Blu-ray Disc new release pricing is on the slide at retail, hovering at an average of $26 so far in 2009, according to Adams Media Research, as retailers try to find the right carrot to dangle for the thriftiest consumers in years.
"INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series connecting indie game fans all over the world, highlighted more than 150 games during its Saturday broadcast introducing world premieres, new trailers, and updates during its 10th-ever digital showcase." - INDIE Live Expo.
"Following a great event in November of last year, DevGAMM Lisbon is coming back to the beautiful and sunny Cascais region to catch up with old friends, connect with game developers from around the world, hear from seasoned professionals, and have a great time all around." - DevGAMM.
A look into the sad trajectory of indie games from high successful releases to complete irrelevancy in just a few weeks or months.
That's the thing with gaming there's always new experiences to have why spend months or years playing a single game when there's a new experience right around the corner.
Indie or AAA if your building your game expecting long term player counts you'll probably be disappointed as gamers often enjoy something for a few weeks and move on only to return if it's truely a classic.
Out of all the generations I've experienced there's games from 30 plus years ago I still dust off and play like super Mario bros, earthbound, vice city and san Andreas being games I treasure and revisit every few years but I'm not going back to play a game designed to keep me engaged for months on end because it's also designed to milk my wallet in most cases.
Build a great game that people love make it playable offline and ask does it matter if the concurrent player count is under 100 a year post launch more often that not it doesn't
The price of entry is too high to take chances like I used to. Was looking at V Rising and that ranges from $50-$130 CAD. That’s a lot for an indie imo. By the time it goes on sale, the player count might be dwindling. But that’s the trade-off, I guess.
God... I love BluRay. I've actually RE-purchased a few films that warrant it (Matrix Trilogy, Pirates Trilogy... bring on LotR EE and Watchmen DC!)
All they really need to do is drive those prices down and keep the transfer quality high. Next up... the Terminator 2 Directors Cut (what can I say, I love the extra scenes a ton).
You can buy older classic movies on Bluray for around the same price as an older movie on DVD. and that's cool. anything else I just get off of Ebay with much better prices than retail.
^_^ Screw FYE. Target you're cool though
yeah Amazon has a great blu ray sale right now the 2 disc set that doesnt include the digital copie is at 16 Both Narnia Movies are around 25 i think. anyway next movies i want to hear announced on blu ray
Toystory 1/2
Finding Nemo
Lord of the Rings
incredibles
Bu bu but... HDDVD :'(
you can usually get great deals on amazon for blu rays