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maplesyrupghost May 5, 2015 @ 12:23pm
From an $80 title to a bundle game in a year or so
http://i.imgur.com/CT1dRjo.png

^ steam price over time

and is now in the new bundlestars bundle. this seems like its a world record for devaluation of a product.
Last edited by maplesyrupghost; May 5, 2015 @ 3:23pm
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Red Eagle LXIX May 5, 2015 @ 12:52pm 
Nah, world records for devaluation of products are held by Insurance Companies.

You opened the door, value - $1000

:cwat:
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Lord Malkev VII May 5, 2015 @ 12:53pm 
Was funny. Waiting to see butthurts here. xD
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shatteredfriend7 May 5, 2015 @ 1:14pm 
Ehhh the $80 was for the early acces so cant say that anyone could be mad
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maplesyrupghost May 5, 2015 @ 1:39pm 
Originally posted by shatteredfriend7:
Ehhh the $80 was for the early acces so cant say that anyone could be mad
Pay 8000% more when you get the unfinished version, makes sense.
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@Innomen (Banned) May 5, 2015 @ 2:29pm 
I think it's funny that we have an entire market and community based on the sunk costs fallacy and selling combinations of numbers like they are physical items. Which at the end of the day you don't even own but rather long term rent from valve who in turn rents them from devs.

If you think you own these games explain why you can't resell them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costs#Loss_aversion_and_the_sunk_cost_fallacy

And I quote:

Once spent, such costs are sunk and should have no effect on future pricing decisions. So a pharmaceutical company’s attempt to justify high prices because of the need to recoup R&D expenses is fallacious. The company will charge market prices whether R&D had cost one dollar or one million dollars.
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Razguul May 5, 2015 @ 2:30pm 
Your example doesn't speak to drug companies paying above market price by claiming a superior product and therfore needing to recoup R&D expenses.
Last edited by Razguul; May 5, 2015 @ 2:42pm
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Meturoido May 5, 2015 @ 2:54pm 
Originally posted by Innomen:
I think it's funny that we have an entire market and community based on the sunk costs fallacy and selling combinations of numbers like they are physical items. Which at the end of the day you don't even own but rather long term rent from valve who in turn rents them from devs.

If you think you own these games explain why you can't resell them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costs#Loss_aversion_and_the_sunk_cost_fallacy

And I quote:

Once spent, such costs are sunk and should have no effect on future pricing decisions. So a pharmaceutical company’s attempt to justify high prices because of the need to recoup R&D expenses is fallacious. The company will charge market prices whether R&D had cost one dollar or one million dollars.

Very nice piece of info, thanks.
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| Stuart98 || May 5, 2015 @ 3:22pm 
Do you not know how to read graphs bro? It was $40 a year ago.
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maplesyrupghost May 5, 2015 @ 3:26pm 
Originally posted by RLM Stuart98:
Do you not know how to read graphs bro? It was $40 a year ago.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ^^ you are right, man time flies. Well, you must admit it dropped pretty quickly. Sort of makes it a bit of a different story when it's almost been 2 years.
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zeroxxx May 5, 2015 @ 4:07pm 
Got this from that bundle. ^^

Glad I waited it out. Knew there was something wrong with so much devaluation.
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radioman970us May 5, 2015 @ 4:51pm 
learn to wait. best advice ever. Now I have this and Of Orcs and Men. woo hoo!
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Raevn May 5, 2015 @ 5:12pm 
Originally posted by maplesyrupghost:
Originally posted by RLM Stuart98:
Do you not know how to read graphs bro? It was $40 a year ago.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ^^ you are right, man time flies. Well, you must admit it dropped pretty quickly. Sort of makes it a bit of a different story when it's almost been 2 years.


Originally posted by zeroxxx:
Got this from that bundle. ^^

Glad I waited it out. Knew there was something wrong with so much devaluation.

The drop in price when the game went from early access to release was planned from the start - or to put it another way - early access was always going to be at a premium price compared to release. In fact, the non-early access version was available for purchase during the early access period from the uber website, for $40 the entire time (they would have made this available on steam too, but it doesn't allow selling both early access and pre-order editions simultaneously). You only needed to pay morethan $40 if you wanted to be involved in the early development, or get the early access perks.
Last edited by Raevn; May 5, 2015 @ 5:13pm
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Razguul May 5, 2015 @ 5:15pm 
Who cares?
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fukot.sk [>] hidden bored gamer May 5, 2015 @ 7:53pm 
Not true.
The game is about two years old and more ("The Alpha was launched on June 8, 2013"), game development is already paid ("Kickstarter funding goal set at $900,000." "44,162 backers pledged $2,229,344 to help bring this project to life.").

This is not very popular RTS. Supreme Commander has more players, is alive + this year, in addition to several new large RTS (Grey Goo, Homeworld Remastered Collection etc.) +

probably this year - new king for a long time:
Ashes of the Singularity http://www.ashesofthesingularity.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9UACXikdR0

If this will be "Supreme Commander New Generation", then Planetary Annihilation have big problem.
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Rawrlex May 5, 2015 @ 8:26pm 
yeah i just saw it on bundlestars as well...
i was always interested in it when it was in the alpha, but the price was so ridiculous high that i didnt buy it back then.

now when i see it in a bundle already, i believe there must be a reason why its bundled and lost so much of value...

maybe it would have been better on long term view to sell it already for a reasonable price in the alpha.
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