Vault Dweller said:No idea yet. Everything costs money. Digital distribution portals want 30-40%. Doing it yourself is costly and time consuming. Visa usually charges 8%, bandwidth costs could potentially be as high as 10%. Then there are taxes.GhanBuriGhan said:Whereabout is your sweet spot that would make you continue , how many copies to break-even?
In the end it would depend on what my team would find acceptable. Each person would have to look back at the 3 years spent working on the game, then look at the amount on the cheque, and decide whether or not it was worth it and whether there is a reason to continue.
Spiderweb games sell 3-5,000 copies. Mount & Blade sold more than 10,000, but it's an action game. Prelude sold very poorly.Do you know how many copies other indies sell, have sold? E.g. teudogar, prelude, spiderweb, etc.?
I assume that only some uber hardcore RPG players will be interested in paying 50 bucks for a game they can get for 25.50 boxed copies seems very pessimistic, this isn't a schoolyard sale.
Very true.You could probably make a lollypop licking simulator and sell more copies than that.
Atrokkus said:I have just received exclusive rights to publish a photo of the AoD master disc:
Who wouldn't want to read this stuff all game long?The beach was almost empty. Few people were there at this time of the day, the sun about to set, announcing the coming night, even though as for now, it was still bathing the few visitors of the place with its orange-hued radiance. Among those people was Erik Elymandias, a dragon of stout seven feet, sporting a lithe, agile build. His raven scales flattered by the sunlight, he would silently walk along the sandy shores, leaving footprints in the sand, a solemn figure with a long shadow; a shadow not caused by some dark, glum predestination, but, much rather, simply by the angle of that setting orb of crimson.
Erik was a young dragon by most standards, having turned sixteen years many weeks ago. He usually didn't walk, but rather, strode about, each step a carefully calculated depiction of motoric grace. Today, however, he seemed broken, shattered. An onlooker wouldn't have recognized Erik - his shoulders were slumped, his body bent.
Going for a walk was a bad idea. Though warm, the sea's breeze kept annoying the trenchcoat-clad dragon, creeping under his garbs as if the very air had come alive with a desire to make the lizard growl, to make him feel both pestered and frustrated. Why had he come? Why had he come here in the first place? He posed this question to himself, again and again, just standing at the sandy shore and gazing at the sapphire-hued depths that extended endlessly in front of him, the vast bodies of water akin to a fence that prevented him from ever reaching the state of calm he longed for. He went on this trip to clear his mind and to relax, to rid himself of the thoughts that kept plaguing him.
He failed.
No, it's not limited to 50 boxes. I'll print as many as necessary.GhanBuriGhan said:Well, I would if the game is any good, love my boxes. And if it's really limited to 50 boxes, hell, this is gonna be a collectible worth thousands in a couple of years, so I might buy two
this is not the time for dragons.
Vault Dweller said:That would make sense, so yeah, sure.Koby said:I'm planning to get the direct download versions, but, incase I decide I want the full box after I purchased the DL version, can I get the box for the price difference or do I need to buy an additional full copy (for the full price)?
The other one.Hazelnut said:Vault Dweller said:That would make sense, so yeah, sure.Koby said:I'm planning to get the direct download versions, but, incase I decide I want the full box after I purchased the DL version, can I get the box for the price difference or do I need to buy an additional full copy (for the full price)?
Er, which option makes sense to you exactly?
Indeed. If someone buys a digital copy, likes it and wants to upgrade to a boxed copy, why not? To me, that's the highest mark of approval.Lumpy said:"so yeah, sure" is a friendly expression, thus implying agreement to the possibility most beneficial to the quotee. Thus, I deduce that it will indeed be possible to get the boxed version by paying only the difference of money.
No chainmail Bikini? This SUX!TalesfromtheCrypt said:First pic of the box design is out.