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Discounted Indies for the PS3

ithamore — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:54:00 +0000

Sony also temporarily discounted several older downloadable PS3 games on the PlayStation Store. Calling All Cars, fl0w, PixelJunk Racers, and Everyday Shooter have all been reduced to $4.99 through November 29.

Although this quote seems to be from an ill-informed opinion from GameSpot (since when, less than 2 months ago, did Everyday Shooter become old), I’m hoping that all those out there with an indie affection and a PS3 will finally purchase these indie games they might have been holding off on for one reason or an other.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Jad

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:40:38 +0000

NO ONE EXPECTS THE INDIE INQUISITION!!!

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Al King

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:28:52 +0000

And yours is worth more - here in Australia prices are often numerically double their US counterparts in most cases - games are held at artifically high prices. Like diamonds.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by PoV

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:05:57 +0000

Boo! Despite our dollar, Canada’s charged $5.99.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Al King

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:53:08 +0000

Indeed, we don’t need an indie inquisition, attractive though the alliteration may be.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by meh

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:52:09 +0000

Its so funny, cause J. Mak made the PS3 version in his bedroom on his own, and then Sony sold it. And nullerator is like “allied”.

I guess he’s just kinda dumb.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Eden

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:22:28 +0000

@nullerator

I disagree, I think that spirit of indie is what matters, not whether you’re funding yourself or not. But I won’t get into a big debate on this, there’s already several on the forums :P

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Jonathan Blow

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:17:49 +0000

That is so wrong.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by nullerator

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:35:24 +0000

In my view, if you’ve allied yourself with one of the largest companies in gaming, you’re no longer indie. These are Sony-games, just like any other Sony-game from independent development studios. They’re just smaller, and distributed online.

It’s good that people who were indie game developers have found support and success in the industry. But now that they’ve moved on, I think Tigersauce should concentrate on covering other developers instead.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Al King

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:34:44 +0000

Also, nullerator, though publishing is an important point, indie is generally accepted to refer to publisher support - i.e. funding which is not directly based on games sold but rather is based on prospective future sales. Beyond that, there’s no real hard and fast definition.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Al King

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:32:01 +0000

Indies have a shelf life of 1 week, duh.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by MedO

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:58:45 +0000

The a! It has no href!

It does have a few other attributes though, probably a quote went missing or something. Here’s the URL where the link would have pointed otherwise:

http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/flowing.htm

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by nullerator

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:41:49 +0000

Isn’t Sony publishing these games? If so, they’re hardly “indie”, IMO.

"Discounted Indies for the PS3" by Gr.Viper

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:28:46 +0000

What’s wrong with fl0w link? Higlightie - yes, clickie - no.