“얼마나 돈, 노력, 사랑, 창조력을 쏟든, 사람들은 인디게임을 초저가에 사는 데 익숙하다” – Gibson, “인디게임 가격을 방어하라” – Jackson, “’패스’는 10달러로 제작비를 충당치 못 할 거다…몇 달러 차이에 (인디의) 생존이 달려있다.” – ToT…

Thanks for writing that epic post on your own site! I love getting discussions started and I definitely understand and agree your points.

Much of the cost of big games does go into marketing, especially for titles like Halo and Call of Duty. It’s because of these marketing pushes that indie games get swept under the rug so often. I guess my real argument wasn’t really about pricing, but more the voerall fairness between indie and publisher games.

In brief, I believe you have struck a good point in that indie games are being stigmatized and are essentially not being allowed to compete with an AAA game. However the reason why AAA games can charge a lot is that they invest heavily in marketing, which indie games don’t. Much fewer people would pay $60 for a game without the hype, probably closer to the number of people who would pay $60 for an indie game. I have a resentment for the disproportionately huge amount of hype that goes into marketing a game these days, so I hope that indie developers never decide to follow suit.