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General Discussion / Re: Preorders and Sales
« on: January 03, 2012, 12:02:05 PM »There are certainly a *lot* of ways that money gets split, though.
There definitely seems to be a lot of ways the money is split. I wish HIB would publish their breakdown after a bundle closes... and after the charity contribution, I'd be surprised if the developer tip is split evenly amongst all the games.
Well, the last HIB was the biggest one to date... there are lots of other bundles springing up, though, so I guess it is getting crowded, especially for any newcomers. I wonder, how many people actually don't play most of the games they get in a bundle? I'd wager that's a lot. Of those, how many *forget* they own a certain game, and buy it again? I got one of the first few HIBs myself, and I certainly don't remember everything that was in it.
I'd imagine quite a few people don't play most of the games and buy the bundle for a game or two that they're actually interested in. I wouldn't count on people buying a game again by mistake, especially if they registered the HIB on Steam, since Steam will tell you if already own it or not, which would prevent repurchasing. I actually went to buy a game that was on sale on Steam only to find out I already had it as part of a past HIB, so the HIB actually cost them a sale from me. The last HIB was arguably the best, but I'm not sure if they can keep that kind of momentum up, but we'll see.
So, I can't really say whether Starfarer will end up in a bundle at some point. It's definitely not something I'm actively seeking, though. For me, the goal is to end up on Steam, even though I realize it's difficult, and far from a sure thing.
Thanks for the really, really detailed response, I wasn't expecting this. As soon as I'm done posting this, I'm going to go ahead and pre-order your game to support your community involvement and transparency. I hope you make your goal of ending up on Steam, even if it takes a bundle along the way to get there (but I hope not ). If you make it on Steam, it would be really cool if you managed to get Steam keys for all your alpha/beta supporters
Edit - And as a side note, supporting OS X also was a reason I just pre-ordered...