(30/09/2010 10:24 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  But if selling 2000 copies is risky... doesn't that tell you something about the scope of the size of the current market?

There isn't one.  That's why it's risky.  They're trying to create one.

(30/09/2010 10:24 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  Also, quote from that blog post...

Quote:Considering what is known about their sales numbers, it will be difficult (although not impossible) to accumulate that many sales.

Further hints to how their sales counts look like.

Just an opinion from what I can tell.

(30/09/2010 10:24 PM)Assassinator Wrote:  I would never pay ~$70USD (that's how much they charged for Shuffle and Da Capo) for a download edition, that also has goddamn DRM on it.  I wouldn't even pay 1/7 that much.  Both download editions and DRM don't click with me.

Then again, you never pay for anything digital anyway, do you?
There certainly are people willing to pay for games out there, and from the people I know, it's not exactly a small number either.