Cybercafe games and licenses
I live in a small/medium sized town in Norway and I'm (like many others I guess) seriously considering an cybercafe/netcafe/etc. There are no competition whatsoever, and lots of potentional customers (cs-kids generally), so I actually believe it can go around.
Obvious target: gamers.
Reason for them to visit my place: no other places to go if they want to get that "lan-feeling".
Setup: 1 server (web, mail, management), 15 clients (as a start).
But anyway. Not beeing a gamer myself I have no idea how these game-licenses work. I know you can get a single-license by going to a store and getting a copy of the game, but how am I supposed to do it if I want these games installed on 15 computers?
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Anarchy Online
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield 1942 - Desert Combat
Battlefield 1942 - Eve of Destruction
Battlefield 1942 - Silent Heroes
Battlefield - Vietnam
Command & Conqueror - Generals
Command & Conqueror - Generals Zero Hour
Civilization III
Deus Ex 2
Everquest
Farcry
GTA III
Gunbound
Half-Life
Half-Life - Counterstrike
Half-Life - Day og defeat
Half-Life - Richochet
Half-Life - Natural Selection
Half-Life - Steam
Heroes of Might & Magic IV
Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Max Payne 2
Master of Orion 3
Neverwinter Nights
Prince of Persia Sands of Time
Quake 3 Arena
Simpsons Hit`n Run
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2
Starcraft - Broodwars
The Sims
Unreal 2 XMP
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament 2004
Warcraft 3 - Frozen Throne
Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory
Worms 3D
Worms World Party
(stole the list from some other cafe's site)
Re: Cybercafe games and licenses
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I know you can get a single-license by going to a store and getting a copy of the game, but how am I supposed to do it if I want these games installed on 15 computers?
Talking about LICENSES, you SHOULD have one license of EACH game for EACH game computer. Usually, game licenses are per seat basis; that means one for each computer.
About buying, you should go to the distributor/reseller near your place and ask for discount or other special offers for large aquisision (althouh i think that 15 is a small one). Some companies use to have specific rules on each countries -- just to adhere the local regulamentation. For example, In your country you may have the possibility of acquire 1 box and 14 "paper licenses" for your lanhouse. This will low your costs. But you should go to a reseller to ask about "special acquisitions" available at your country/town.