Crowdfunding

Of course, the system that you propose would increase competition between developers, and that could be a good thing if we do not start the old MSX tradition of quarreling.

Another option would be to accumulate some money by a given user group and then start an auction. That will also align the games with the final users' preferences.

I'll be really glad to invest 10 euro/month and have a monthly release of a quality game. Anyone else? I guess that a 120 euro/year budget is affordable from my point of view. But make it half if you consider the amount too high: 5 euro/month, 60 euro/year.

Once enrolled, paying a whole year or half of it in advance, the "management group" would accept projects, propose modifications, fix a reasonable deadline with a penalty in case of delay, and let the users vote the games to be produced.

Make some numbers: if 50 users accept, that makes at least 250 euro per project with the lowest fee proposed. I guess we can match those figures. Anyone is willing to start such an initiative?

More like:

A group or person is going to propose a project, there may be some conceptual artwork already, a plan, and the people may already know the developer(s). After that it's simply like: "who's in?"

I think it's a great idea !

It's like a kind of sponsoringship..but then of a game you think that should be developed. Hell you can even be named in the credits of the game...why not?

by "rewarding" the developers you create a great incentive for them to continue on... I know I like it when people show that they like my work...

It doesn't have to be much but just a little something...

on problem however might be is how to organize such a thing so all parties are satisfied....meaning what if the people who sponsored the game are not satisfied with the level of quality of the game...what to do then?

I think it's probably wise to set some standards to which the developers have to live up to. (example: bleeps and noise instead of real composed music is a BIG no no ! and so on...)

As payers are customers, maybe payers could somehow take part in discussion what elements that game can/must have. More brains, more ideas, maybe better game.

But on the other hand, if one´s ideas are not taken into game, some payer(s) may become frustrated? Thought you can´t always get everything.

But it could be nice to pay beforehand to get astonishingly looking MSX-1 and MSX-2 double game (like INK did!) about OUTRUN, which plays PSG and MSX-MUSIC when latter one is inserted.

which plays PSG and MSX-MUSIC when latter one is inserted.
I think 99,99% of MSX composers would first require a tracker which can handle both chips using always the same file format.

AFAIK no-one would feel like re-arranging all that stuff manually.
Unless he/she'd get paid a LOT.