Thanks TheZizz for the link (vital for bigbrother huggers who don't go out to look for info themselves ; and yes it is to be taken in context AND out, the truncated version once again makes people look for less then there actually is, however I still thank Xhatix for the op, besides his avatar is awesome)
The beauty of it is that people don't want to pay extra, so why would they... start talking about efame guys, cause the market place is:
1/useless
2/morally/ethically wrong (Vexal:"I feel like charging for my map would be a slap in the face to all the loyal players. Especially since they've essentially been post-release beta testers." +100)
3/completely un implementable...
1/mapmakers want recognition of their work (anyone wanting more: gotto 4/)
2/why would players have to pay? Because other shitty games cost money... lolrolffacepalm . zip (60 bucks and internet constant connection... ring a bell)
3/the creators would have to be vetted, the creators would have to sign contracts with blizz (ever thought of the average age of the mapmaker???), creators would have to graciously work their asses off to "implement" every single patch sc2 requires into their mod (imagine the shittload of maintenance), not to mention galaxy... a gamer would not buy a game but a temp game (one that will not be updated per say, when taken into a "marketplace" point of discussion), finally so much hassle while the community does it already for free (just have to "moderate" the content (mods and maps, bratchannels and .. the forums..., this costs, whether you think so or not, many a shinning coin)...
Don't get me started on the "how one would go about getting their mod online" (lol original models and 2gig cap.. yes it is a gig (the danse)... it's utterly impossible without SEVERAL copies... sounds.. terrain... you name it.. it's a quick math work, do it for your own educative purposes)
4/e fame (or as i like to call it pre professional recognition) is the only good objective... you thing world of starcraft ryan is in dire need to look for a job?
malu05's work. Project Vektor, AK130ruins deserves some recognition. And I mean REAL recognition. more than just "great job malu05! now fuck off and let me play your game for free! Oh there's bugs here and there FIX IT GODDAMN IT"
And if you think AK130ruins or Project Vektor is "so easy to make it should be free", I challenge you to make it just as polished as malu05's version! then publish it online for free so all of us can play ASAP without waiting for malu05 to finish making it!
Go ahead buy Call of Duty for $40 im sure by now. or you can pay $0.99 or so at marketplace to play the portion of AK130. Sure if you already have CoD, you don't have to buy, you don't have to pay. Let others who want to play pay!
@houndofbaskerville: If all people are like you in this world, I'm sure many developers/modders will be jobless, broke, and die of hunger.
I really diguise people wanting everything for free really. They don't understand a thing. I used to want everything for free too back then. But since I started working as developer, I value the hard-work of all the developers. But but but..Google is free... DUMBASS! Google can give stuff for free cos they have advertisers paying them for diplay and click ads! and that's the sole reason.
Do you know why eSport StarCraft only takes off in Korea? Because pro players are honored in South Korea, unlike in USA. The price pool per month is up to US$500,000. While in USA the price pool is only $25,000 ahahah fekin' lame. That's why 3 TV broadcasts StarCraft Brood War. And that's why all pro players from EU, US go to South Korea to compete. For the fame, competitiveness, and (don't forget) money! That's exactly why! Now, recenly, MLG announced, they will have price pool of $200,000 for StarCraft 2, and Boomm!! EG.IdrA decided to go back to his home country. Why? Because the price pool is worth it. It values him as a US pro gamer!!
Hate it or not: Money makes everything goes around. As long as you don't be greedy, a little bit of money incentives is VERY GOOD, VERY HEALTHY for the industry, for the community.
Oh and don't forget Joker: If you're good at something why do it for free?
@houndofbaskerville sorry if I sound like I know anything about you. I just totally disagree with all you said above. Sounded very pessimistic and very cheap. I totally disagree
Meh the sad thing is most of our maps are better than 99 cent+ iphone apps. But yeah we do have to thank blizz for the art assets being a large part of it.
Except Angry Birds. The best mobile Apps out there really. 99c for about 250 levels, and they keep updating it with new content every few months. Total of almost 300 levels to date.
You got a point there. What you can do is donate 50% of the yield to charity or so. Just like how Blizzard did to their WoW pet. And I am pretty sure your fans are willing to chip in if the price is something like 99c or so.
Look at Farmville, Frontierville, Cityville, Restaurant City, Mafia Wars. Basically all social games. In 2010, Zynga got $400M from 200M user base. Thats $1Million+ per day. That's Madness! If users are willing to spend that much, why won't they spend 99c, with 50c going to charity, and 49 cents for tributes to the mapmakers. I think charging small amount makes sense.
Vex, if that is the case, then we definitely need more space to host complete mods.
Exactly. Need at least 100MB for all the animation and model. Could be much more. And it might take years before we see something qualified as premium map if thats the case.
Urrggghh if that's the case then I am mistaken perhaps.
But even your TD, I'm willing to pay 99c or so if you keep updating with more waves and bosses and more race really. 99c is just one piece of grandma cookie from the vending machine. Oh and one (1) Street Fighter game at the arcade costs you $1.50 btw. If you're really good you can sit the whole day kicking new challenger's asses and that's it - Just one day of entertainment max. This is 99c and you can play Vexal TD for the rest of your life with mapmakers support, patch and updates. Very fair pricing imo...
I think Blizzard should be less strict on the qualification. Let us use their assets and they get like 30% royalty from map sales or something. Just adopt Mobile App Store model.
