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Cliffski's Blog - Indie Game pricing pressures.
There seems to be an unwritten rule developing that indie games must be under £10, preferably under $10. This is MAD. Harry Potter was written by ONE person. just ONE. It’s production costs were tiny. Does that mean you saw the harry potter books on sale for a third the price of other books? Of course not. Nobody slots books or plays into an ‘indie’ category and tries to get them cheap, ditto music. Do you pay less for an Adele album than a Queen album, because Queen had more members? That would be silly.

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I think he's wrong about books and music. As mentioned, there's the books that are e-book $1 prices. And as for music, as often as not, indie music is made freely available by the artist (usually asking for donations if people like it). They just as often make more money on merchandise (shirts, mugs, etc) than the actual music itself.

Oh also, one quote from the linked article that reveals his motivations more clearly:
Plus, my next game is unsustainable at £10. I can’t make my money back at that price. It has to be more expensive.
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