Comments on: Indie Game Pricing Experiment http://www.darkmoonsw.com/blog/2006/03/indie-game-pricing-experiment/ Blog about games, music, programming, life, the universe, ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: darkmoon http://www.darkmoonsw.com/blog/2006/03/indie-game-pricing-experiment/#comment-30 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:54:10 +0000 http://www.darkmoonsw.com/blog/2006/03/indie-game-pricing-experiment/#comment-30 I understand your point. But given the nature and history of Bubblomania, 10$ is a probably a better price point than 20$. The original version for classic MacOS, released in the '90s, was also 10$. Upon releasing the MacOS X port, and improving the game, I raised the price to 15$. But given the fact that the quality of competing indie games has risen dramatically, and Bubblomania is still based on older technology and graphics, I think 10$ is a more correct price. I agree with achieving better quality, but in my case that would mean a total rewrite of the game! And since sales are currently very low, and the new price probably wont change that a lot, I'm going to concentrate now on my next game... I understand your point. But given the nature and history of Bubblomania, 10$ is a probably a better price point than 20$.

The original version for classic MacOS, released in the ’90s, was also 10$. Upon releasing the MacOS X port, and improving the game, I raised the price to 15$. But given the fact that the quality of competing indie games has risen dramatically, and Bubblomania is still based on older technology and graphics, I think 10$ is a more correct price.

I agree with achieving better quality, but in my case that would mean a total rewrite of the game! And since sales are currently very low, and the new price probably wont change that a lot, I’m going to concentrate now on my next game…

]]> by: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.darkmoonsw.com/blog/2006/03/indie-game-pricing-experiment/#comment-28 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:18:58 +0000 http://www.darkmoonsw.com/blog/2006/03/indie-game-pricing-experiment/#comment-28 Notice - I don't suggest that people should automatically *lower* the price. I believe in *testing* different prices. After that $9.95 experiment... you might want to try $19.95 as well. My opinion: "You must set a high price - and make sure your product achieves that quality. At least don’t change the price lower if nobody is buying - they won’t buy after that either. First you gotta try what’s being said there. But you could *try* different pricing to make sure it’s optimal for you… who knows if $10 or $20 price tag is optimal for your game - you really gotta test it." Good luck with your experiment! Notice - I don’t suggest that people should automatically *lower* the price. I believe in *testing* different prices. After that $9.95 experiment… you might want to try $19.95 as well.

My opinion:
“You must set a high price - and make sure your product achieves that quality. At least don’t change the price lower if nobody is buying - they won’t buy after that either. First you gotta try what’s being said there. But you could *try* different pricing to make sure it’s optimal for you… who knows if $10 or $20 price tag is optimal for your game - you really gotta test it.”

Good luck with your experiment!

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