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What exactly makes you think as someone who "dabbles in games" to be entitled to profit? AFAIK it costs $100 +30% to publish on Steam. It only takes 260 people

What exactly makes you think as someone who "dabbles in games" to be entitled to profit? AFAIK it costs $100 +30% to publish on Steam. It only takes 260 people to buy your game at 50 cents to break even. If your game can't sell 260 copies at 50 cents then it's just that, worthless. Why not just release your game for free, for free? Does it have to be on Steam? Does it have to make money?

pengaru 5y ago
> AFAIK it costs $100 +30% to publish on Steam. It only takes 260 people to buy your game at 50 cents to break even. If your game can't sell 260 copies at 50 cents then it's just that, worthless. It doesn't take zero time to ship a bespoke finished game, your calculus is asinine.
- zimspy 5y ago
  Break even on publishing costs. What about the man hours put into development?
temp8964 5y ago
How is that break even? Don’t you need to invest time/money to make a game?
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago
  Nope. I guess you do.
bccdee 5y ago
The difference between someone who "dabbles in games" and a professional is that the professional polishes up the prototype and sells it on Steam. The commenter above explained why the state of the industry has prevented them from doing that. Your weird tangent asking "why do you feel entitled to make money for your work?" isn't really relevant to the conversation.
bradknowles 5y ago
Do you have to eat? Do you have to have a place to sleep? Seems to me like making a reasonable amount of money to help towards these goals is not an unreasonable thing to hope for. But maybe you can prove me wrong?
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  You shouldn’t be selling your game for 50c if you expect to live off it so the calculation is even more off.
- chefandy 5y ago
  I chastised a friend for getting so upset after losing half a dozen travelers checks on vacation. Get a grip — it’s $2 worth of paper. If you can’t afford to replace that you can’t afford to be on vacation.
  - bradknowles 5y ago
    For me, I think the concern with Travelers Checks is the potential loss of money from your account, if someone is able to forge your signature on them, and how that might potentially be used to tie you to other events or crimes that may have occurred.
    - chefandy 5y ago
      It was a joke. Travelers checks aren’t like regular checks — they’re more like cashier’s checks or money orders. Losing them is a very big problem.
      - bradknowles 5y ago
        Oh, sorry. I guess it's been about twenty or thirty years since I used them. Thanks for the clarification!
        chefandy 5y ago
moron4hire 5y ago
Weird take to make on a site about entrepreneurship

pengaru 5y ago

> AFAIK it costs $100 +30% to publish on Steam. It only takes 260 people to buy your game at 50 cents to break even. If your game can't sell 260 copies at 50 cents then it's just that, worthless. It doesn't take zero time to ship a bespoke finished game, your calculus is asinine.

zimspy 5y ago
Break even on publishing costs. What about the man hours put into development?

temp8964 5y ago

How is that break even? Don’t you need to invest time/money to make a game?

hypertele-Xii 5y ago
Nope. I guess you do.

bccdee 5y ago

The difference between someone who "dabbles in games" and a professional is that the professional polishes up the prototype and sells it on Steam. The commenter above explained why the state of the industry has prevented them from doing that. Your weird tangent asking "why do you feel entitled to make money for your work?" isn't really relevant to the conversation.

bradknowles 5y ago

Do you have to eat? Do you have to have a place to sleep? Seems to me like making a reasonable amount of money to help towards these goals is not an unreasonable thing to hope for. But maybe you can prove me wrong?

whywhywhywhy 5y ago
You shouldn’t be selling your game for 50c if you expect to live off it so the calculation is even more off.
chefandy 5y ago
I chastised a friend for getting so upset after losing half a dozen travelers checks on vacation. Get a grip — it’s $2 worth of paper. If you can’t afford to replace that you can’t afford to be on vacation.
- bradknowles 5y ago
  For me, I think the concern with Travelers Checks is the potential loss of money from your account, if someone is able to forge your signature on them, and how that might potentially be used to tie you to other events or crimes that may have occurred.
  - chefandy 5y ago
    It was a joke. Travelers checks aren’t like regular checks — they’re more like cashier’s checks or money orders. Losing them is a very big problem.
    - bradknowles 5y ago
      Oh, sorry. I guess it's been about twenty or thirty years since I used them. Thanks for the clarification!
      - chefandy 5y ago

moron4hire 5y ago

Weird take to make on a site about entrepreneurship