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I've been meaning to buy both the Flowershop games, but the 19.99 prices killS me....So, my question is, why are the games made by Winter Wolves so expensive ( is due to time it takes to make them or something?). Sorry if this has been asked before, but its been on my mind lately.

Susan.

iPhone App Development

"so expensive" is relative. Depends compared to what. Compared to iPhone games for sure
There has been a race to the bottom recently in the games industry that I think ultimately will lead to lots of people unable to work anymore on new games/going bankrupt. I don't make match3 or hidden object games but I always try to make something new - but is risky, and that's why I price it higher. I could have worse art, texts, not test the games and sell them for $4.99 but I think people prefer to pay more for better games than pay cheap for poorly done stuff.

Anyway anyone can have his own opinion, but if you follow me on twitter/facebook or are subscribed to my newsletter I make VERY OFTEN promo sales with discounts up to 50-60% so you all need to do is wait. Actually I had a sale for flower shop games just a few months ago

:3
Personal fangirl buyer customer oppinion:
Cause the games are totally worth it <3

@Jack: 50-60 % discount? Good thing I got the newsletter :3 *didn't knew* Then I can bully my sis into finally BUYING HER OWN DAMN COPY instead of hooking my pc everytime she's around for a visit.

wildcard wrote::3
Personal fangirl buyer customer oppinion:
Cause the games are totally worth it <3

Pretty much this, I think Jack has a few fangirl customers like us.
However I understand if the price is too much for some people, money might be tight, and you're just careful with your purchases, maybe a lack of disposable funds. As Jack said you can always wait until he has one of his sales and pick it up for 9.99?

Just to clarify by "very often" I don't mean once a month but usually for the major US and non-US festivities (Thanksgiving, 4th July, Christmas, etc).

That's more than once a year => very often.
And isn't Thanksgiving just around the corner?

My main problem with the WW games was... I didn't just buy just one game even thought I knew money was tight that month *whistles innocently*
It's the games fault. They are so evil seducing good and addicting.
... Why does it feel like I'm talking about Chambara in the last sentence? XD

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Not really sure, but game prices will depend on how much developers spent on making the game. Along with how much the producer spend to publish it.

Winter Wolves is an indie company that works primarily in a niche genre. That's the long and short of it. Supporting small business will always be more expensive, just as anything good for you is.