from 1up.com

Now I don't believe for a second that there will only be 4 episodes (especially given the length of the first episode), but I doubt there will be 9 either. I'm thinking probably 6 AND there are talks about discounts for those who buy all of them.

Maybe it's just me, but I can't imagine buying only certain parts of the series when the story is continued in each episode. I can't stand missing sections of a story. Like pages and chapters ripped out of a book...

Oh, I agree. I'm just thinking that that may offer some comfort to those people saying $20 x 9 games is way too much to outlay (even if spread over the course of 3 or so years).

ie. Probably not going to be 9 games, and there may be a discount scheme introduced at some stage.

How would they introduce the discount scheme? Would it be something like after they release three games, right before releasing the fourth, they will offer the first three for lets say $30. Something like that? What about the people who already bought the first three episodes? Would they get anything?I personally think they set the price point too high and unless things change with the next release, they will be losing a lot of business. I just do not see people continuing to pay $20 every 6 months or so for a 4 hour game.

I read it that if you've bought the first (for argument's sake) 3 Bone games, you'll get a substantial discount on the fourth.

Though this is all speculation at this point - other than that one statement in the interview, nothing further has been said.

Well I purchased Bone and while I'm having fun playing it, 20$ is really too much to pay for what we get. If the second game isn't substantially longer, I definitely won't be spending another 20$ on it.

I still say that's not that bad a deal, but the discount could be applied to future games based on whether or not you bought the previous.

EDIT: Whoops. Apparently JP beat me.