If Death Squared sells 250k on Switch, the dev will make it FREE

does that mean you should buy it? or not buy it?

"Spend money on our game now so random strangers won't have to later!"

Savvy, that.

Chessguy1 said:

does that mean you should buy it? or not buy it?

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they should not have said that imo. I already have the game, if I did not I would wait for others to buy.

So the Team Fortress 2 path eh? Knowing that, I ain't gonna pay for that

this seems like it could be... counterproductive?

This is a trick, he wants people to buy it so they don't have to!

I mean I just looked up what "Death Squared" is, so it already worked, kinda.

I'll wait

They probably figure at 250k sales, they would have made more than they could have imagined on it already.

Leona Lewis said:

"Spend money on our game now so random strangers won't have to later!"

Savvy, that.

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Ha, yeah.

"It'll be cheaper later," is kinda a fact of life as a consumer of video games, but this is a whole new level.

Kind of a perverse incentive.

Just encouraging people to not buy it, since they might be able to get it for free.

Could be enough of a novelty to generate attention anyway though.

Hmm.

Lol that's some balls will actually give this game a look and see if it's anything I'd like.

Reminds me of that time a developer said he would pay for everyone's copy if it outsold another game releasing the same week (month?) even though it was obvious it wasn't going to happen.
I want to say the competing game was a Madden or Fifa?

*edit* It was for Wolfenstein 2009 and it had to outsell Madden 10

Neat of them to say, especially if they would do it if the situation happened, but considering they only sold 23% of that specific number, they were probably saying that hypothetical as a joke.

Oh, cool. I'll wait, then.

Well all you cheap bastards better start forking over your money so I can get a free game.

To add to my previous post, the game is pretty great. I bought it months ago due to a thread on this forum recommending it and had a blast playing it with a friend.
It's worth the price.

This seems like a poor business decision.

It's not bold or a poor business decision. It's just free PR (that people like the OP are gobbling up) because it's not something he'll ever have to deliver on, but it still makes him look great to fans.

The right developer could rally people to do this just for the sake of having it happen, I think.

And this is how you kill off potential sales.

That was not wise. People are going to latch onto the "It might be free part," not the "We don't expect to ever actually sell 250k copies."

Should probably give an incentive to those that purchase the game prior to the 250k mark -- something like the NBA Playgrounds folk did by giving Shaq Fu away for free to those whom purchased NBA Playgrounds ahead of a certain date.

BaconHat said:

To add to my previous post, the game is pretty great. I bought it months ago due to a thread on this forum recommending it and had a blast playing it with a friend.
It's worth the price.

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Yep. Great couch co-op game. The puzzles get pretty complex, but it's a ton of fun.

Well it worked as PR at least since I hadn't even heard about it previously and now had to look it up. And it looks like fun!

This game is currently GWG on xbox. So 1) maybe you can get it free now anyways, 2) devs just got paid by MS

It's only at 52k? That a travesty. It's such a great game. Deserves way more.

Reading the title I was annoyed thinking they sold more and this was realistic... But tbh, it deserves those sales.

Nice.

I'll just wait here as suckers buy the game for me.

Nintendo won't allow them just to offer games like this for free on the eShop...not the smartest statement.

Well, I mean, now I know the game exists. So whether I buy it or not now, the tweet has done work.

You guys are missing the bigger announcement:

Switch Pro confirmed

"You can download our game from Nintendo's servers at zero benefit to them FOREVER."

Hasn't that game been available for majority of Switch's life?

Guess it's struggle city, and this is just publicity stunt.

These guys seem great, I've heard pretty good things about the game and it's always nice seeing devs so upbeat about their work.

Neat idea.

Switch 2.0 confirmed

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"You can download our game from Nintendo's servers at zero benefit to them FOREVER."

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That sounds fine to me. Keeps people in the eshop ecosystem. I think Nintendo should encourage more freeware, not just free-to-play. If someone goes into the shop to get the free game, other things will grab their attention as well. I went to grab Fallout Shelter when it came out, and then thought "well while I'm here let's see what's on sale, or what's new". I feel like that's a good thing for Nintendo and the eShop (if only the interface was better.....)

The message from the dev seems more like 'the game will never get 250k sales'.

Well, I bought it already. There was a period near the end of 2017 when I wanted something to play with my friends on Switch, and this had just come out. Very nice little game, we finished it in a couple of sessions and it was quite fun. I never tried the single player, but it's definitely recommended if you can play it with three friends.

Thanks to whoever buys the first 250k.

Game looks good.

Guys. Buy the game. Please.

Should've said that when it was very close to that target.

You just lost a sale you've never had to begin with

Not a good thing to say and it doesn't matter who you are. I would be pissed if I bought any game and they made it free for everyone else through a scheme like this.

By then it'll be available on the Switch 2.0 and flying cars etc but also we'll have other games out there to focus on. So just another 198,000 sales to go!!!

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Are you guys really taking this seriously when this is also part of the tweet?

Lol why would they ever announce this

Edit: looks like it's fake OP