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Is paying for indie games a waster of money?

Yes 90 27.11%
 
No 74 22.29%
 
Only for lame indie games... 134 40.36%
 
What good indie games? 16 4.82%
 
Minecraft was an indie game so... 18 5.42%
 
Total:332
Roronaa_chan on 01 September 2015
ils411 said:
pokoko said:

 

 

regardless that the possibility of my scenario happening is zero, the question still is, will you choose an indibox console with a couple of hundred puny exclusive indie games or an xbox one with just one game and that game is halo 5?

 

Yes. Without hesitation, "indibox".



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Guitarguy on 01 September 2015

Probably doesn't help that hardware sales are in the toilet...



jonathanalis on 01 September 2015

indies are not system sellers.
so, no roblem.



pokoko on 01 September 2015
ils411 said:
pokoko said:

"Wall of text"?  Seriously?

Okay, I'll keep it simple for you, then.  

Your question has zero meaning because such a situation is not happening.  No one is abandoning big first-party exclusives.  What is happening is that console manufacturers are using smaller digital games to complement bigger retail titles, since they cost far less and can fill the cracks in the release schedule nicely.

In fact, it doesn't make sense to not invest in a promising new digital-only game, since the cost is so modest. 

still not answering the question eh?

regardless that the possibility of my scenario happening is zero, the question still is, will you choose an indibox console with a couple of hundred puny exclusive indie games or an xbox one with just one game and that game is halo 5?

with the excemption of mincraft, which other indie games has sold butt loads and made muchos dineros?

your avoidance of answering the question must mean that you yourself will never buy a console just for indie games. 

none, nada, zilch, zip, none.

the point is, indies will never EVER EVER be a true selling point for a home console. No one, and i mean NO ONE will buy a $400 machine just to play a bunch of small fry pixilated games. 

removing all of the indie games in the xbone and the ps4 and the wii u's library, all three will still sell the same. but take away the major Full games and just leave the indies, none of them will sell and they would have all flopped.

again, in the grand scheme of things, indies will never ever matter in console sales. 

much like how all those shovelware for the ps1, ps2 and wii never meant anything to console sales. face it, indies are the new shovelware. lots and lots of games, only a hand full of worth while ones and the rest are just a bunch of crap. 

"regardless that the possibility of my scenario happening is zero, the question still is, will you choose an indibox console with a couple of hundred puny exclusive indie games or an xbox one with just one game and that game is halo 5?"

It's absolutely hilarious that you admit that.  Here, this is for you:

Now, even though your question is awful and off-topic, I will answer you; I would take the "indie box" without even thinking twice.  I've put in over a hundred hours this year on one "indie" game alone (This War of Mine), plus I get a hundred more?  Psh, yeah, give me that in a heartbeat.



Pavolink on 01 September 2015

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.



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AEGRO on 01 September 2015
Pavolink said:

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.


LOL!!!



Valdath on 01 September 2015
Pavolink said:

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.


Ha, nice one.



Goodnightmoon on 01 September 2015
Pavolink said:

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.

You love to feed the haters, don´t you?

I can´t believe a thread about Nintendo saying that they don´t moneyhate exclusives with indie games and they think is better for the developer to be free and release their games on other consoles, has turned into a thread to hate them, and of course, you couldn´t wait to feed the crowd, as a good cool Nintendo fan



Valdath on 01 September 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Pavolink said:

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.

You love to feed the haters, don´t you?

I can´t believe a thread about Nintendo saying that they don´t moneyhate exclusives with indie games and they think is better for the developer to be free and release their games on other consoles, has turned into a thread to hate them, and of course, you couldn´t wait to feed the crowd, as a good cool Nintendo fan


 

I play Nintendo games every day and i thought it was funny, it's not that bad xD.



AEGRO on 01 September 2015
Goodnightmoon said:
Pavolink said:

Nintendo: Not a lot of exclusive indie games on Wii U because “we don’t throw around cash”

Fixed for Nintendo.

You love to feed the haters, don´t you?

I can´t believe a thread about Nintendo saying that they don´t moneyhate exclusives with indie games and they think is better for the developer to be free and release their games on other consoles, has turned into a thread to hate them, and of course, you couldn´t wait to feed the crowd, as a good cool Nintendo fan


It was funny bro, dont pay too much attention to it.