Topic: Indie Game Pricing (Read 5120 times)

JDigital · « **Reply #60 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:33:18 AM »

Quote from: Kayin on February 24, 2010, 09:11:16 AM

Theres almost always, with retrospect, a clear winner when it comes to price.

But how do you calculate that?

Brentai · « **Reply #61 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:35:11 AM »

Practice!

Saturn · « **Reply #62 on:** February 26, 2010, 03:05:57 AM »

Quote from: Phenwah on February 24, 2010, 05:07:18 PM

I think Xbox Live Arcade's pricing has redefined the price point for download-sized games on the PC

Now if only they'd redefine the prices to be in NOT MICROSOFT FUNBUCKS

TIRED OF HAVING POINTS LEFT OVER.

Phenwah · « **Reply #63 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:11:41 AM »

Quote from: Saturn on February 26, 2010, 03:05:57 AM

Quote from: Phenwah on February 24, 2010, 05:07:18 PM
I think Xbox Live Arcade's pricing has redefined the price point for download-sized games on the PC

Now if only they'd redefine the prices to be in NOT MICROSOFT FUNBUCKS

TIRED OF HAVING POINTS LEFT OVER.

Currently I have 10 points in my Live account. HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN

James Edward Smith · « **Reply #64 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:16:03 AM »

How much do you guys usually have left over at any given time?

Brentai · « **Reply #65 on:** February 26, 2010, 07:42:46 PM »

Pretty sure I've got 300 Wii points just kinda hanging out, unloved.

So yeah everybody's guilty of the funbux nonsense. I think it's just for some weird sort of tax structure thing though.

Classic · « **Reply #66 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:07:25 PM »

Couldn't you buy some My Life as a King "upgrade" with that?

Brentai · « **Reply #67 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:22:43 PM »

You mean one of the fucking standard Crystal Chronicles races? Maybe, I dunno.

Classic · « **Reply #68 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:27:23 PM »

Hey Brent, don't get so bent outta shape. You got Clavats included!

Torgo · « **Reply #69 on:** February 26, 2010, 11:22:52 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on February 26, 2010, 07:42:46 PM

So yeah everybody's guilty of the funbux nonsense. I think it's just for some weird sort of tax structure thing though.

Sony and Valve aren't guilty of it at all, and besides, Nintendo has a nice even exchange for Iwatabucks: $1.00 = 100 points. The only kinda shitty part is that you have to buy in increments of 1k, 2k, 3k, or 5k. I'm usually pretty okay with that though. The only real offender in my book is Microsoft.

Dooly · « **Reply #70 on:** February 27, 2010, 10:57:24 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on February 26, 2010, 07:42:46 PM

So yeah everybody's guilty of the funbux nonsense. I think it's just for some weird sort of tax structure thing though.

Not me. I got a 2000 point card in November, bought Mega Man 9, and was indecisive about what to spend the other 1000 points until Mega Man 10 was announced.

Quote from: Brentai on February 26, 2010, 07:42:46 PM

I think it's just for some weird sort of tax structure thing though.

No, it's pretty much only to get people to wind up having paid for little dollar-or-so amounts of fake money that they can't spend until they buy more fake money.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #71 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:23:16 PM »

I thought the FUNBOX pricing scheme was to cut down on credit card transaction fees.

ie if you buy lots of little $1-4 credit card purchases, that's a fee for each one, versus one fee for a $20 purchase.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #72 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:48:42 PM »

While that is true, it doesn't prevent them from using a minimum amount rather than mystery credits.

Brentai · « **Reply #73 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:52:55 PM »

Soup is probably most correct and I am okay with this.

TA · « **Reply #74 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:54:14 PM »

Well, it kinda does. If you're buying a $1 game and there's a $5 minimum amount, without either banking store credit in cash or banking it in FunBux, it wouldn't realy be possible to just buy that game by itself.

NexAdruin · « **Reply #75 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:53:19 PM »

I always thought of the leftover points as incentive to buy more point cards. Like, buy so many games with the points and you'll have enough 'pocket change' to buy another game afterward. Or are you guys talking about something else? I can't tell because it's late and I'm ~~drunk~~ tired.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #76 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:53:56 PM »

The way Sony has it works fine. If you never buy anything that is less that $5, you'll never have a floating balance. If you do, you just have to end up buying something at a later date that is $5 or more greater than you floating balance, and it will be gone. The problem is the arbitrary discrete amounts the xbox and wii use. Well, I guess the interest MS and Nintendo are earning off the stored funds isn't a problem for them...

Detonator · « **Reply #77 on:** March 03, 2010, 05:10:44 PM »

Interesting statistics from Minecraft, an indie game currently in alpha, developed by one guy. Right now he is selling access to the alpha single player "indev" mode for 10 euros (about 13 USD). Purchasing gives access to all future releases as well. The online sandbox mode is still free.

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130420 registered users, of which 7271 (5.57%) have bought the game.

In the last 24 hours, 1489 people registered, and 303 people bought the game.

So since this guy started selling premium accounts (less than a year, development started May 2009), he has made 72,710 euros which is almost ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

In the past 24 hours, he has made 3030 euros, which is over 4000 USD.

The game is still in alpha.

Brentai · « **Reply #78 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:30:49 PM »

And not even all that interesting.

Still, how does that come out in dollars per hour worked?

Detonator · « **Reply #79 on:** March 03, 2010, 06:51:07 PM »

Quote from: GAME BISCUIT on March 03, 2010, 06:30:49 PM

And not even all that interesting.

Still, how does that come out in dollars per hour worked?

Even if you assume he literally worked 24/7 for the last 10 and a half months, he still makes more per hour than I do.

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