Is this really an indie game?

[VAYRUS]

What's with the price tag? You yourself are writing the release of version 1.0 no earlier than 2025. So why overestimate the price so much, even though it may increase at the release of the full version.

[Nat]

Yes, it's an independently published and developed game. That does not necessarily correlate with price, but also it's less than half of a modern AAA game's retail price so I'm not sure what you're actually complaining about?

[VAYRUS]

Originally posted by Davos:

Yes, it's an independently published and developed game. That does not necessarily correlate with price, but also it's less than half of a modern AAA game's retail price so I'm not sure what you're actually complaining about?

The game's price tag has more than doubled compared to the previous Hades game.

[Dorrian]

Seeing as Hades itself is sitting at 25 bucks (Without sales), I really wonder how how this game will be priced.

30 bucks already and going up after release? 40 dollars then, I'm guessing?

[VAYRUS]

For me personally, this is no longer an indie game, a deception of the audience, it's something in between. There is a saying, greed has ruined the fraer.

[Crosswind]

I agree with you. This developer has experienced a lot of success over the years, and Hades alone made them quite rich. They may technically be independent, but their behavior does not reflect it anymore. Just another studio fallen to believing their own hype and abusing it.

[VAYRUS]

Originally posted by Crosswind:

I agree with you. This developer has experienced a lot of success over the years, and Hades alone made them quite rich. They may technically be independent, but their behavior does not reflect it anymore. Just another studio fallen to believing their own hype and abusing it.

100%

[LOUTRE SOLIDE]

What, you cry for a 30 bucks games that might be better than 90% of the 50$ AAA games? The hell is wrong with you.

[VAYRUS]

Originally posted by LOUTRE SOLIDE:

What, you cry for a 30 bucks games that might be better than 90% of the 50$ AAA games? The hell is wrong with you.

There's something wrong with you, justifying the price tag of someone else's game.

[Jack :3]

Originally posted by VAYRUS:

Originally posted by LOUTRE SOLIDE:

What, you cry for a 30 bucks games that might be better than 90% of the 50$ AAA games? The hell is wrong with you.

There's something wrong with you, justifying the price tag of someone else's game.

idk man... 30 bucks for 10s of hours of content seems pretty good to me.

[Nat]

Originally posted by Crosswind:

I agree with you. This developer has experienced a lot of success over the years, and Hades alone made them quite rich. They may technically be independent, but their behavior does not reflect it anymore. Just another studio fallen to believing their own hype and abusing it.

"abusing it" the game is $5 more than the previous what lmaooooooo

[Bruxae]

I have no doubt it'll be worth the tag at full release, however, I'm not paying anything for this early access stuff that everyone is doing. I'll patiently wait!

[Master Maniac]

Yes, it is an indie game. Indie does not mean cheap, but even if it did, Hades 2 still fits in at half the price point of other publishers.

And honestly, given the devs track record, I'd gladly pay more, because I know the quality that they output.

Nobody is forcing you to buy it. If you have that much of an issue with it, don't buy it. I, on the other hand, intend to enjoy this game as much as the first, and am looking forward to whatever they throw at me.

TL;DR: You're entitled to your wrong opinion.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by Merque:

Well it looks like 30-40€/$ is the new standard for more popular indie games (looking at Manor Lords for example)

Can't wait for Hollow Knight Silksong to come out and people losing their ♥♥♥♥ because it costs like $25.

[MrIstery]

Yeah, well. When I see something in the supermarket I think it's overpriced, I'd rather not buy it , search for an alternative and refrain from whimpering over the price. That's the free market.

[ペンギン]

Originally posted by VAYRUS:

What's with the price tag? You yourself are writing the release of version 1.0 no earlier than 2025. So why overestimate the price so much, even though it may increase at the release of the full version.

"Indie" is just a buzz,- and marketing term and according to Unity 1-9 people.

Please read the Unity Gaming Report to find out how "indie" is defined today and how "indie" is seen as an ongoing monetization model, cashcow and often at the expense of quality.

https://create.unity.com/gaming-report from 2024 (user data required for few html sites, no pdf)
https://gameindustry.eu/blog/unity-gaming-report-2023/ *no data required, self hosted with free PDF download for Gaming Report 2023*

It's about money and BigData business. Nothing else.

The active third-party services included in Hades II only confirm this. In addition, there is general price manipulation by the large publishers and content platforms since a longer time, which has now also affected smaller and independent developers.

Romantized "Indie" times, if they ever existed, are long gone.