the better. Boson is a good guy (though my experience of him is limited to a couple of PMs exchanged on GHF years ago... heh), but he has a family and a busy life, and hasn't really done much with the site or community for a long time.
emmzee: If you ever do decide to sell dosgames.com, contact me first. I don't have a Bajillion dollars, but I would be able to pay a decent amount (in USD too!), and you'd have the peace of mind knowing the guy who bought it from you.
Worm - any news on who the new owner is?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:58 am
by Ro@m
Interesting news,altough i have registered on their forum,i just can't seem to remember my password....
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:17 pm
by Larry Laffer
*Pictures Dogbreath cashing in everything he has, to be able to pay for DOSGames.com*
lol...
But, really, how much buying a website(as popular as DOSGames.com, not DOSGames itself) cost these days?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:32 pm
by Gamer_V
In the market Larry?
www.dosgames.com
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Though none of these tools are really that accurate. And of course, you'll only get what people'll give for it.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:23 am
by CPT Worm
Dogbreath wrote:Worm - any news on who the new owner is?
I'll ask around.
Maybe it's AverageSoftware or aguydude.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:29 am
by ClassicDOSGames
That's an interesting tool. It certainly overvalues my website. I don't sell anything, and I don't have any ads, so site revenue is $0. In theory, anyone who offers me more than $0 is a sucker.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:38 pm
by Larry Laffer
Actually... I think it calculates per visitor or something...
And since you say your site is worth $0, if I pay you $1, would you be interested?
Then I could just splash the site with ads, and dunno... something
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:46 am
by ClassicDOSGames
Larry Laffer wrote:And since you say your site is worth $0, if I pay you $1, would you be interested?
That ship has sailed. Now that I know what my site is worth, I'm holding out for some real money! I could buy a PS3 for that kind of money! Too bad I mostly play DOS games. I suppose I could buy 100 copies of Hocus Pocus.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:51 pm
by wardrich
Aww darn, I don't think I can afford that
Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 2:24 pm
by Joris
Did they allready mention how many $$ they got for it?
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 12:06 am
by wardrich
wardrich wrote:
Aww darn, I don't think I can afford that
hang on, It suddenly jumped $17,000 dollars... how did that happen?!
Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 12:22 am
by Dogbreath
wardrich wrote:wardrich wrote:
Aww darn, I don't think I can afford that
hang on, It suddenly jumped $17,000 dollars... how did that happen?!
Well, they saw you were posting here again, and...
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:04 pm
by Kazer0
Thats so inaccurate. According to that, my sites worth more than his.
www.andrewcharron.com sells for $19k when I checked.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:31 pm
by wardrich
HAHA, My site's worth $30.00. But that's because there's nothing to it. The bbs and ftp are where it's at.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:45 pm
by CPT Worm
The new owner's name is Dan Goch.
Have no idea who the guy is, but he seems to want to revive GH. Even considering dropping some major cash for a vBulletin message board. =\
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:52 pm
by emmzee
lol is that a hint?
Seriously, if ppl really want vB, I'd be open to getting it, but would there be many real advantages? (Other than little nice things ...) Keep in mind phpBB 3.0RC1 is out ...
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:16 am
by wardrich
that's just stupid... stick to phpbb. lol
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:03 am
by CPT Worm
emmzee wrote:lol is that a hint?
Seriously, if ppl really want vB, I'd be open to getting it, but would there be many real advantages? (Other than little nice things ...) Keep in mind phpBB 3.0RC1 is out ...
Actually, no. =P
I'm fine with phpBB. I've seen vBulletin in action, and it's just easier to mod. And a bit more secure. But definitely not worth the US$140 for the license.
