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Selling games

by Blake Lowry · in General Discussion · 09/09/2004 (11:29 am) · 8 replies

How are games selected to be up for sale on the products page? Just wondering. Please don't flame me if this has been answered.
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Torque Owner Dan -
#1
09/09/2004 (11:40 am)
GG is a publisher. The game is submitted to them a contract is drawn up and signed by the game maker and GG and then it is placed up for sale.

See GG page on publishing with them

Blake Lowry
#2
09/09/2004 (11:53 am)
Thanks.

Torque Owner Joshua Dallman
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#3
09/09/2004 (5:26 pm)
Also, there is a typo on that page, royalties start at 50%, not 65% (65% is for exclusive, 50% is for non-exclusive)

Blake Lowry
#4
09/09/2004 (7:38 pm)
Man...so you have to have a Mac version too? Is that a relatively easy thing to do? By that I mean porting from Windows to Mac. I'm sorry if these questions are retarded. I'm no programmer, I'm an artist.

Blake Lowry
#5
09/09/2004 (8:41 pm)
Man...so you have to have a Mac version too? Is that a relatively easy thing to do? By that I mean porting from Windows to Mac. I'm sorry if these questions are retarded. I'm no programmer, I'm an artist.

Torque Owner Jeremy Alessi
#6
09/09/2004 (10:17 pm)
Yeah now they recommend a Mac version ... unless it's some absolutely stellar game I think. 65% of the sales are Mac.

Torque Owner Dan -
#7
09/10/2004 (2:57 am)
Blake,

If you use TGE which is cross platform it takes a mater of hours to get a version up and running on the mac.

Also 65% sales on Mac is what GG is seeing. See FAQ for more details.

Not having a mac port would be like throwing out 2 out of every three game sales. It pays to port. :-)

Blake Lowry
#8
09/10/2004 (8:20 am)
Wow, thanks for all the info. These forums rock!