I have been trying to find information on digital download sites that are useful for indies to partner up with. There are so many now: Steam, Impulse, Direct2drive, Manifesto games, and many others. I was hoping we can pool informatyion in this thread on all aspects of these sties and their usefulness/potential/appeal etc.
Which ones are good or bad? And why? What factors determine their usefulness depending on the game?
We can all use info for example on
- The royalty split
- Min/max downloads gained form the site
- Technical requirements
- IP restrictions
- Advertising appeal
- Turnoffs
- Typical market they address
- Platform issues
Or whatever else we can find out. We could pool the info in this thread and update whenever we get more accurate info. What say ye?