Wishlist numbers can directly influence investor or publisher negotiations – a lifeline for small indie developers, who often have to bootstrap their way.
Battle Brew Productions, another Singapore-based developer, gained around 1,000 wishlists over the two-day SGCC for its featured title HellHeart Breaker.
“It’s not locked in sales, they haven’t paid yet, but it’s a very good indicator of how much sales you’re actually going to get … you can use those numbers also to help secure investors or publishers,” said CEO and creative director Shawn Toh.
He noted that strong wishlist performance directly empowers creators to be in a “much better position to negotiategood terms”.
