If you’re interested in the original edition of Icons Superpowered Roleplaying or its Villainomicon sourcebook, this is your last chance to get them:
There’s a final clearance sale over at the Green Ronin Online Store, with both books on sale for just $2.95 each. That’s a 90% discount off the cover price! Get both for under $10!
We’re clearing the way for new Icons product. This is the last of the old remaining print stock and, once they’re gone—they’re gone, so don’t miss out!
It has been pointed out already, but to add some additional data to the discussion, “pay what you want” for a product is far more of a marketing than “sales” strategy and is not any kind of revenue model.
Case in point: with the upcoming Assembled Edition of Icons in the works, I shifted the existing electronic versions of the Icons rulebook and the Villainomicon sourcebook to PWYW at the beginning of April. Here’s what the April numbers looked like:
Obviously, most of the “sales” of those two books are $0, with a few folks kicking in a few bucks. On the other hand, the number of downloads is nearly ten times what they were in the prior month, when they were on sale conventionally. You don’t make a product PWYW because you’re looking to make big money, you do it to get it into the hands of as many people as possible, with the option of maybe making a little money on the side, which is exactly what happened.
That’s why I made those products pay-what-you-want: to get them out there and raise awareness about Icons leading up to the release of the Assembled Edition. I’m also looking to sell the remaining print editions of both books leading up to the new release, and figure a free taste of the electronic editions may encourage some folks to pick up the print versions before they’re gone (I’ll announce when they’re available soon).
So, if you added Icons or The Villainomicon to your collection this past month, all I’d ask is that you check them out, tell other people about them, and consider some other fine Icons products: adventures, the Great Power sourcebook, the print editions of both PWYW books (when they go on sale again), and checking out (or even pre-ordering!) the Assembled Edition of Icons when it becomes available early this summer. Most of all, give Icons a try at your gaming table!
Following the announcement of the Assembled Edition of Icons Superpowered Roleplaying, Ad Infinitum Adventures has made the original Icons rulebook and the Villainomicon sourcebook available as pay-what-you-want PDFs. Download them for free, if you want! If you like them and want to kick-in some money to say so, you can always re-“purchase” them from the site with a different, additional, payment.
Sales of the Icons Character Folio software have also been suspended, while Ad Infinitum follows up on options for a replacement that takes into account updates in the Great Power sourcebook and the Assembled Edition. Previous buyers of the software will still be able to download it from their online library.
Steve Kenson 