icemann on 7/12/2018 at 16:53
And after looking at my Steam sales stats:
Lifetime Steam revenue (gross) - $348 (gross revenue, includes VAT, DLC and any bundles)
Lifetime Steam units - 154
Lifetime Retail units - 2,702 (Steamworks retail activations)
Lifetime total units - 2,856
Of that I received only $113.64. Chasing this one up with Steam/Valve's financial people to see what happened.
Found records on Steamworks for payments made. Could only look back in bank account for the current and previous financial year. So can't see anything from prior. Apparently they only paid me during the first year it was up for sale, which leaves $256 outstanding. Well over their payment threshold. In their FAQ it doesn't say anything about things resetting after a month, so I could have been wrong there. Was just assuming, since I'd not received any payments in ages.
Honestly it's not that big of a deal to me, as getting Bipolar up on Steam scored me my teaching job at the university which has netted me QUITE A BIT more than any of that in the 3 years I've been doing that + it's kept me motivated to keep doing games dev work, well and truly beyond the span that any of my other uni friends kept doing games dev work for. So in that I'm 100% happy with things. Games dev is more a hobby now, with teaching being the priority, versus games dev being the priority prior to taking up teaching. At the same time though, I'm chasing this one up more on principle than anything. I make more in a month from my online business and teaching than anything from Bipolar.
For me, having one of my games make it to Steam was the holy grail. And I have that now, so I'm happy just with that. For CrossTrix though, VERY different story. I'd like to make some money. When you've moved out of your parents place and have a mortgage to pay. Every bit helps.
Twist on 7/12/2018 at 17:17
Supergiant Games is remarkably prolific for a small independent studio. (Eva meant Supergiant, not Supermassive.)
Worth noting: Subnautica will be free on the Epic Games store from Dec 14th to Dec 27th.
Pyrian on 7/12/2018 at 17:28
Cripes, really? That's a bit surprising (free Subnautica). Remind me to pick that up.
Pyrian on 14/12/2018 at 19:46
Mmm. Competition. Yummy delicious competition.
WingedKagouti on 14/12/2018 at 19:49
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Cripes, really? That's a bit surprising (free Subnautica). Remind me to pick that up.
Game is available for free now and until the 27th.
Requires the launcher to install. Can be run without the launcher.
icemann on 27/4/2019 at 04:36
Wow