games that won't sell at $20 won't sell at $5 and games that will sell well at $5 will sell at $20
It's a theory.
My experience with download sites is fairly depressing, I'm afraid. etc
That's sad. On the mac, you get easy exposure: For every new version you release, you get 500-1000 downloads on versiontracker, 500-1000 downloads on macupdate, 500-1000 on macgamefiles, 2000 downloads on the apple website and easily you get in download.com for free and get another 1000.
Which are the PC sites you advice? average downloads (if you know?)
I'm sure if you make a freeware you get much more exposure. The trick should be to release some good freeware to promote your shareware