Two counterpoints: A retail game is considered a failure if it sells less than 1m units at $50-70 but the Humble Indie Bundle sold only 450,000 units at an ave

Two counterpoints: A retail game is considered a failure if it sells less than 1m units at $50-70 but the Humble Indie Bundle sold only 450,000 units at an average of just under $6. Clearly there is a market for full-priced games. Both Steam sales and the Humble Bundle are vehicles for games that have already sold at a higher price and the sales curve is tailing off.