Tom Cain
02-20-2004, 11:18 AM
I've read several posts here where people have pointed out that the mainstream retail bargain bin competes with independent online developers/distributors at the same price point. I did not realize, however, that the retail bargain bin has moved online. Many of you may know about this already, but it was something I just found today and thought I'd share:
http://www.trygames.com/
There are several independent games on there, too, so maybe some of you who don't have products for sale there might want to look into it.
I was surprised at the number of retail games on there that follow the "standard" online sales method of letting you download the entire game and try it out for 60 minutes before paying. Also, many are at the $14.95 to $19.95 price point. Of course, the download size for some of them requires broadband realistically (Temple of Elemental Evil, 1:15 over broadband).
Are there other sites like this one?
-Tom
http://www.trygames.com/
There are several independent games on there, too, so maybe some of you who don't have products for sale there might want to look into it.
I was surprised at the number of retail games on there that follow the "standard" online sales method of letting you download the entire game and try it out for 60 minutes before paying. Also, many are at the $14.95 to $19.95 price point. Of course, the download size for some of them requires broadband realistically (Temple of Elemental Evil, 1:15 over broadband).
Are there other sites like this one?
-Tom