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Oh thanks! 🫶

Relying on Steam to set your regional pricing is like using a water filter but never changing the cartridge: you think you’re doing the right thing, but it's actually hurting you. And this cartridge is 3y old 🤢

Do yourself a favor, update them.
And use updated data: hushcrasher.com/tools/steam-...

Hi Lisa, if you feel like checking whether you did your regional pricing kind of right :) 👀 hushcrasher.com/tools/steam-...

psst hushcrasher.com/tools/steam-...
We got you ;)

We fixed Steam regional pricing recommendations Steam regional pricing recommendations are broken, so we built this free tool to fix it.

Stop trusting Steam recommendations to set your game regional pricing. They haven’t been updated since 2022..

It’s not just unfair (hi Poles 👋), it’s costing you money (we'll write an article to show HOW MUCH you're losing).

We fixed it, so you’ve got no excuse 👀

open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...

By the way, what’s a AA? Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...

I'm French so I'm very proud of ClairObscur but it isn't indie in every way you can define indie: they are not self-published, not small budget, it doesn't have "indie art vibes".

In any case, we shouldn't even be using “indie” anymore, but that's another battle.

open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...

Hey @thegameawards.com, what if you used a better way to classify games? We proposed a data-driven one. It's not perfect, but at least it doesn't say crazy things like ClairObscur being indie.

This game has many qualities but it's definitely AA.
And that's okay, haha

How much does it cost to make a video game? We built a model to estimate the budget of 100,000 games. Here's what we found.

How much does it cost to make a game today? We built a model to estimate the budget of 100,000 games and find out.

Come see what we learned: open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...

A graph titled Scope of video games according to Hushcrasher Classification System. The Y axis shows Game Size (from 10 MB to 100GB), the X axis shows Credits count (sourced from Mobygames). The clustered dots on the graph represent 4 distinct scale categories of games - Kei, Midi, AA, AAA. The larger correlation between the size and the credits means larger category of a game.

I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:

hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

Thanks @lertsenem.com for the shoutout!

By the way, what are AA? Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...

People talk about "indie" games, AA, AAA. But no one agrees on what those really mean. With @juliebelzanne.bsky.social we went down the rabbit hole and used a data-driven approach to provide a definitive answer.
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Do you (really) know what a AA game is? Or even what an indie game is? We do, now 👉
open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...

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