Those are totally different things. I'm not going out to the cinema by myself. I'm not going out buying drinks by myself. Those are all overpriced and expensive things that I'm not doing by myself, but I'm doing for the experience. If I'm going out buying drinks I'm paying that because of who I'm going with. Same thing with the cinema.
What you are doing with your own money for entertainment is your choice but saying that our release is not worth 10 bucks is a stretch. Even if the game is unfinished, you can look at the updates by themselves, it's well worth the amount. Not to mention that we also provide more exclusive stuff on patreon, and the way we engage with people on daily basis too. I would like to say that we have been very engaging compared to many other devs.
As some have pointed out previously, you can sub to pages that make 3d comics that post less every month with lower quality and higher price. But even if you exclude just thinking within the frame of the digital world. The point is people spend far more on trash without thinking about it a second, people gamble, buy micro transactions in games, buy expensive water in the store or starbucks, why do you buy starbucks and not McDonnalds coffee? People prioratize different things.
Also, some people do go to the cinema by themselves, people do sub to streaming sites only to watch stuff by themselves, people rent movies digitally for a day, to watch for themselves,
Games that cost X amount of money to buy as a finished product is one thing but how are we supposed to get to a finished product if we cant sustain the development process? We're not a studio with funding behind us other than our own investments, Patreon is meant for supporting the artist and whatever the artist is doing, in this case, making games and I think we are very fair on this. Essentially you have access to the game for 1 dollar if you want to, you are just gonna be behind. You can spend 5$ and have way earlier than the 1$.
The problem here is that people can be impatient, we're not trying to skin people in any way, we put really hard work in it. Thats why we have different support tiers and also provide the game, albeit one version older, to the bronze, 1$ tier. I think thats pretty damn fair.
You can actually if you want to spend 12$ a year, and get as many updates as the highest tier, but you will be just one version behind. Think about that for a second. That's pretty damn good value.
If you think about it, if you are new to the game and you would be 1 update behind its not gonna actually make any difference in terms of gameplay, its just like waiting for the next episode of a TV show. But when you know you can get it sooner for x amount, then you have to decide for yourself.
