I don´t think that raising up prices could be a key to become the wanted resonance. It would be more important to catch potential interests over some puplic games, physical products in the store available. Maybe you have then the luck that more people visit your page and buy some other stuff from you.
And if there is no pub who is willed to risk his money for your budget productions you will be stay the same independent in the infinity ocean of budget developers. And all of them just want the same... earn some bugs for free time or life.