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You can, it's just really hard. This is basically what Minecraft is doing - the game is entertaining now, but it's also got INSANE potential. So it's absolute
by ZachPruckowski 16y ago
You can, it's just really hard.
This is basically what Minecraft is doing - the game is entertaining now, but it's also got INSANE potential. So it's absolutely worth plopping $13 down on. Notch made $3 million or whatever (enough to fund game development) on the alpha sales. Of course, he may have trouble making money post-release if he can't charge the people who bought Alpha for the full version and if most of his potential audience buy Alpha or Beta.
Torchlight had the right idea, I think - create a fun initial product, and use the income from that to fund your more expensive V 2.0 that has a subscription model.