But I said: “No advance, no salary, and a
20% royalty. That would be my ideal.”
He came right back with: “My ideal would be
no advance, no salary, and a 15% royalty.”
Today, can an indie developer command much larger royalties than this? I would think/hope so? What kind of a cut do stores like Steam take? ~30%? Does that leave the other 70% for the indie developer?
I suppose the indie is still responsible for marketing and all kinds of other stuff.
But I said: “No advance, no salary, and a 20% royalty. That would be my ideal.” He came right back with: “My ideal would be no advance, no salary, and a 15% royalty.”
Those marketeers...