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Originally Posted by YodaEXE
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No links, as they were made purely for personal use. And they really wouldn't be useful to anyone but me. Like I wrote a subnet calculator (before I knew about vxUtil) and a few misc things. But can we please get back on topic? We were talking about overpriced PPC software, not homebrew stuff.
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But this
is the topic. You are right in saying that homebrew stuff is different from stuff you market. And thats where a lot of the cost comes in.
I don't have the creative (or other skills) to design games. Few people do.. and if they want to be able to make games.. and eat then charging for software seems fair.
If making comercial level applications (or games) at a $5 price point is easy.. then go for it. Hire the people you need to fill in your missing skills.. hire a graphics artist.. 3d Cad Guy or whatever you need. I'll beta test your application for free if you like and if its any good I'll buy 2 coppies (theres $10 for you already).
Now there are an awful lot of bad apps/games out there. I own some shockingly bad PS2 games.... but being able to charge for games at the $20(ish) mark has lead to excellend games such as Arvale.. Astraware stuff, and some amazingly good apps.
We should be activly supporting companies that sell such apps/games and as long as i get more that $20 value out of a $20 game I'm happy.
If someone does it as a hobby, to develop their own skills, or because they believe in open source then thats fine. But I don't know of anyone who's making a fortune on the PPC market.