It takes a long long long time for anything of quality to pop up anyways, up until this point, no custom map/mod released would be close to a "premium" one.
I think there's a few maps that I would consider premium already. To name a few:
Smashcraft: I'd value this $1.99c-$2.99 really if the dev are willing to keep on updating with new contents.
StarBattle: I'm willing to pay 99c to $1.99 if they keep supporting it.
Blizzard DotA: if released and as good as LoL, HoN, $2.99 to $4.99 is reasonable imo.
I'm sorry if I offense creator of SmashCraft or StarBattle with that few $ valuation. But What I am trying to say here is that Battle.Net can adopt the idea of Mobile App Store. Believe it or not, Map and App rhymes. There's an app for that. There's a map for that. It is meant to work that way imo.
Sell it for 99c-4.99 I bet people are willing to pay really as long as the quality is there and there will be supports on the map.
Now more concern than the Popularity System, or the Custom Game list is the Mod Security. How to make sure nobody can rip it off and resell. Very crucial imo.
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malu05's work. Project Vektor, AK130ruins deserves some recognition. And I mean REAL recognition. more than just "great job malu05! now fuck off and let me play your game for free! Oh there's bugs here and there FIX IT GODDAMN IT"
And if you think AK130ruins or Project Vektor is "so easy to make it should be free", I challenge you to make it just as polished as malu05's version! then publish it online for free so all of us can play ASAP without waiting for malu05 to finish making it!
Go ahead buy Call of Duty for $40 im sure by now. or you can pay $0.99 or so at marketplace to play the portion of AK130. Sure if you already have CoD, you don't have to buy, you don't have to pay. Let others who want to play pay!
@houndofbaskerville: If all people are like you in this world, I'm sure many developers/modders will be jobless, broke, and die of hunger.
I really diguise people wanting everything for free really. They don't understand a thing. I used to want everything for free too back then. But since I started working as developer, I value the hard-work of all the developers. But but but..Google is free... DUMBASS! Google can give stuff for free cos they have advertisers paying them for diplay and click ads! and that's the sole reason.
Do you know why eSport StarCraft only takes off in Korea? Because pro players are honored in South Korea, unlike in USA. The price pool per month is up to US$500,000. While in USA the price pool is only $25,000 ahahah fekin' lame. That's why 3 TV broadcasts StarCraft Brood War. And that's why all pro players from EU, US go to South Korea to compete. For the fame, competitiveness, and (don't forget) money! That's exactly why! Now, recenly, MLG announced, they will have price pool of $200,000 for StarCraft 2, and Boomm!! EG.IdrA decided to go back to his home country. Why? Because the price pool is worth it. It values him as a US pro gamer!!
Hate it or not: Money makes everything goes around. As long as you don't be greedy, a little bit of money incentives is VERY GOOD, VERY HEALTHY for the industry, for the community.
Oh and don't forget Joker: If you're good at something why do it for free?
@houndofbaskerville sorry if I sound like I know anything about you. I just totally disagree with all you said above. Sounded very pessimistic and very cheap. I totally disagree
Except Angry Birds. The best mobile Apps out there really. 99c for about 250 levels, and they keep updating it with new content every few months. Total of almost 300 levels to date.
@Vexal: Go
You got a point there. What you can do is donate 50% of the yield to charity or so. Just like how Blizzard did to their WoW pet. And I am pretty sure your fans are willing to chip in if the price is something like 99c or so.
Look at Farmville, Frontierville, Cityville, Restaurant City, Mafia Wars. Basically all social games. In 2010, Zynga got $400M from 200M user base. Thats $1Million+ per day. That's Madness! If users are willing to spend that much, why won't they spend 99c, with 50c going to charity, and 49 cents for tributes to the mapmakers. I think charging small amount makes sense.
Exactly. Need at least 100MB for all the animation and model. Could be much more. And it might take years before we see something qualified as premium map if thats the case.
Urrggghh if that's the case then I am mistaken perhaps.
But even your TD, I'm willing to pay 99c or so if you keep updating with more waves and bosses and more race really. 99c is just one piece of grandma cookie from the vending machine. Oh and one (1) Street Fighter game at the arcade costs you $1.50 btw. If you're really good you can sit the whole day kicking new challenger's asses and that's it - Just one day of entertainment max. This is 99c and you can play Vexal TD for the rest of your life with mapmakers support, patch and updates. Very fair pricing imo...
I think Blizzard should be less strict on the qualification. Let us use their assets and they get like 30% royalty from map sales or something. Just adopt Mobile App Store model.
I think there's a few maps that I would consider premium already. To name a few: Smashcraft: I'd value this $1.99c-$2.99 really if the dev are willing to keep on updating with new contents. StarBattle: I'm willing to pay 99c to $1.99 if they keep supporting it. Blizzard DotA: if released and as good as LoL, HoN, $2.99 to $4.99 is reasonable imo.
I'm sorry if I offense creator of SmashCraft or StarBattle with that few $ valuation. But What I am trying to say here is that Battle.Net can adopt the idea of Mobile App Store. Believe it or not, Map and App rhymes. There's an app for that. There's a map for that. It is meant to work that way imo.
Sell it for 99c-4.99 I bet people are willing to pay really as long as the quality is there and there will be supports on the map.
Now more concern than the Popularity System, or the Custom Game list is the Mod Security. How to make sure nobody can rip it off and resell. Very crucial imo.