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Geek Culture / Selling a DB Game Online - Survey

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 18:14
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Let's say I were to sell a game I'd made online, would anyone here be willing to pay for it online ( £5 maybe ) and then download electroniclly.

How many people would think about paying for a DB game?

Just a bit of money making market research...
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Rob K
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 18:20
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It all depends on how good your game is.


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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 18:29
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I never pay for things online because I don't trust the security.

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zircher
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 18:34 Edited at: 26th Feb 2004 18:35
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I'll let you know next year when I finish FOTS: A Blaze of Glory.

I already do some business online via PayPal, mainly selling CD-ROMs and PDFs of Fire on the Suns stuff. It has worked out very well for me.

While I'm not a web design guru, you can check out my the FOTS mirror site here: http://zircher.iwarp.com To see how I set up a shop on the cheap.
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Teh Go0rfmeister
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 21:49 Edited at: 26th Feb 2004 21:49
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i never pay for things only cos i dont hav a credit card

dont think i wanna get one either

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Mussi
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Posted: 26th Feb 2004 22:00
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why not get a paypal acount? it's free and it's easy to make transfers over the net



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CloseToPerfect
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Posted: 27th Feb 2004 06:32
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I buy about 25% of my electronic items online, computer parts, pc games, xbox games, ps2 games, cd, as well as I buy and sell items regularly on ebay. I very very seldom buy electronic version of software, only if no box version is available. use a payment service like paypal that won't charge the customer for using it.

RGT may be gone but the best DBP forum is still alive and kicking, check it out.
http://www.dannywartnaby.co.uk/rgt/
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KNau
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Posted: 27th Feb 2004 07:04
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The thing to remember is that the people on this bulletin board are not your target audience. That needs to be repeated so everyone gets it:

other developers are not the target audience for your games!

They might buy a utility but don't turn to other developers or development communities to see if people will buy your game.

There's a reason why most "professional" games (meaning games for sale) don't slap a huge "MADE IN DARK BASIC" on themselves - it's irrelevant! The customer doesn't care what your game was made in so don't use that for your marketing.

Look at the shareware market - yes people are downloading and buying on-line games, to the tune of $50+ million dollars per year and growing. Look at the pricing of other companies and you are most likely undervaluing your game.

I hope this helped.
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