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IGN noted that Silksong’s surprisingly low price thrilled players, but some indie devs fear it could set unrealistic expectations for other games. What do you think? (lemmy.world)

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[-] petrol_sniff_king 3 points 1 day ago

But for a video game, the costs have basically all been realized by the time the game gets released,

Yeah, but now you need to make that money back. If you bought assets, or you spent time you could have been working a job, then you need to sell enough to recuperate what you put in plus more or this whole thing won't be sustainable enough for your second game.

If you can sell ten times as many copies by cutting the price in half, you would be losing money if you didn't go with the lower price.

Um, sure. This has limits, though.

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