How much would you pay for a new Keen?
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How much would you pay for a new Keen?
I'm curious about how much people would be willing to pay for a new episode of Commander Keen, should one be created.
Pricing is an important consideration in a new episode as profit is key in any game's development, but these days we are used to free ad-supported games and abandonware from the 90s and 2000s!
How much would you be willing to pay?
Pricing is an important consideration in a new episode as profit is key in any game's development, but these days we are used to free ad-supported games and abandonware from the 90s and 2000s!
How much would you be willing to pay?
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I'll be the first to admit I'm notoriously stingy, in a world of Steam sales and indie titles that don't usually cost more than $10. I think the outside I'd pay for a new Keen is $15, which I really don't consider unreasonable, all told.
Honestly, pricing on games these days is a hard issue. There's generally three factors to take into account: what developers deserve, what buyers are willing to pay, and what publishers want. These figures usually don't line up.
Honestly, pricing on games these days is a hard issue. There's generally three factors to take into account: what developers deserve, what buyers are willing to pay, and what publishers want. These figures usually don't line up.
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I voted zero, because I do not want them to make a new one as I think people on here are doing a better job with the mods so far.
But at any rate, if they do indeed make one, my reply would still be a big big big zero. I'd probably watch it on youtube or something.
But at any rate, if they do indeed make one, my reply would still be a big big big zero. I'd probably watch it on youtube or something.
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I dunno, Scarlet. What if someone posted a play-through of the first level plus the opening cut-scene, with perfect voice-acting, exhilarating game-play, quirktastic soundtrack, bombastic graphics, and slapstastic humor!?! There's no limit to the amount I would pay if I saw a preview like that!Scarlet wrote:I'd probably watch it on youtube or something.
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That depends. If the keen is going to be a 2D side scroller, the price should be somewhere between $7 and $12 (that's where I'm aiming). But I'll pay whatever it is the price! Even if it is a 3D (like Trine, BCR, Sonic 4 or Project Giana), but it is still a 2.5D perspective side scroller similar to the gameplay mechanics of Keen 4-6, I'd pay whatever it cost. But if it is a 3D third/first person ala Mario 64, I'll probably not buy it.
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troublesomekeen wrote:I dunno, Scarlet. What if someone posted a play-through of the first level plus the opening cut-scene, with perfect voice-acting, exhilarating game-play, quirktastic soundtrack, bombastic graphics, and slapstastic humor!?! There's no limit to the amount I would pay if I saw a preview like that!Scarlet wrote:I'd probably watch it on youtube or something.
Well, I don't think I'll see a preview like that.
I found out about keen7 from youtube though. But they will not be making a new keen game in DOS graphics. No chance.
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Oh ye of little faith! Why not? MANY indie games have experimented with different graphical restrictions, so why should a new Keen not stick with the look that made it famous?!Scarlet wrote:But they will not be making a new keen game in DOS graphics. No chance.
Would you play the game if it had similar graphics?
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Keen is the only video game I care about (except AOEII and that game needs no fooling around with) so really name your price Tom and I'll pay. I would however be quite unhappy if it wasn't done in EGA style. I would also be unhappy if there wasn't a freely distributable first episode. Resurrect shareware!
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Benvolio, your post made me realise something: I can't think of many modern episodic games. Well, not in the same way that Keen, GoT, Jazz and so on were. I've not paid much attention recently, so is this accurate?
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Well I suppose there's a lot of games with sequels these days. For example Halo is a series of episodes. But I'm pretty sure the model that Apogee and others worked off is long-gone. Probably nowhere near profitable enough. Sure look at Keen4 - if you were strapped for cash, you could very well get half a childhood's worth of fun out of it without bothering with Keen5 or 6. So there's probably lot of people who stuck to the shareware games and never paid Apogee a cent. I would probably have too only I was getting into modding and needed to buy them all to be fully up to speed. The games market has evolved and now probably forms the majority of the leisure spending of most 10-16 year old males.
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Yeah, I never ventured beyond Keen 4 until a few years ago.
Half the issue was payment methods though - living in Australia, all the order options for every piece of shareware were aimed at the US and Europe, and were snail mail options. The internet could do a lot to revive the model.
Half the issue was payment methods though - living in Australia, all the order options for every piece of shareware were aimed at the US and Europe, and were snail mail options. The internet could do a lot to revive the model.
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