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How much does it cost to start selling your indie games?

• willvarfar 14y ago
  I upvote to get this discussed even if I think the article .. lacking * the 30% the 'stores' charge needs to be given a lot more scrutiny * you can go do other ways e.g. PayPal, Moneybookers (credit cards etc). And the big fish Minecraft went that root when it started small Ludum Dare October challenge is: Finish a game — Take it to market — Earn $1 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/09/27/announcing-october-challenge-2012/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/09/27/announcing-october...
  • ido 14y ago
    You're right about the 30%, luckily first commenter on the blog mentioned that. About selling direct - that's exactly my point w.r.t. the new stuff on mac (gatekeeper) & win 8. If you give the user an "uncertified" exe a popup appears telling them it's dangerous & you can't even easily dismiss it - the only buttons on win 8 are "close" and "delete". To get to "run anyway" you need to drill into "more options"!
    • willvarfar 14y ago
      what about steam?
      • ido 14y ago
        They take an undisclosed amount rumored to be %30-40. I never managed to get my games on steam so I don't know exactly.