Decker

I know he always pleads poverty, but remember this isn't a physical item. Whatever it costs him to develop a game, those prices are fixed and done. Now the more he sells, the more he makes. And I can't think he sells many XBLIG games at 400 points each, especially when so many other more pricey games just dropped to 80 points. I do respect him for being so forthcoming with the business aspect of his job, but I stand by what I said before : I think he's lost him mind now. Anyway, his games are all very good so I wish him luck in the world of PC and iOS gaming.

Jay G.

You can sometimes make more revenue with a higher price point than with a lower one. It's all about the revenue, not overall sales.

He posted this after the price change, showing that the revenue per download increased (the price increase outweighed the dropped conversion rate):
http://radiangames.com/blog/?p=686

Now, as he points out, he doesn't have data on the total number of downloads, so it's possible the loss of overall downloads meant that the overall revenue dropped. However, if it had dropped significantly, he likely would've dropped the price back down.

Also, he may have been factoring in the pricing for the PC/Mac ports when he did the XBLIG price increase. It can be hard to price a game for $5 on one platform when it's only $1 on another (although Super Crossfire and Inferno+ are enhanced over their XBLIG counterparts). Plus, with the bundle, the games are only about $2.50 each, making it a sale pricing, but still over the original XBLIG pricing.

Now, I'm sure the XBLIG prices will drop at some point in the future, but the price increase wasn't a completely crazy idea.

Jay G.

Last day for pre-order discount.


Also, someone found an entry in the Steam Registry for a "Serious Sam: Indie Royale Bundle"
http://www.indiegamemag.com/it-looks...s-been-leaked/
http://neogaf.net/forum/showpost.php...postcount=2358

The games list is:

• Serious Sam: The First Encounter (Classic + HD) by Croteam
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (Classic + HD) by Croteam
• Serious Sam: The Random Encounter by Vlambeer
• Serious Sam: Double D by Mommy’s Best Games

The thinking is that this will be the "???" bundle that comes after the Valentines and Alpha Bundle.

Jay G.

Serious Sam LIGHTNING PACK is on NOW!

Only 100 hours for this bundle sale.

The games list is:

• Serious Sam: The First Encounter (Classic)* by Croteam
  for: steam (pc)
• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (Classic)* by Croteam
  for: steam (pc)
• Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
  for: windows, desura, steam (pc)
• Serious Sam: Double D by Mommy’s Best Games
  for: windows, desura, steam (pc)
• Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack
  for: windows, desura
• [Bonus] Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter by Eric Ruth
  for: windows, desura

*Both TFE and TSE are the original releases, rather than the HD remakes.

Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter
http://www.desura.com/games/serious-...reek-encounter

glassdragon

I'm a serious sam fan so I had to do it. Thanks.

foxdvd

you nailed it there...it does not matter if he is making more or less now on xbl....he probably looks at other platforms as his main rev stream now...and pricing those games cheaper on the xbox...even if they are not as good...will hurt his other sales...

I love his games though...and have bought everyone of them on my xbox....

Jay G.

More info on this latest Indie Royale bundle:

http://www.indieroyale.com/newsletter/98

Pertinent quotes:
The newsletter also mentions that this bundle is the PC premiere of "Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack", previously released on iOS/Android, and the world premiere of "Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter" on any platform.

Jay G.

Only 29 hours left on the Serious Sam bundle. The current minimum price is $4.29.

Jay G.

Pre-order link is up for the Indie Royale Valentines Bundle:
http://www.indieroyale.com/

The games are not known at this time, but they offer these hints:

• A fantastical first-person action-adventure game (Steam for PC)
• An IGF-nominated puzzle adventure title (Steam for PC and Mac, Desura for PC and Linux, DRM-free PC, Mac and Linux download)
• A 'scorching' single and multiplayer arcade-strategy game (Steam for PC and Mac)
• And a world premiere on PC for a pair of retro RPG-defense games (Desura for PC, DRM-free PC download).

One guess is that the "scorching" game is Hoard. I'm guessing that the "world premiere on PC" is going to be Soulcaster I and II.

Decker

Thanks for the heads-up. It's a bit of a gamble since you don't know what you're getting, but it's only $4 and this time, by pre-ordering we know we're getting the lowest price possible. That's good enough for me.

And I will NEVER buy an Indie game on Steam, even on sale -- with all these bundles, it's just a matter of time until any game I look at gets put into one.

(I also find it funny that Firefox thinks pre-ordering is a spelling mistake and suggests pee-ordering instead).

Decker

Yet another Indie bundle is coming within the next week:




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Apparently that bundle is :
I already own The Ball, but I'd pay a couple of bucks for Sideway : NY alone.

Jay G.

Maybe we should consolodate threads. The Humble Indie Bundle thread has it and Indie Gala bundles posted in it, and this thread has Indie Royale, the radiangames bundles, and now this new bundle.

Maybe a combined "Ongoing Indie Bundle Deals" thread?

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...ame-deals.html

Edison

I'm in for that Be Mine bundle. I already own Sideways : New York on PS3, and The Ball on steam but for the other 3 and a PC copy of Sideways that's okay. It sounds like individual steam keys so hopefully I could gift the copy of The Ball.

They have also announced goal incentives...

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Game Madness Goal/Incentive : One Bonus Game (Nikopol : Secrets of the Immortals) plus 3 "soon to be released" DLCs from an in-bundle game.
Music Madness Goal/Incentive : 2 never before released OST's from in-bundle games plus exclusive unreleased music from 3 awesome indie artists.
Mystery Madness Bonus/Goal : fish...?

Decker

Well, The Valitine's Bundle is live.




1. Zeno Clash for: steam (pc)

2. Hoard for: steam (pc and mac)
*BONUS* Includes individual keys for two DLC packs.

3. Lume for: windows, mac, linux, desura, steam (pc and mac)

4. BONUS: Soulcaster for: windows, desura

5. Soulcaster II for: windows, desura


I already own Zeno Clash on Steam and Hoard on PS3, so maybe I shouldn't have gotten this, but I guess I leaned my lesson about pre-ordering. I haven't heard anything about LUME; hope it's good because otherwise I'm a big sucker. Still, getting Hoard with the DLC is sort of cool.

Jay G.

Indie Royale Valentines Bundle is live.
http://www.indieroyale.com/

The games are:

• Zeno Clash
  for: steam (pc)
• Hoard
  for: steam (pc and mac)
  *BONUS* Includes individual keys for two DLC packs.
• Lume
  for: windows, mac, linux, desura, steam (pc and mac)
• Soulcaster
  for: windows, desura
• Soulcaster II
  for: windows, desura

Edit: Decker beat me!

Jay G.

Additional bonuses for the Indie Royale Valentines Bundle have been added:

Zeno Clash OST and mini comic
Lume MP3 Theme
Soulcaster OST
Soulcaster II OST and remix mini album

Decker

The website has vanished now. Weird....

Edison

Still works for me, bundle goes live at 11:00AM (Central) tomorrow.

Decker

Yeah, me too now. I'll spring for it tomorrow.

Edison

Finally got through the 404 errors to purchase my bundle.

Jay G.

This is the problem with having a bundle start at a set time known in advance. Everyone floods the bundle up front. IndieRoyale learned this with their second bundle.

Jay G.

Created a new, combined "Ultimate" thread for indie game bundles, including updated info on the Mojang Humble Bundle and Indie Gala, and info on the Indie Game Music Bundle 2:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/video-game-...-gala-etc.html