[gameprogrammer] Re: Current game projects...
- From: "Bob Johnston" <bobj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:41:35 -0500
Would selling to Japan and Korea require localization of game VO's and text
or leaving everything in English be acceptable enough?
Bob Johnston
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Pendleton" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gameprogrammer Mailing List" <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:30 PM
Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Current game projects...
> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 19:35 +0000, Adrian Brown wrote:
> > Thanks for the ideas - it was just an example price - nothing is set in
> > concrete yet, it will more than likely be done in USD/EUR/GBP - didn't
think
> > about JPY - that's one for me to think about :)
>
> I suspect that the international point of view you have depends on where
> you are and the kind of business you are in. I grew up in the western US
> where cultural and economic ties to Japan run deep. But, anyway you look
> at it Japan is simply too large a market to ignore, especially for
> games. I know Korea is also a big game market but I don't know much
> about the rest of Asia, South America, and the non-US parts of the
> Pacific. Anyone from those parts of the world want to fill us in?
>
> Bob Pendleton
>
> >
> > Again thanks for the feedback
> >
> > Adrian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gameprogrammer-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Pendleton
> > Sent: 01 March 2005 19:03
> > To: Gameprogrammer Mailing List
> > Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Current game projects...
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 13:55 +0000, Adrian Brown wrote:
> > > Im looking into the possibility of setting up an online games shop
selling
> > > cheaper (probably around the 9.99 GBP) games for download + Hardcopy.
> >
> > As for pricing, since you will be in an international business, I would
> > suggest using a somewhat cheaper and perhaps more widely used currency
> > such as the Japanese Yen or the US dollar. With the current exchange
> > rate 9.99 GBP is nearly twenty USD and might be a bit steep for US
> > customers, considering that it is between 1/3 and 1/2 of the price of a
> > major A level game. OTOH, a price of 9.99 USD or 999 JPY would be seen
> > as very accessible in most of the industrialized world.
> >
> > Simply based on the total size of the potential markets you might want
> > to list prices in Yen, US dollars, and Euros. Those currencies cover
> > markets that reach about a billion people. And that is not counting the
> > regions of the Americas that are used to doing business in USD.
> >
> > Of course, the way the USD has been shrinking you would not want to
> > convert to GBP ASAP :-(
> >
> > > The
> > > idea would be these games would be very fun to play, simple puzzle
games,
> > > little action games etc. Im not talking about the complexity of GTA3
etc.
> >
> >
> > An honest service of the type you describe would be a great resource for
> > independent game developers. It is very hard to generate traffic to a
> > web site with only a couple of games. But, over time a web site with a
> > large number of games can get a lot of traffic and really help
> > developers (and make a lot of money for the site owner too :-)
> >
> > Good luck with you project and please be sure to keep us posted on the
> > list. And I mean keep us posted. Post every time you add a new game.
> > Post sales figures (if you can). The more you remind us that there is a
> > market for independent games, the more such games will be developed.
> >
> > BTW, you might want to look at the games listing on libsdl.org. There
> > are a lot of potentially commercial games listed there.
> >
> > Bob Pendleton
> >
> > >
> > > Im looking to see how many people here would have projects they
believe
> > > could be sold via this sort of market. Obviously a good percentage
from
> > > each sale would go back to the author. It's a way to try and get some
> > > programmers etc some feedback for all their hard work.
> > >
> > > I would be able to supply finished artwork for games should it be
> > required,
> > > also technical advice and programming support (Although this list is a
> > great
> > > place for general questions as it allows others to see the problems /
> > > solutions).
> > >
> > > If you feel you have a project that you would like to sell via this
sort
> > of
> > > system then please get in touch.
> > >
> > > Many Thanks
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > > Enliten (at) btinternet.com
> > >
> > > P.S. This list is great, its good to see people helping each other,
makes
> > a
> > > change from all the lists where there are loads of questions but no
> > answers
> > > :)
> > >
> > >
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