Idea for your marketing team.. make the game 15$ to start on release for a week as a promotional.. that will get people drawn in and afterwards up the price to whatever you had planned originally.. the more people that can get the game in that time the more the word gets out.. too many games try to get too much at once and barely get anyone to buy it.. its better to have more sales at a lower price then fewer at a higher price.. plus games like this are more likely to reach crowds that can actually afford it.
Steam price release suggestion...
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yea but Im talking about reaching a far greater market then just people to work for a living.. making it affordable for 1 week isnt going to kill them I used to work with marketing on another indie game developer and they did fantastic after that not just did they draw in more but they even got other people outside the lower tier bracket to get the game as well.. basically its like steam doing a % off sell but on release and if a week is too long for them..then 3 days.. 3 days and I can almost guarantee they get a ton of sales
There is something to be said about "full price" at $59.99. A lot of people pass on any game which only values itself at $15, even though it's accessible, numerically, to a wider audience. It's just not a 'valuable purchase' when the game is only delivering $15 worth of content - and it could be an amazing game with much more valuable content. The fact the devs valued it so low just makes people shrug it off. "It can't be that good."
I'm not certain the best price but too low is as bad as too high, and "full price" games like NMS sold many copies. My guess at good pricing (good for the game and good for the company) would be 'full price' with a $15-20 discount for the first week or two.
I paid $75 to get into Elite: Dangerous early. I barely played the game after a while as there was really nothing to do but navigate menus and look at samey-stars. But I had no issue paying that considering I supported their vision for a space sim.
I'm not certain the best price but too low is as bad as too high, and "full price" games like NMS sold many copies. My guess at good pricing (good for the game and good for the company) would be 'full price' with a $15-20 discount for the first week or two.
I paid $75 to get into Elite: Dangerous early. I barely played the game after a while as there was really nothing to do but navigate menus and look at samey-stars. But I had no issue paying that considering I supported their vision for a space sim.
I think this is depended on how many players they're looking for at Early Release. Lower prices for Early Release would lead to more players, however if they're looking to draw in as much as they can for full release when they're more confident in game mechanics they shouldn't have low prices. I think this game has potential to be a smash hit, but the response can be "meh" if the hype train is severely disappointed.
And you are basing your assumption on what source?
Truth is, Cheap games dont sell. Look at the statistics. Just because you are thinking it will increase sales does not make likely.
Steam is a very grim place for indie devs: Actually the opposite is the case. Increasing the price in comparison to the competition is resulting in more sales. Vlambeers games are never going on sales and do better than the ones who are reduced.
In general it would make suggesstions more productive if you would add some validity of your claim with sources and data.
Truth is, Cheap games dont sell. Look at the statistics. Just because you are thinking it will increase sales does not make likely.
Steam is a very grim place for indie devs: Actually the opposite is the case. Increasing the price in comparison to the competition is resulting in more sales. Vlambeers games are never going on sales and do better than the ones who are reduced.
In general it would make suggesstions more productive if you would add some validity of your claim with sources and data.
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$40 dollars is completely fine for a game of this scope, it "may" be slightly cheaper in EA because were the ones dealing with bugs and stuff but main release wont be lower and shouldnt be lower than $40 in my opinion, they still need to cover server/service costs as well for having an always online game.