![]() ![]() ![]() So, definitely under $20, but if I was to buy the lot all at once it would take a price below $15 to make me break out the credit card. They’ll have lasting appeal over a decent amount of time, but they will only be played in casual amounts or in spurts. So I think it’s better to be reasonable, fair, and true to the actual selling point of the game. As pointed out earlier, you could easily pick up 4 – 8 games on GoG.com for that much and since they have sales every single weekend, you could probably squeeze in a couple more great classics for that price. You make money, and people can live with the decision that they’ve spent $12 bucks on 3 older, more casual games. By looking at what is being offered, how old the games are, the kind of games up for play and the quick and casual vs immersive and deep game types, you’ll quickly find that a lower price point is better, and $12 bucks for 3 older games is both low and fair. every other pay for RPG made using RPG Maker. However, when dealing in older games there are niche games that can and cannot maintain an “original” price point, as an example for these I’d tell you to look at Jeff Vogels games (Spiderwebsoftware) vs. It’s not about which game the public thinks is better, it’s about the game that is “in the now”. ![]() Zombies for there “puzzle/casual” gaming fix. I’ll give you an example of what I mean, people are not going to pay full price for World of Goo anymore, they’ll just go straight to Plants vs. Once you start breaking the 3 – 5 year old territory you seriously have to consider charging less for your game unless your game fills a niche of course. I’m not saying the games aren’t worth their current price, they totally are, just saying that there are much, much cheaper and bigger games out there I think guys at Puppy Games should start to sell their older games on Steam and Impulse and drop the price on their site accordingly. And Left 4 Dead 2 is currently being sold at 13.99 €. The average gamer doesn’t really care if buying Titan Attack will help a small indie game doing their job and Baldur’s Gate on gog not, Titan Attack is a space invaders clone (even if really pretty) sold at 17.69 €, Baldur’s Gate is one of the finest RPGs of all time for almost half the price. I’m an indie developer and I love to support indie games, I buy a lot of stuff online, mostly indie games, but sometimes even I, proud of being “indie” myself, find difficult to choose an indie game over a good sale on gog or steam. It’s simple in that sense really.Īs Butofcourse said, you need to think about “normal people” not about indie games entusiasts, your core audience is made by the average gamer, maybe even casuals. There are more than two sides to the whole equation and though it might be difficult to swallow a lower price for something that is not so niche, more people are hungry for reasonably priced quality games. This bundle should make money for the author still to this day, however, given the fact that the games are old and they have already made their money, a bundle at a more reasonable amount would be more acceptable and far easier to swallow for new customers and even old customers, given the current economic state and the fact that if you really wanted to get an arena shooter or space invaders clone, you could easily use google and find 2 dozen games of that type made absolutely free to the public and a decent portion of them now even include online scoreboards. If you’ve ever tried Squid Yes Not So Octopus or one of the many sequels or variations of those freeware arena shmups then you know exactly what I’m talking about. These games are not niche, they are very good, but they are not niche games. These games aren’t exactly new that we’re talking about, they can still make money but with newer games coming out at affordable prices on other download portals the competition is fierce unless you fill a niche that very few others do. You have to be fair when thinking about this stuff. They may not have been made in the late 90’s but considering you can buy a 2 year old full length game on Steam for $2.99 – $4.99 (almost every single week!) you’d be crazy not to take these considerations seriously. Ultratron and Titan attacks are what would be considered older games now. As for the whole, old game new game issue, GoG has games that are 6 years old. Just as he stated, you could pick up a lot at GoG or Steam for the cost of a bundle, so unless the bundle price is very reasonable on all levels nobody will bother with it and will instead spend their money where they can pick up numerous full length full feature games. ![]() No, he’s not missing the big picture, he has received the picture perfectly clear. ![]()
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