Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A deep dive into the question "Can you sell a Pico-8 game?"
Data and visualization here:
👉 bit.ly/pico8gamessales

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00:00 Intro
02:18 Disclaimer
03:26 Most successful Pico-8 games
06:27 Thresholds
11:49 Sale strategies
13:21 Graph 2 - Revenue vs Views
18:41 Graph 3 - Payments vs Views
24:00 Graph 4 - Average price
27:23 Pressure to maximize value
33:36 Graph 5 - The Unfair Graph
36:18 Finding value
39:23 Caveats
40:53 Comparisons to other platforms
44:02 Takeaways
48:34 Pico-8 Premium Bundle
49:00 Outro

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