In some ways that's good, because not only is that variety and vibrancy still alive and, more to the point, at a knock - down
indie game price.
Also in this set of links - Kiri Miller on the shared Rock Band experience, an interesting discussion on
indie game pricing, the Tale Of Tales folks sit down with AreaCode's Frank Lantz, the people behind the Dingoo handheld chat about it, and more besides.
We discuss starting an indie game marketplace, working with a community,
indie game pricing, and a number of other topics.
Not exact matches
This is a great little
indie game that will absorb a disproportionate amount of your time compared to its
price.
Bundle Stars has announced a new
Indie Capsule Bundle that will include seven
games on Steam for the
price of $ 3.50 USD.
There are Xbox Live
Indie Arcade
games with far more intricate levels than this full -
priced copy and paste job.
Unity at least makes
indie games a lot easier to develop, luckily:
indie devs set fheir
prices accordingly which means I can afford all that seem interesting to me.
#Nindies Summer Jam and Sweepstakes: Nintendo will release a new Wii U or Nintendo 3DS
indie game each week this September in Nintendo eShop at a reduced
price for a limited time.
Today's
Indie news: latest devblog post for Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, details and
pricing for Chicken Wiggle, level editor footage for League of Evil, footage for Shakedown Hawaii, video clip for Yoku's Island Express, Famitsu preview for De Mambo, Petite Games teasing a Midnight
game for the Nintendo 3DS!
They decided early on to fleece
indie authors by charging exorbitant
prices — when we all know trad pub pays pennies for each ISBN they use — and
indie authors decided that they weren't going to play along with this little
game.
One of the small press publishers showed on a post yesterday how their data, based on usa today figures that include ebooks, is showing how «the
indie game is about over» since legacy guys are
pricing $ 1 - $ 3 over the holidays and their increasing % of ebook sales.
Valve's Steam service is offering 5 Great
indie games for one low price in their «Steam Play Indie Pack `, Buy once, play on PC or
indie games for one low
price in their «Steam Play
Indie Pack `, Buy once, play on PC or
Indie Pack `, Buy once, play on PC or Mac.
Humble Bundle, the company best known for selling packs of
indie games at pay - what - you - want
prices, has been acquired by IGN.
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Price: $ 6.99 / volume Currently Available: Volumes 1 - 6, Free Comic Book Day story Release Schedule: Complete Description: Speaking of
indie hits, Bryan Lee O'Malley's mix of classic video
game references and dating chaos, SCOTT PILGRIM is available in full on Comixology.
Humble Bundle, the company best known for selling packs of
indie games at pay - what - you - want
prices, has been acquired by media giant IGN.
We are pretty spoiled now that half that
price gets us
games which are so much more expensive to produce and many
indie titles are both awesome and cost the
price of a fast food meal.
Don't be down by the negativity, hit that
price point on all major outlets and see your
game being a staple of
indie gaming for years.
While Sony have clearly made big strides this gen to embrace indies — something that has now led to low PS Vita dev kit
prices and PlayStation Mobile — some of the most influential
indie games remain on other platforms.
5 spiderman gameplay 6 ps4 pro
price drop 7 psvr
games montage 8 ghosts of tsushima 9
Indie games montage 10 end with tlou pt2
The
Indie games channel has been having a good run lately, and Break Limit continues the trend of fun gameplay for little
price.
I mean, sure you can look at the
price of the
games that given with the membership for a few months and say that it justifies the annual cost of the membership, however, the fact of the matter is, most members have already previously purchased the
games or would not purchase 90 % of those that are now being offered; especially since the majority of all
games ar
Indie Titles (which are more «hip» to own than actually fun to play), and the AAA titles are few and far between, and those that are offered, are typically 3 - 5 years old.
Classic GTA inspired
indie game Retro City Rampage DX is down to half the
price on the Nintendo 3DS for the next week.
Each week the Store's Red Stripe Deals Collection will feature three popular apps and
games — typically one Xbox
game, one
indie game, and one top - rated app — for at least 50 % off the original
price.
Similar to the Humble
Indie Bundle, you simply name your
price (with a minimum of $ 1.50 to cover payment processing), and for a download of 14 independent
games.
This has driven the sale
price of
indie games to an all - time low, and even then, many customers will wait for the 50 percent discount that they can expect over the summer and holiday sale drives.
