http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/05/13/180-degrees-the-secret-of-armageddon-empires-indie-success-part-ii.aspxDiagram of the influenza virus, courtesy Chris Bickel/Science In Part I of Bill Harris' 180 Degrees column, he and Armageddon Empires' creator Vic Davis discussed how Davis got into game development, as well as the gamer interest and sales pattern forenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/05/13/180-degrees-the-secret-of-armageddon-empires-indie-success-part-ii.aspx#399004Mon, 19 May 2008 12:21:45 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:399004Ginger Yellow<p>The great thing about stories like this is that the marketing strategy (to the extent that it is a strategy) relies on the game's quality far more than the traditional model. So if we end up with a PC gaming market dominated by bottom up marketed games instead of high-risk big budget blockbusters, the average quality will be far higher. I'd be perfectly happy playing mega-budget games on my consoles and games like AE or Sins of a Solar Empire on my PC. </p> Blog: Level Uphttp://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/05/13/180-degrees-the-secret-of-armageddon-empires-indie-success-part-ii.aspx#399005Mon, 19 May 2008 12:23:52 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:399005Ginger Yellow<p>Also, as you point out, it incentivises strong post-launch support, which is great for the gamer. </p> Blog: Level Up