Does any one know where I can "get" Photoshop from? Things have changed since CC from what I recall.
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Gaming press 3+ years ago: "Valve is destroying indies with 30% cut!!!"
Gaming press forever:
I saw a thing from Kotaku.
And even then isn't that a "best case scenario"?
Isn't it in an indie best interest to look at who your game will appeal to?
The gaming press works similar to regular press. They will just share the same news store that everyone else is sharing without doing work themselves.
The main articles that are interested tend to either be interviews or just reviews of games. How ever most of the time the games that get reviewed are more well known titles.
You are not going to have Kotaku review your indie game
Funny enough I did this one thing a few years back with Touhou Luna Nights. I looked up all the major news sites to see if they were covering and stuff like that and I think only Gematsu covered it.
I can't remember all the details since it's been a while. Anyway that game went on to sell over 100k on Steam during early access without the need of western gaming press.
The game was mentioned on a number of Japanese gaming sites even though it was only announced for PC at the time.
It's a whole thing. But yeah that 30% sure does come in handy.
I like games and stuff and I don't know all the marketing stuff of games (I could release a game tomorrow and it would fail) but I do wonder if some of these indie devs are just not really use to the idea of PC gaming.
If you are an indie dev and grew up on PlayStation and would love to get a physical copy of your game released, then I have bad news for you. I can happen but it likely won't be your first game that gets that treatment.
Remember the press is not your friend, platform holders are not your friend, Valve/Steam are not your friend either, but at least they provide you with tools so that you have a better fighting chance. So you might as well try to learn and get the best out of those tools.