Phantom - 8 was a brand new
indie studio comprised of first - time
game developers, and their
game was coming in with a $ 29.99
price tag.
I can not say I do not like
indie games, but at a reasonable
price that makes my PS seem less worth owning due to computers having just as much content only free or less expensive.
Many retail video
games still get released for $ 60 but as more
gamers find quality
games for $ 10 and less both in apps and in the recent boom of
indie game, I've been seeing less and less acceptance of the «full
price»
games that we've been buying for decades.
This
game struggled to stay under the Xbox Live
Indie Games file limit as it was, so it can neither add more content nor drop its
price any lower than 240 Microsoft Points (you have to under 50 MB to sell a
game at 80 MSP).
Released simultaneously on PC and Wii to much acclaim, the title also scored plenty of praise from
indie games festival judges, and also taught many a thing or two about digital distribution; Carmel and Gabler ran a one - year - anniversary «pay what you want» offer which allowed players to choose their own
price for the
game.
To help celebrate the launches of 4 new
indie titles to the PS Vita's store, Sony have revealed plans to offer each
game at a reduced
price, to PS Plus subscribers in the US, during their launch week.
Plus,
indie developers are creating amazing experiences for
gamers at reasonable
price points of $ 5 - $ 20 dollars, giving us even less incentive to pay so much (even big publishers are getting in on the low end of the
pricing scale, like Ubisoft \'s recent Child of Light).
Games Aren't Numberss: A Defense of
Indie Prices «We consider a high price tag on an indie game as overpriced because it is overpr
Indie Prices «We consider a high
price tag on an
indie game as overpriced because it is overpr
indie game as overpriced because it is overpriced.
They can't afford the big marketing spend, but still charge more than they should for copies of their
games (I think the optimal
price for
indie games is $ 5, not $ 20) to get that ARPU.
We work with
indie studios to get their
game in front of tens of thousands of targeted pairs of eyes, from
prices as low as # 350.
Also, while I realize the
price of
indie games has gone up dramatically over the past few years, I can acknowledge the wide variance in development costs and myriad other factors going into why some
games cost more money, and I fully support the notion that you should pay full
price to support developers you want to see succeed and continue making great
games.
Humble
Indie Bundle 8 — Name your own price to receive a slew of indie games, but you'll have to beat the average (about $ 6) to score the prize: Hotline M
Indie Bundle 8 — Name your own
price to receive a slew of
indie games, but you'll have to beat the average (about $ 6) to score the prize: Hotline M
indie games, but you'll have to beat the average (about $ 6) to score the prize: Hotline Miami.
To be fair, not all
indie games should have a 60 $
price tag on it, No Man's Sky in it's current form is a 20 $ to 25 $ title, more if they add the promised features.
June 9 is the day to mark and # 9.99 the sum to set aside; perhaps not the figure Hello themselves would have come up with — «We're a small
indie and as such not totally in control of
pricing,» Murray says — but «it's a big
game, with lots of gameplay,» so it may well be worth it.
Indie title to full
price game.
With the increasing
price of triple - A
games, readers do take consideration on their next purchase — although this point is moot when
indie games are taken into question.
For the
price and it being a one man
indie game, Emily wants to Play delivers where many mainstream titles fail.
You are correct in your assertion that I «don't know any figures», but empirically, there are small development houses being very successful making
indie games, even charging close to «mainstream»
prices — maybe the problem isn't just your customers being «cheap»?
There are plenty of
indie games that have been successful with premium
prices.
There are plenty of
indie games which are quite successful at a ~ $ 20
price point, utilizing technology and art styles not significantly more advanced than what is presented by your company.
Great
game,
indie developer, easy download (steam), quick install, cheap
price, available for sale everywhere on the planet.
While there are some problems with release day DLC and graphical display issues, Press Play has created something truly unique in this
indie game and it is well worth the
price!
The reason for
price slash is because
indie market is over saturated, the race to the bottom happens when everyone and their mom can fire up
game maker and release a
game.
Indies are getting crushed because they can't compete with 5 $ AAA GOTY of the day, but I would actually pay full
price for a good
indie game.
Windows Phone Team: Each week the Store's Red Stripe Deals Collection will feature three popular apps and
games — typically one Xbox
game, one
indie game, and one top - rated app — for at least 50 % off the original
price.