How much can you earn by selling a shareware game ?
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I wonder how much you can earn by selling a shareware game. Let''s say you sell it $25 ant it''s nearly as good as a commercial one.
Are shareware a viable place to start ?
Prosper / LOADED corporation
It completely depends on quality of game and advertisement. Shareware would be a good way to start your game production if you don''t have:
a) a really good product
b) lots of $
c) cheap-as-hell distributor
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Daniel Netz, Sentinel Design
"I'm not stupid, I'm from Sweden" - Unknown
a) a really good product
b) lots of $
c) cheap-as-hell distributor
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Daniel Netz, Sentinel Design
"I'm not stupid, I'm from Sweden" - Unknown
Even though they make Mac games, Ambrosia is a great example of this. One really great game, Escape Velocity, got them started, and now they''re a huge Mac shareware company.
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Let''s assume that the game is not an excellent one. It is not Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament. It''s just quite a good game. The kind of game fun to play but not worth the usual commercial price (about $55 in France).
The advertising would be light : there would be only ads on the internet and the game would be sent to all majors video games magazines.
The real question is : can you earn enough money to live (buy food, rent a room, etc...) selling such games ???
Prosper / LOADED corporation
The advertising would be light : there would be only ads on the internet and the game would be sent to all majors video games magazines.
The real question is : can you earn enough money to live (buy food, rent a room, etc...) selling such games ???
Prosper / LOADED corporation
As long as you''re serious about what you do, I think you can do pretty well selling shareware. Take a look at Spiderweb Software (www.spidweb.com), I really like their games and they''re a lot cheaper than most stuff you can find on a shelf these days.
Keep in mind, however, that they do lots of advertising for their games. You can''t just upload your game(s) to a server or two and think that the cash will start raining from the sky, you have to let people know it exists.
Keep in mind, however, that they do lots of advertising for their games. You can''t just upload your game(s) to a server or two and think that the cash will start raining from the sky, you have to let people know it exists.
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