A few weeks back, Wolfire Games and Unknown Worlds offered a preorder bundle that included both Overgrowth and Natural Selection 2. Yesterday, the overall results of that sale were released on the Wolfire blog.
To make a long story short, the sale went well. Really well, in fact. Within the span of a week, Wolfire received more Overgrowth preorders than they'd managed to accumulate in an entire year. And since the deal was directly set up by Wolfire and Unknown Worlds, with no corporate middlemen or marketing budget, all that preorder money translates into pure profit between both companies.
It's always a pleasure to see indies finding creating their own, successful business models. Regardless of how the games even turn out, one has to appreciate the fact that Wolfire and Unknown Worlds are basically getting their fans to directly finance the production of their games. Which, of course, leads to that inevitable question: when is Overgrowth gonna be done, anyway?
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1:40 PM on 01.26.2010
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I'll stick with Interstellar Marines and its releases as far as community funded Indie games go. Also, Steam sales are awesome. Buying Company of Heroes and Psychonauts for 2 euros each, as well as buying Raven Shield on play.com for around 3-4 euros is just a steal, but one I'm perfectly happy commiting. :D
Again PC gaming is awesome. I wish all the best to Wolfire and Unknown Worlds.
/For The Love Of The Game And The Love Of AAA Indie And Community Funded Games
http://www.interstellarmarines.com/indie/
In fact, I have bought a lot of indie games lately. Are they getting better or I'm getting old and tired of the sameness of mainstream?