well they were made in an older language so even with new graphics the overal polish would not be enough/possible. Also I’m not sure I like the idea of looking back, as I ought to be moving on an improving. Perhaps I should even forget selling them myself at a lower price at all…?

http://www.gibbage.co.uk

I’d be interested to know what the Author of Gibbage thinks of this strategy, since he appears to have done well selling at the $10 mark?

I don’t have any sales stats or idea how much he is selling, so it would be hard to know. Maybe he would be willing to share…? As I said, it can be successful sometimes, but I’d rather test what works best rather than listening to what others (like me ;) tell. Industry average for shareware games is $20, so I’d stick with that. Maybe give discounts for kids or something… but still I’d concentrate on getting the quality to meet (and go above) $20 price tag rather than keeping the $10 price. The cell phone example is to point out that price is not ALL that matters… I’m quite sure that you all can find similar experiences from your lives: situations where you bought something unnecessary whether you needed it or not.

I find myself to be too obsessed with new projects to add more value to older ones that might make them worth the $20 i charge. – I know this is a fault of mine though ;)

Perhaps you could make an add-on for some existing… and charge additional $20 for the add-on/sequel?

Im actually trying a slightly different strategy with my current project (its a music based game) where we plan to give the core program away for free and sell expansion packs – however i have no idea how much to sell these for!

That sounds bit like ‘episodic content’. I’m not sure… but Half-life 2 episodes were sold somewhere around $20-30, and they were named as ‘episodes’.

Yeah also Titan Attacks of course was half price. There could be a new market for $10 non-portal games which are sorta throw away action games or some such thing?

Well… maybe – but you have to sell 2 times more of those to get the money.

My current game should contain enough value/bling to be worth $20, and whereas I totally agree with the post (in business generally your absolute last resort should be to drop your price) I was considering selling my old Xmas and Easter Bonus games myself this Xmas/Easter for $9.99 (maybe via download.com and similar places) and seeing if that generated any interest … basically treating them as good, but throwaway match-3 games.

Yes… or perhaps skin the game, change the graphics totally and stick $29 price tag ;)

My current game should contain enough value/bling to be worth $20, and whereas I totally agree with the post (in business generally your absolute last resort should be to drop your price) I was considering selling my old Xmas and Easter Bonus games myself this Xmas/Easter for $9.99 (maybe via download.com and similar places) and seeing if that generated any interest … basically treating them as good, but throwaway match-3 games.

Pricing something is always something that worries me. I find myself to be too obsessed with new projects to add more value to older ones that might make them worth the $20 i charge. – I know this is a fault of mine though ;)

Im actually trying a slightly different strategy with my current project (its a music based game) where we plan to give the core program away for free and sell expansion packs – however i have no idea how much to sell these for!

Anyway, enough hi-jacking, good stuff there Juuso ;)