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[PompiPompi]

I have decided to try and finish V1.00 of SB in two months.
I have a question about which price I should ask for.
There is a PC version and an Android version. Which price I should ask for the Android version in the Google Play market place?
And which price I should ask for Android+PC in Indievania?
I asked for $7.99 for the alpha of the PC + Android in Indivania, and that is suppose to be 50% off of the price. But I think I am dillusional, because games nowadays are a lot more cheaper. :/
Should I ask for $3.99 for the Android only in Google Play and $7.99 for Android + PC in Indievania(full price not 50% off)?

[tametick]

I'd ask for $10 for the PC version and $1.99 for android (that's what I've been doing with Cardinal Quest, although I eventually dropped the price to $5 for PC when sales started trailing off).

[James Coote]

Why those prices?

Are you looking at the competition and trying to price similar to them (market oriented) or are you thinking "I spend x amount of time/money on this, so I add 10% and get my price" (cost plus)?

Or there are a whole bunch of other ways to decide price: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pricing_strategies

Another thing to consider is elasticity of demand ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand ). How many sales do you gain dropping the price from $10 to $5? That's halving the price per unit, so it would only make sense if the number of sales doubles. Did it?

Then it also depends on the type of game and moreover the type of audience you're aiming at: http://www.whatgamesare.com/2012/05/your-game-is-a-graph.html

[PompiPompi]

Twice of 0 is sitll 0.
Since I never had a succesful game being made, I am a bit worried.

[Chromanoid]

maybe a monetization method like you can find in triple town would be a good idea.

btw i think you should be worried. getting money from indie games in a traditional manner is very hard. you should think about ads and virtual item selling.

you might want to look at http://openfeint.com/developers/f2p#sell and smilar services...

[PompiPompi]

maybe a monetization method like you can find in triple town would be a good idea.

btw i think you should be worried. getting money from indie games in a traditional manner is very hard. you should think about ads and virtual item selling.

you might want to look at http://openfeint.com/developers/f2p#sell and smilar services...

Eww

[Falsen]

From my experience, finding the right price for a game is very difficult. There are a lot of factors involved and I really couldn't say what the best price for Sumerian Blood is. There are a lot of articles on the subject but no definitive answers.

It still might be worth checking them out if you haven't already: http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-big-list-of-pricing-resources/

We originally sold Dark Scavenger for $9.99 which is probably the most common price for a non-mobile indie game but a few reviews pointed out that the price was a little high. In the end, we lowered it to $4.99 and coincidentally, (or not) that is when we actually sold a few copies.

Like James Coote said, if possible, I would look at the competition and price your game accordingly.

[eyeliner]

maybe a monetization method like you can find in triple town would be a good idea.

btw i think you should be worried. getting money from indie games in a traditional manner is very hard. you should think about ads and virtual item selling.

you might want to look at http://openfeint.com/developers/f2p#sell and smilar services...

Eww

Amen to that. Freemium model should cease to exist.
After seeing your (honestly? sucky) video, I'd wager $5 on PC, but only after playing a demo. On Android, the market is completely messed up, so good luck out there. Aim to something between 1 and 2 dollars.

Why not post it on Desura in Alphafunding? I find it a nice pool to test the waters.

[PompiPompi]

Wow such a low price? And you say you are against freemium? XD

[Moczan]

Do you honestly think that it's worth more, comparing to other indie games? I know it's hard to compare, but go to "less than 5$" tab on Steam and try to answer, is your game a much higher quality than most stuff there?

[PompiPompi]

There are two prices for my game. The Android price and the "multi platform" price.
The game will probably have more platform supported than Android+PC, like iOS, Mac and Linux.
For the multi platform price you will get all binaries for all the platforms.
Most of the games in the $5 area are either not new, or don't have multiplayer. So I think I can take a little bit more than $5 for the "multi platform" price.
I am thinking maybe $8 or $10 for the "multi platform" and $4 for the Android market. I can always reduce it if I want. Would be harder to increase it.

[eyeliner]

Pompi, for me, your game didn't hit a string. Maybe because you stated that your game is a game based on another game from which I never hear or read about. Graphics wise, nothing major, gets the job done.

Only from looking at the video and reading the text. No playing, mind you.

For less than 5$, you can get Commandos 2 or 3, CivIII Complete (OMFG!!) and a whole lot of others, so your point dies.

If you have the game mostly finished, why not take a look at possibilities of ramp it up graphics wise? Even I, someone who overlooks graphics found your game ugly. But I like your avatar, though, figure that.

[Capntastic]

There's such a glut of decent to good games out that the expectation of people dropping 10 bux on a relatively unknown game is gonna be a huge speedbump to getting your product out there.

[PompiPompi]

Well actually, I have a really good game for comparision regarding the price. Archon in Steam sells for $9.99.
Obviously it's a lot more famous than my game, but it's good to compare to.

[Paul Eres]

one important note: you have to compare prices *at launch* not current prices

sure, you can get a lot of great games for 5$ right now. but could you get them for 5$ *at launch*? no