Polygon interviewed Brian Fargo where he talks about his long gaming career, and also answers a few questions about his current project Wasteland 2.
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InXile Entertainment - Interview @ Polygon
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And now he charges $60 for an unfinished early access game blaming the pricing on backers who already paid for the game development. Sounds kind of like corporate rhetoric to me - a way to justify fleecing gamers for cash. Outside of Steam's cut his company is getting some nice profits every time one of those boxes sells since the community already funded development. I don't really see his behavior as being anything commendable or his talking trash about publisher practices as anything by hypocrisy, because, yes, he does have full control - and his company could be a little less corporate bloodthirsty with its pricing.
Drithius
Magic & Loss
I'm not a fan of the Early Access Program, let alone Wasteland II's pricing on it, but making any connection with "corporate bloodthirstiness" is a joke, right? The game will be priced differently come launch day - if you want to be an impatient twit and succumb to that impatience, don't place the blame squarely on the studio.
As for the actual article, it's nothing we really haven't heard before - Fargo nostalgically looking back on his catalog and being thankful for the opportunities presented by Kickstarter.
As for the actual article, it's nothing we really haven't heard before - Fargo nostalgically looking back on his catalog and being thankful for the opportunities presented by Kickstarter.
PegasusOrgans
Sentinel
I always love how people complain about products that no one is forcing them to buy. Suddenly, any and all products sold anywhere have to pass their insane, little "test" to see if it can even be allowed to market. I payed well over 60 bucks during the Kickstarter because there is no other way to get games like this. I believe in these people, and I want to see more games like this.
People that spend hours upon hours complaining have much bigger issues that they are masking via complaints about games. They have an emptiness that nothing can fill but spreading their venom to others, and even then, it's a short reprieve from the madness in their head.
People that spend hours upon hours complaining have much bigger issues that they are masking via complaints about games. They have an emptiness that nothing can fill but spreading their venom to others, and even then, it's a short reprieve from the madness in their head.
The price is high because InXile didn't want to ostracize their backers who paid big bucks, like Pegasus above, to get into beta. A very simple and, imho, laudable approach. They could've instead made early access cheap, and in doing so, make a lot of money. Instead they choose to treat the people who are actually responsible for the game to exist with respect.
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There is no logic in claiming the pricing of WL2 is bloodthirsty. If it we're priced at say 30$ I'd guess that ALOT of more people would have bought into early access. Which would have made Inxile more money, since there are probably quite a few who are put of by the pricetag and won't buy it until it's on sale. The full price of games has a very short lifespan today, so the best business approach would be to hit the swet spot with your early access price that as many as possible will buy the game for as much as possible. That price is not 60$ for Wasteland 2, but like Cpmartins said that's because they respect their backers. Good move. And like Drithius said, it's not the release price, that will be lower.