TroyHepfner
May 11th, 2010, 04:29 PM
I just wanted to give you an update on what we've done in response to Reflexive's announcement (http://www.mygamecompany.com/forums/showthread.php?t=441)that they will no longer be selling games after June 30. As you may recall, we previously obtained a lot of our games through Reflexive's GameCenterSolution.
At this point, I've obtained direct affiliate agreements with about a dozen developers, and for most of their games, we have replaced the download and buy links from GameCenterSolution with the direct links to the developer. This means that, for these games, you now have:
access to the most recent version, with the latest bug fixes and the full set of features and enhancements
better support, because you'll be getting it directly from the developer
minimal or no DRM, so you won't be restricted with what you can do with a game once you purchase it
Also, in many cases, the prices aren't that much higher than the portals - in a few instances (like Bumps and First Class Flurry), the developer's price is even lower than Big Fish!
(Of course, we also have a lot of great indie games here that you won't find on any portal!)
But now I have to decide what to do with all of the other games in our catalog. There are a lot of developers that either haven't responded to my e-mails or are not interested in working with us. Their games account for about 2/3 of all the games in our catalog.
I think what I am going to do is scrub our catalog to remove some of the "dead weight". If a game has sold poorly, for whatever reason, I'll be removing it. If a game has sold fairly well, and it is available on Big Fish, then I'll switch the links over to Big Fish - in that case, the developer will just have to settle for the paltry royalty that Big Fish gives them.
So expect to see our catalog shrinking over the next few weeks. But that's ok - it will make it easier for you to find the good games (less games to sift through), and we will have fewer pages on our web site to maintain.
At this point, I've obtained direct affiliate agreements with about a dozen developers, and for most of their games, we have replaced the download and buy links from GameCenterSolution with the direct links to the developer. This means that, for these games, you now have:
access to the most recent version, with the latest bug fixes and the full set of features and enhancements
better support, because you'll be getting it directly from the developer
minimal or no DRM, so you won't be restricted with what you can do with a game once you purchase it
Also, in many cases, the prices aren't that much higher than the portals - in a few instances (like Bumps and First Class Flurry), the developer's price is even lower than Big Fish!
(Of course, we also have a lot of great indie games here that you won't find on any portal!)
But now I have to decide what to do with all of the other games in our catalog. There are a lot of developers that either haven't responded to my e-mails or are not interested in working with us. Their games account for about 2/3 of all the games in our catalog.
I think what I am going to do is scrub our catalog to remove some of the "dead weight". If a game has sold poorly, for whatever reason, I'll be removing it. If a game has sold fairly well, and it is available on Big Fish, then I'll switch the links over to Big Fish - in that case, the developer will just have to settle for the paltry royalty that Big Fish gives them.
So expect to see our catalog shrinking over the next few weeks. But that's ok - it will make it easier for you to find the good games (less games to sift through), and we will have fewer pages on our web site to maintain.