Low price doesn't necessarily lead to less profit though, since the lesser the price, the more people who will be able to afford it. The devs probably want to get as many players as possible to play Silksong.
Comment on Team Cherry - Hollow Knight: Silksong will be $20 USD
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
That’s the price of a little micro transaction in some other games. It will be worth, but I also feel kind of bad for the devs (or publisher). After so much time and work to produce (hopefully) a high quality game and then this cheap. Not complaining, but wondering if a higher price wouldn’t be too bad. I think 29,99 or 24,99 (the price of Factorio) would be totally acceptable in a time like this where AAA games come out at 79,99.
catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This price point makes impulse buys much more likely, which can make a huge difference when your game has so much hype.
ech@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
but I also feel kind of bad for the devs
Why? They chose the price. They obviously think this is better than a $60+ price tag for a reason.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You could always buy two copies and send me one! /half-joking
Notyou@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Honestly with all the free dlc from Hollow Knight and Team Cherry already stating plans for future dlcs for Silksong, I would probably drop $60 without thinking. I love indie games way more than the AAA bullshit that gets released now.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
There will probably be DLC and soundtracks you can buy if you really just want to give them more money.
Gamerswithgains@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
The HK dlcs were free werent they?
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
My point is less about me giving more money (I’m not that crazy about giving more money). My point was more about being curious about the reasons and decision of going this low. It’s more of a curiosity how much they could ask, before its too high. They don’t need spend money on advertisement, that’s for sure. Maybe this whole waiting saga is part of their “self advertising strategy” (just made up this terminology).
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Lower price does not automatically equate to less profits.
Lower price means more sales.
Things have an optimal market price at which they’d make the most profit, and it’s possible they did some calculations and decided $20 was it for this game.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
There’s no publisher, they’re as indie as they come. The original prototype and game were made by burning through their savings, and it sold millions of copies, so they’re completely sheltered from need for the rest of their lives. Silksong is only adding to that wealth. I feel like they’re very decent people who succeeded because they love what they do, and are good at it.
Midnitte@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
And by selling the sequel for basically the same price (adjusted for inflation), it seems like they’re using that wealth for good by pressuring greedy publishers to push prices down, not up.
BL4 for $70 doesn’t seem like all that great of a deal when you might spend more time with a $20 game.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Im laughing at how many games changed their launch window away from silksong and instead are going against BL4.
For some reason people arent seeing competition in Randy.