Why isn't GS free anymore?

bobertoboberto Member Posts: 35
in Business and Marketing Theory

Didn't GS use to be free? I mean you could upgrade to pro, but you could use it for free. Why did they make it $200 for the basic version?

Comments

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    The old pricing structure wasn't working.

  • bobertoboberto Member Posts: 35

    Hmm. Sad. > @Socks said:

    The old pricing structure wasn't working.

  • dgackeydgackey Austin, TXInactive, PRO, Chef Emeritus Posts: 699

    We had several hundred thousand users on the free version and a very small minority paying for PRO. There are certainly cases to be made for the Freemium model, and GS was one of the earliest game tools to embrace it, but in our case, it wasn't very effective.

    NB: one of the things that is lost in the discussion about the free version going away is that we also did away with the minimum 1-year subscription requirement, and created the Basic tier for folks who didn't need to pay for full publishing access up front. A lot more choices now if you want to use GS.

    Dan Magaha · COO · GameSalad, Inc · [email protected]

  • PhilipCCPhilipCC Encounter Bay, South AustraliaMember Posts: 1,390

    @boberto Better that the free version has gone away than GameSalad going away. :)

  • mhedgesmhedges Raised on VCS Member Posts: 634

    They have bills to pay.

    My Blog / App Store / Google Play

  • bobertoboberto Member Posts: 35

    @PhilipCC said:
    @boberto Better that the free version has gone away than GameSalad going away. :)

    True:)

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