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Oh, the entitlement. You simply didn't create something engaging enough. Popular games make a lot of money. Take Minecraft - it was created by one guy and mad

Oh, the entitlement. You simply didn't create something engaging enough. Popular games make a lot of money. Take Minecraft - it was created by one guy and made hundreds of millions of dollars before he actually turned it over to a team. Whining about models and price schemes and markets is pointless. If you want to make money, you have to create something people are willing to pay for.

tree_of_item 12y ago
Notch made a good game, sure, but Minecraft basically won the lottery. It's not a good example of anything. There are lots of other great games that fall victim to the phenomena described by guscost.
Iftheshoefits 12y ago
When discussing the mobile market, and especially the iOS mobile market, we are talking about a consumer who typically thinks nothing of dropping $4.50 for a 12 oz. cup of badly roasted espresso with steamed milk. That they don't want to pay $0.99 for something they think is "really neat" and arguably longer lasting than a cup of "cappuccino" says more about their (consumers') sense of entitlement than the value of the products under discussion.
- anon4 12y ago
  That is only a small fraction of the mobile market. A much larger fraction is people who save money for a few months to afford a powerful handheld computer. And for them 4.50$ is closer to two lunches, than a single cappuccino.
  - Iftheshoefits 12y ago
    The market of automobile buyers includes the market of Tesla buyers as well as the market of Toyota buyers.
guscost 12y ago
I edited it down, but this: > The market clearly does not favor this kind of product Is the same as what you're saying. Obviously I didn't create something engaging enough to gain traction organically and become profitable. The point of the story was just to provide another anecdote supporting the claim that that is a difficult thing to do in the entertainment industry. I hope it did not come across as whining.

tree_of_item 12y ago

Notch made a good game, sure, but Minecraft basically won the lottery. It's not a good example of anything. There are lots of other great games that fall victim to the phenomena described by guscost.

Iftheshoefits 12y ago

When discussing the mobile market, and especially the iOS mobile market, we are talking about a consumer who typically thinks nothing of dropping $4.50 for a 12 oz. cup of badly roasted espresso with steamed milk. That they don't want to pay $0.99 for something they think is "really neat" and arguably longer lasting than a cup of "cappuccino" says more about their (consumers') sense of entitlement than the value of the products under discussion.

anon4 12y ago
That is only a small fraction of the mobile market. A much larger fraction is people who save money for a few months to afford a powerful handheld computer. And for them 4.50$ is closer to two lunches, than a single cappuccino.
- Iftheshoefits 12y ago
  The market of automobile buyers includes the market of Tesla buyers as well as the market of Toyota buyers.

guscost 12y ago

I edited it down, but this: > The market clearly does not favor this kind of product Is the same as what you're saying. Obviously I didn't create something engaging enough to gain traction organically and become profitable. The point of the story was just to provide another anecdote supporting the claim that that is a difficult thing to do in the entertainment industry. I hope it did not come across as whining.