EDIT:
Ok, remove the $100 fee … you are still looking at someone who can fork out “double” prices over the US prices … so $100 should be nothing. The point you are making gets lost when you say it costs soo much for them, then, complain how the fee would break the process. lol … really? hwo about the process is broken for “them” to start. Whats the steam fee gotta’ do with any of that? Sorry life costs money, and, so does working in an industry that costs a TON of money, no matter where you live.
== using the quote as the example ==
== NOT DIRECTED TO FRANKTECH DIRECTLY==
I dont own a F1 race car. I want to be a F1 driver. Should i show up with my civic and demand that the F1 cars should only go my top speed because “fair” ?
But i cant afford an F1 car. So?
But im a student … so?
But i have bills … so?
But the bank wont loan me money … and?
All sounds like YOU (general term, not you specifically) problems. If someone burns a couple G’s on a dev rig, and cant afford a 2k+ fee … because bills and other life things, maybe they need to take a second look at their life and make better choices. Maybe getting a job would help? Silly, i know. Maybe getting an intern at a current studio? I know, making someone actually work for something is just silly, but hear me out.
I have a international recognized LLC.
I started it all with my own $ (mind you, that means i worked my butt off)
I have 6 kids + 1 dog
I am married
I have bills
I own a $7k dev machine
I have others i pay working for me
I have another job that pays for it all (i work 40+ hours a week, and run a 24/7 week long on-call rotation as well)
The excuse is just that. An entitled excuse. i see this excuse all day on the marketplace for a $50 asset. “Oh this looks awesome, any chance the price will drop? im poor indie dev” or even seen some bold “can i have this free? and samples of your code for this? how about a guide so i can do it myself with a downloadable project so i dont have to”
All excuses that have been said again and again … yet … some how … they can afford all this time in a project, all this money spent on assets, but, crying over the fees. Make it way higher then $100 for steam and wave by to all these crying kids on here, and there, talking about how dev should be a free process where ppl do it all for them.
Pick yourself up, assess your current life situation, fix it, then try something out of your realm of burger flipping …
Again, this isnt direct at you @franktech - its a very general statement when using “you”.