Everything Spectrum Next - Whats Next Episode 8

[@retrorobbins]

Good show buddy enjoyed watching thanks for making

[@retrotechnerd]

The prices of new games being released for the Next both digital and physical seems pretty high but I guess it’s up to the buyers if they are willing to pay those prices. £20 plus shipping for physical and £6 for digital for an extremely simplistic game like Starman is a bit optimistic.

[@robertmoran4067]

I suppose games that have both a physical and digital release will probably use the digital price to help recoup the physical costs. But digital only games ideally should be cheaper. I felt releasing both Dougie Do and Webster as free downloads helped give back to the community, and my reward was helping me learn z80 and the intricacies of the machine; everyone wins🙂

[@whatsnext128]

@@robertmoran4067 You still deserve something back. Maybe we could do a very limited run. 👍

[@stephenelliott7071]

Personally I think we really should support the developers of Spectrum Next games, even if we might feel the cost for physical copies might be a bit high...Or the system could die. Perhaps digital could make the developers enough without the extra cost of producing physicals. It's a personal thing for me but I always remember the only choice of the original speccy was physical. Having said that the main priority is that developers make money I guess - even if it means digital downloads. Back in the day did everybody actually pay or just pirate speccy games? So perhaps some guilt money there ;-) It's back to bedroom coding (which is cool) but costs for a small run *will* be high. For a software release there is the funding option (for less hobbyist games) at places like Patreon. With the ever move to digital only I love that the speccy next is bucking the trend and offering physical copies to put on our shelves, and with more than just the SD Card. The great art, the tactile element of picking up something physical, with printed instructions, sometimes extra goodies and more - just like the original speccy!

[@whatsnext128]

@@stephenelliott7071 Well said. No one's going to be a millionaire out of this game It's just a fun hobby and a great community that's worth keeping as long as we can.

[@retrorobbins]

Where's doing very well thank you very much ,😂 until I saw that new dark intro 😂

[@whatsnext128]

@@retrorobbins ? Eh? 😜

[@whatsnext128]

Ita a difficult one isnt it. I think everyone deserves something for there efforts. The next community is realativly small. Lets say £5 for the game, £2 for the box, printing isnt cheap as this has to be done in bulk at least 1000 sheets say £2 a sheet and sd card label plus who designed it? Do they need paying? Then theres the SD card £2 each? Then there is shipping £5...£10..? So all adds up. You could say whats the point? But then no software, then the next is dead.