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IF 'indie' THEN 'amateur'; Are indie games too expensive?

When Jonathan Blow announced the $40 price tag for The Witness, consumers seemed shocked – why do we subconsciously undervalue indie development as amateur?

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MasterCornholio3044d ago

40 hours of gameplay in a beautifully crafted world.

Seems like its worth 40$ to me.

This game puts many AAA titles to shame.

3-4-53044d ago

* I'd say A problem a lot of the time is that ALL the dev's want to charge $60 for a game that really should only be $20,$30,$40 at most.

When we do get a $40 game, people are suspicious of it for no reason.

I've been gaming handheld,console & PC since the late 80's, early 90's.....PC games have always scaled prices differently and have been the best at it IMO.

Even back in the 90's you could find PC games for $20,30,40,50 all brand new, and still enjoy each for what they were.

cfc833044d ago

Maybe they mistakenly thought it wouldn't last many hours because it's indie. Price seems reasonable.

Neonridr3044d ago

We should really be basing price off of content, not who made it.

Blacklash933044d ago (Edited 3044d ago )

Considering that the game allegedly lasts around 40 hours to complete and 70 hours to do everything, the price tag for The Witness seems fair.

What matters most is how much value you're getting for the price. Not "indie" or "AAA" status.

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XDefiant dev promises fix to frustrating hit reg issues, though players remain skeptical

Mark Rubin, XDefiant’s executive producer, responded to an X/Twitter post that fixes to hit reg “are something [they] are working on.” Unfortunately, it’s unclear when it will arrive, as neither Rubin nor the development team have yet to provide an actual time frame.

just_looken1d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

Ha man what is this the 8th time they are working on this issue?

SO the game is using division one maps/assets with some divison 2 thrown in with that we can say they never really made the maps so what have they been doing for there 6 to perhaps 8 years of dev time? must be alot of hookers/blow/parties.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Notellin1d 11h ago

It's astounding how much money they blow and this is the results. Gaming development is out of control.

just_looken1d ago

Right even when ubisoft cancelled division heartland as a beta player that game was a far better state then they push with this trash of a game that is still in a beta state after 3 years of delay's.

we are so starved of any decent fps/3rd person shooters out there it seems we will take anything even though some ps2 fps games were more fun then this game in my old opinion.

FPS_D3TH1d 9h ago

Skeptical because it was an issue with ALL the betas and still hasn’t been fixed

just_looken1d ago

Its like they are using division one servers but they caught fire then were put together with barry/carols help from the janitors wing or some shit. Three years they still can not make it so the gun goes boom the guy gets hit then damage is applied.

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The Alters Q&A - Creating a Game About the Roads Not Taken

Wccftech interviewed The Alters Lead Designer Rafał Włosek to learn more about the making of The Alters and its feature set.

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Pilestedt Teases Helldivers 2 Players With a New Aircraft Model

In a recent conversation with the fans on X, the CCO asked them for their opinion on a new Stratagem for Eagle-1. He engaged with the fans, praising their ideas, and everything was going smoothly until a fan named Nasdorachi shared their idea.