I sell my idea for an online multiplayer game

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CidTek

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Would you have paid 50,000 for Yo when it was just an idea?

It would have been a hard sell.
 

LucaMs

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RAJAN MBA said:
You got me there ! , but you get the idea - right ?
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I'm almost sure of it.

It probably would not get millions of users, but I think up to 500,000, over time.

If I was right, selling the app for € 0.99 and not counting the "in-app billing" (which I do not know predict, but an expert software house can do it too) the buyer company would earn € 297,000 net of Google's 30% and my 10%. So about 600% of those € 50,000.

Seems my request still exaggerated?


[P.S. and do not forget that I'm talking of 500,000 Android installations: the company may also develop versions for iOS and Windows and for... browsers!!!]
 
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The difference with a movie script is that you can read it before you buy it after signing a paper (NDA) that you won't copy it without buying.

Here you buy air without knowing what smell is attached to it
 

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sorex said:
The difference with a movie script is that you can read it before you buy it after signing a paper (NDA) that you won't copy it without buying.

Here you buy air without knowing what smell is attached to it
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That is the question. A movie script may be protected by copyright, my idea no.

Obviously, if I had the means and the capacity to develop all this, iOS, Windows and browsers, including, I would do everything, I will not try to sell the idea.
 
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sorex

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You could give it a try, if it becomes successfull and you earned enough you can look around to have it developed on other OSs.
 

Beja

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Do you know how much 30 seconds tv commercial costs during the final of the Super Bowl?
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Hi Luca and sorry for the typo last time,
Honestly I think I know your idea now.. but I will stop talking about it because I am working on the same.
 

Douglas Farias

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i make my calcs here and look the results
i have one app, this app have 5 users online for day, with 5 users i make 2 dolars for day.
now pay atention ate the result

5 Users Online/day = 2 Dollars
250 Users Online/Day = 100 Dollars day

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if I knew schedule games, I would be rich and not wasting more time
 
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a day is long, if they only use it for an hour which is already quite long in my opinion it's only 0.08/"day" * 5 = 0.40 * ~ 30 = 12.5/month

0.08*250=20 and not 100 altho it could still be a nice 20* ~30=60 bucks a months.

theory and practice don't always match
 
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You can't be sure it will be a great success even your game is new and great. Candy Crush Saga is not new (it's just 3 match game), Flappy Bird is not great (it's just 8 bit graphic game) but it made a lot of money. All depend on the players, the rumours, the PR channels and LUCK!
I really hope your idea will be next big successful game.
 
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sorex

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even the flappy bird idea was not 100% new, there exist games from decades ago that worked simular.

it was just in caves instead of going through pipes.

buying this is like buying an old house without seeing/inspecting it, it could be rotten to the bone so to say without knowing it.

it could be just tetris played from bottom to up
 

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It is important that the company thinks that the game will be a success.

The question is that it is unlikely that companies read my post here.
 

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I continue with the example of the movie:
a movie producer buys a screenplay based on his own nose, his business acumen.
Then, if the movie will be a success or not ...!
 
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sorex

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right, but he knows already what it is about.
 

LucaMs

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If I manage to complete it and publish it, if and when users become many thousands, it will be easier to sell the... idea!
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right, but he knows already what it is about.
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Well, not of course the whole subject, just a first "chapter".
If he knew anything, he would just write it to a salaried employee, saving a lot.
 
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sorex

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try to find me a producer that will buy a script with just "hi I have a nice script, it's only $60.000 but you can only read it after buying. wanne buy it?"
 
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