Comments on: MacHeist Bundle – Is that really good for indie developers?

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:12:55 +0000

I don’t think promotions like the MacHeist bundle devalue the developers involved or their applications because it is a limited time once a year promotion. If MacHeist offered more bundle promotions like this more often then I think it would be a problem. Besides the developers involved can still make money of the customers of this promotion in upgrade pricing for new versions of their software.

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:01:31 +0000

I agree that it completely devalued the perceived value of the software titles available. I did not know of MacHeist until a few days ago and when I looked at it and the price I really did think “well most of these apps must not be of much value and I would never purchase them individually in the future since they were selling for a few dollars”. Whether that is true or not that is the thought that I had. I did have more respect for TextMate though.. since you will not get v2.0 of TextMate for free with this offer.

By: George Sudarkoff

George Sudarkoff — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:33:07 +0000

My answer.

By: Michele Balistreri

Michele Balistreri — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:11:32 +0000

In response to George Sudarkoff, i want to make clear that i do not think this initiative alone WILL hurt the whole industry, but MAY be the begin of a dangerous tendency of depreciating software and lower its perceived value.

By: George Sudarkoff

George Sudarkoff — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:34:30 +0000

Marketing is a very unpredictable beast. You might think that doing something particular will hurt the sales and then see a huge spike immediately after that “bad” thing happens. As an independent developer, would I participate in something like MacHeist? No fucking way! Do I think MacHeist is hurting those developers that participate? Perhaps. Does it affect the whole independent mac software scene? Not likely, I don’t think so. But then, again, I am not a marketing guru. We shall wait and see.