Quote: "this is an insight that even larger companies get the prices wrong sometimes and even stuff it all up as well. however the userbase is the best place to see if a product is healthy.
take a look at the users on this game creation forum for example.
you have to get past the "starving artist" chapter in your artistic / programming life cycle."
I'll eventually get there. After working countless hours (30+) a week it crosses my mind to start charging, but I still have the idea in mind to keep things free. Although I'm planning on upping the quality of DarkScript for a more professional plugin to sell for $15 or less.
Quote: "I have been there in many instances, "will draw for food","will code for food" comes to mind. I gave about 3 free years to this community a while back, because lee b was kind to give me a chance, unlike the rude reply i got from the creator of another product very similar to Darkbasic at the time. I gave back tenfold, unfortunately tho i had to pay bills and earn a living and a retirement egg."
Same thing happened here. With the popularity growing of TGC products I'm starting to wonder if the forums population will grow so large that the creators behind the products will no longer be able to interact with us anymore?
Quote: "If your a legit business owner there is an incredible markup on everything to stay afloat and make a profit. the software game is no different, you could pour 2 million into a project and end up with a whole bunch of crap if your not carefull about the control of the product."
The markup is understandable to make a profit, but if you have to do that just to make ends meet that business should start researching plans to kill/sell the business. It's only a matter of time before it all comes to a halt.
Quote: "I can't stand it when companies mark a program "for business". When that happens the price doubles or triples what a non-business application would cost."
I still think a lot of "business" products and software are worse then the "home-user" ones.
Quote: "I really think people should think about the prices of their software... for example, a small program that can create virtual drives and stuff I can sell it for 5$ max, because the work was easy and isn't buggy (at least in my comp isn0t) but I'm not gonna charge 40$ for something like that. Really that Sony thing is a good example of exaggeration."
I'm not sure if you're refering to the Sony software as creating the virtual drive or not? When you connect the USB cable to the pc from th PSP it automatically creates the drive. That software probably detects the proper drive by scanning for certain characteristics.
Overall, the trend will most likely continue with the high prices even though the technology gets better every day. With more people able to own a business out of their own home might someday kill the profits of the bigger guy to where he has to lower prices to compete. Only time will tell.
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