It wasn’t killed by steam, it was killed by technological progress. CDroms were absolutely expensive to produce, print, ship etc. What do price cuts have to do with availability? As I asked before, when since steam did indie games have the audience they have now?
Also why say CD-ROM wasn’t expensive and then bring up digital? You’re not doing anything to prove steam is this evil thing.
For final fantasy V the cartridge cost was $15 each, total cost $37 millions for the SNES.
They did a version for PS1 the CD Roms disk coast was 2$ for each.
It was so that expensive that Sierra did phantasmagoria with 7 cdroms.
Woldfenatein and Doom didn’t rise the success because of steam.
Second hand market was killed by Steam, it even gone to court. And it is illegal to resale games due to their business model.
It wasn’t killed by steam, it was killed by technological progress. CDroms were absolutely expensive to produce, print, ship etc. What do price cuts have to do with availability? As I asked before, when since steam did indie games have the audience they have now?
Also why say CD-ROM wasn’t expensive and then bring up digital? You’re not doing anything to prove steam is this evil thing.
For final fantasy V the cartridge cost was $15 each, total cost $37 millions for the SNES. They did a version for PS1 the CD Roms disk coast was 2$ for each. It was so that expensive that Sierra did phantasmagoria with 7 cdroms. Woldfenatein and Doom didn’t rise the success because of steam. Second hand market was killed by Steam, it even gone to court. And it is illegal to resale games due to their business model.
Lol yeah I’m sure indie devs could afford to front millions for carts and CDs.
Also you still haven’t answered my question, show me a indie game that had success pre-steam