Postby Gnoupi » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:06 am
It's incredible how the "indie" move went, recently, thanks to (and that's the kicker) the publishers and marketing people.
Before, independent games were what they were, games made by a few people, without publisher, without a corporation-like environment.
Now, when salespersons noticed the success of some of them (and I stress that point, SOME of them, because for one World of Goo, there are hundreds of games which will stay unknown), they took the "indie" word, and marketed it as a new "genre" (example of "indie" category on Steam, who cares to browse games like that ? "indie" is not a type of game).
The worst is, especially with PSN, XLBA, and in general online distributors, they put everything in this ! All crappy little games, now are labeled "indie", almost as an excuse : "Ok, it's short, feels unfinished, and it's crappy, but hey, we're indie, bare with us !"
Trine is not an independant game, though it feels like this, if opposed to blockbusters with hundreds of developers. (and I mean it feels more "human" and friendly, like someone actually loved that game when making it, and not simply peed their code all day long without any goal)
But anyway, it's impressive to see, on Steam, or here, people complaining. Now, with all cheap games (which are not selling if they are more expensive than a "happy meal"), and with all "weekend deals", people just got spoiled and even more stupid. Now, they are ready to pay 70 euros for the latest blockbuster game for their PS3/xbox/PC sometimes.... But they complain about any game over 10 euros when it's not one of these things.
People lost even value of games, with that. They will complain about 8euros, they will be attracted by a "less than one euro" reduction price...
The same people would buy a magazine for 8 euros, read it in 10 minutes, and put it away, in less time than they wonder about if some game would be too expensive or not.
And I understand that FB can get tired and disgusted by this. Because of such trend, people are like saying "ok, ok, your game is not Arma 2, it's not Gears of war, so why should i even give you money or that ?"
It's like saying (and in fact saying it even directly, like in earlier pages) : your game is not a great game, I won't pay more than 10euros for it.
Their game IS worth the price, but people are just so glad to complain on forums, and to "push their consumer power" with "This game is not worth it, i will not pay it more than...."
How do you know even what is worth what, stupid people ?