Indie game Devs who make money do so because people like their games, and that’s it.
I mean, that’s true but it doesn’t contradict what I said. “I like this game” -> “I want the people who made this game to succeed and make more games” and/or “the people who made this game deserve compensation for their work” -> “I should buy this game rather than pirate it” is how the logic goes. I mean, you’ll see this in any indie game fandom.
Yes and true, but I doubt it is enough to sustain a developer team nowadays (with the exception of the rare outlier). It’s already hard even with money from big distributors.
I mean, that’s true but it doesn’t contradict what I said. “I like this game” -> “I want the people who made this game to succeed and make more games” and/or “the people who made this game deserve compensation for their work” -> “I should buy this game rather than pirate it” is how the logic goes. I mean, you’ll see this in any indie game fandom.
Yes and true, but I doubt it is enough to sustain a developer team nowadays (with the exception of the rare outlier). It’s already hard even with money from big distributors.