New CPC Game

[dthrone]

I really can't see the different price points you've given making any difference to number of sales.  If it's desirable, i.e. a nice game in a nice package, people won't quibble over less than the price of a pint of beer.  My guess would be sales would only ever be 10s, you wouldn't be shifting 100s.

[Gryzor]

@dthrone is probably correct, and I didn't realise it at first. The price points given won't make much of a difference. It'd be more realistic if we were given different production options, like:

-tape, simple jewel case, 5 starfish
-disk 3.5", small carton box, 10 denari
-disk, 3", huge box with lenticular printing and a previously unpublished P.K. Dick novel, 20 drachmae.

Something like that.

[andycadley]

One thing to bare in mind is that the cost of a physical release is staggeringly high compared to a digital only one. In reality even a fantastic selling 8-bit game isn't really going to cover the true cost of development costs (to the point you could make a living on it) so earnings on a physical release might do well enough to cover the cost of the actual production and not an awful lot more. Working with one of the established publishers might help as they're better set up to cover costs, but even then there aren't really any guarantees.

[arkive]

Well, RG has even admitted (here on this very forum) that they troll CPC users. No love lost I'd say.

I don't read RG, not sure why, but they seem like a serious publication. Would they really say something so silly in a serious manner?

Mind linking to that thread?

[Gryzor]

I don't really have the time to look for it... It was a long discussion after the Hewson issue came out, where they put a quote on the cover like "the CPC had no soul" IIRC. But it was taken quite out of context (again, IIRC) and when called out, Daz(?) basically admitted they used that as a bait.

[Shaun M. Neary]

Well, RG has even admitted (here on this very forum) that they troll CPC users. No love lost I'd say.

Definitely none lost from me. I've called out a couple of their "writers" and I use that term very loosely, on Facebook groups about many factual errors regarding the Amstrad. Needless to say they didn't particularly appreciate it and I ended up being blocked. But they know exactly what they're doing.

Which is why I never held that rag high up in any estimation, and never will.

[Carnivius]

Not a fan of Retro Gamer and yeah they've 'trolled' a couple times but they do seem to genuinely appreciate the CPC in articles I've read.  Saying it was under-utilised


I liked the recent 4 page article on modern CPC games.
Page 1 attached.

[Gryzor]

Ah, found the thread. Nice read.


@Carnivius : which issue is it from?
@Shaun : not surprised...

[Gryzor]

Wait, not sure that's it, still reading through it But it *is* relevant.

[Carnivius]

@Carnivius : which issue is it from?

207.  Few months ago.

[Gryzor]

207.  Few months ago.

Cheers, going to look it up.

Regarding that thread, it's the one indeed - the Hewson reference is on post #107 (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/more-bias-on-retro-gamer/msg100316/#msg100316)

[arkive]

Ok thanks...yeah, "interesting" read indeed. I understand your frustrations but wouldn't personally say there was an evidence of some grand anti-CPC conspiracy. Running such multi-plat magazine is a balancing act, where soem folks will always feel shortchanged...that's how I see it at least.

[Gryzor]

Nobody called it a conspiracy...I think?

[arkive]

Perhaps this very word was not used but it's not like there were a lot of warm feelings towards RG on display.

I guess putting that Hewson quote on cover was a bit childish...but not the end of the world either. Eh, I just wish people from all the camps could be bit more relaxed about such matters, and get along better, without all these old animosities. Myself, I love all the micros, even if ZX & Amiga were my main ones back then.

[Shaun M. Neary]

Perhaps this very word was not used but it's not like there were a lot of warm feelings towards RG on display.

I guess putting that Hewson quote on cover was a bit childish...but not the end of the world either. Eh, I just wish people from all the camps could be bit more relaxed about such matters, and get along better, without all these old animosities. Myself, I love all the micros, even if ZX & Amiga were my main ones back then.

I agree with you about everyone getting along, however some people have severe unjustified superiority complexes when it comes to the machines they owned. Which is fair enough as long as you can keep it to yourself. Sadly some Speccy and C64 owners aren't very good at that, and it doesn't become them at all.

RG have themselves to blame here, they alienate a lot of communities, take constructive criticism as negative feedback and ignore anything that can turn it around.
As a former creative myself (ex Photographer), you need to learn that just because it's not to someone's elses taste, doesn't mean it's a black mark on yourself, because it's not.

But as for RG, don't cover whatever the flavour of the month is and pass it off as retro, it's not. It's just insulting peoples intelligence.

[arkive]

Well...eh, it's probably a topic for another thread though Sorry to the OP for the derail.