It could be that people aren't buying his games in particular because they're pixelated art indy nonsense? I've never heard of any of his games, or seen them on sale, looking them up, I can kind of see why. A lot of times, I won't think a game is worth the asking price, so I'll wait, and I'll jump in for less later on, and I'll have a good time with it down the road, even though it could be years.
Rarely, I'll pick up a game for cheap and find it was one of the best things I've ever played, and buy the sequel at full price because they're good games, but more often than not, I know what I like and what I want to play right away.
Also, people who didn't buy the game at full price and buy it on a sale and have it sitting in a game queue for 'someday' are more likely to play your game and show it to others than those who will never play it or buy it at all. If you want to count out all the ones who would pick it up for the price they think it's actually worth, you're going to reach less people.
I'm not sure why this guy was given a podium. Not everything every indy developer says is interesting.
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