Just a random morning thought: isn’t it kinda wild how cheap indie games are, considering how much work goes into making them? 🫠 - ThreadSky

ninfadp.bsky.social • 27 days ago

Just a random morning thought:

isn’t it kinda wild how cheap indie games are, considering how much work goes into making them? 🫠

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matthijs-den-daas.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think their relative cheapness will be their greatest asset in the next few decades. Consumer disposable income is reducing. 80 Dollar games are increasingly unaffordable.

danielmilo.bsky.social•26 days ago

it only works for the top% of games that achieve scale, unfortunately, and that is crushing for smaller indie devs.

magelock.bsky.social•26 days ago

Well, I feel like indie devs see themselves in the consumer's situation. Would you want to pay $60 for a game? Of course not! The dev wouldn't either. I would gladly buy a game for $15, so that's what I would price my own games at. Big companies only want money, that's why they make the game.

ahoymehearties.bsky.social•27 days ago

They have not kept up with inflation at all. 🫠 Many a time I lament that my game is cheaper than a burger king value meal. Inflation only works for AAA, I guess!

ninfadp.bsky.social•27 days ago

I feel you 🥹💛

tonygowland.bsky.social•27 days ago

If you work the numbers on AAA they should be even more expensive.

Like, if you think $5 is too cheap for an indie game that had maybe 3 people work for 3 years ($0.56 per dev/year). AAA game with 200 devs for 2 years "should" cost over $222.

ahoymehearties.bsky.social•27 days ago

It's true, and it's unsustainable. It means the need to sell to literally everyone, which ain't great for the creative process! But at least AAA has had a 25% price bump in the last two years.

tonygowland.bsky.social•27 days ago

yup agreed.

danielmilo.bsky.social•26 days ago

This assumes the same amount of people buy the game. AAA can be inefficient because they can reach a bigger % of the market.
In fact, AAA studios ARE excessively inefficient and it causes a lot of issues.

Indies that are efficient can afford to exist even if they capture a small market.

niminy.bsky.social•27 days ago

Yess! many of them provide hours and hours and HOURS of entertainment for the same price as burger

ninfadp.bsky.social•27 days ago

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