Texas-based "casual games" publisher MumboJumbo is set to brave the retail waters with the PC version of Braid. Set to arrive this month, this packaged edition of the game won't have extras. It will, however, cost an additional 10 bucks, as its packaged price is locked in at 20 bones.
Digging deeper, Joystiq has discovered that the usual line-up of retailers is set to carry this piece of indie success -- your Wal-marts, Targets, and Best Buys, as well as several other big brick-and-mortar joints, are said to be a part of the distribution. Great. Now how well can this thing possibly sell?
Braid PC getting boxed retail release through MumboJumbo [Joystiq]
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If I wanted it, I'd have it by now.
You could make a "premium" boxed version of your game, package it like PC games used to and charge extra for it, and still put it for regular/cheaper price on xbla, psn and steam.
Could work imo...
And considering The Sims is the biggest selling PC franchises, isn't is safe to guess that people are still buying lots of PC software in brick and mortars?
We're a small fishbowl gents, us savvy netcrawlers and core gamers. Since the box release can be afforded, this could be a big success for Johnathan Blow.
10 bucks DLC, yes get it, 20 bucks retail with no extras, pass on it....
Yes, I'm saying boxed PC games now appeal only to idiots. Everyone else with half a brain who isn't living in a bunker underground afraid of the "internet" thing has heard of Braid, and if they are half a person played it too.
Just imagine someone buying a retail copy of Braid for 20 dollars, and open the box only to find a slip of paper saying "Well done, savvy consumer. You just blew 5 dollars on cardboard."
STILL waiting for a Wii port Blow/MumboJumbo/whoever. I actually want to play this already.