Price at launch

[Scruffy Sage]

So I did some searching and you say you want to list it in the $20 range, but honestly I think you should put it up at $30 on launch. Give it a week and do a sale depending on how it's selling but looking at what you have added I feel $30 is more than fair! As a huge farming sim nerd I know I will sink far more than 30 hours into it, and at $1 an hour I feel that is more than fair. Just want y'all to get properly compensated for the work, super excited to dig in!

[scoto21]

No 20 dollars is fine 😉 even 14.99.

[Zeb]

Have you even played the game yet? Or do you just assume things? $30 for an early access game at launch day? There will be bugs. And that's not how early access works. usually you lower the price for early access players since they're getting early access to the game so they can help improve it before release. Once it's fully released and bug-free, then we can talk to up the price.

[pound2loud]

Originally posted by Scruffy Sage:

So I did some searching and you say you want to list it in the $20 range, but honestly I think you should put it up at $30 on launch. Give it a week and do a sale depending on how it's selling but looking at what you have added I feel $30 is more than fair! As a huge farming sim nerd I know I will sink far more than 30 hours into it, and at $1 an hour I feel that is more than fair. Just want y'all to get properly compensated for the work, super excited to dig in!

You can pay for half of my copy then, cheers!

[frannilea]

Not to mention that it's apparently only playable for the first year... The game is nowhere near complete. The price shouldn't be anywhere near full price.

[Scof23_TN]

Originally posted by frannilea:

Not to mention that it's apparently only playable for the first year... The game is nowhere near complete. The price shouldn't be anywhere near full price.

Unfortunately they did it, they priced the game for $25 and seems like they won't increase the price at full release

[frannilea]

Oh, well. Although I was really looking forward to this game, I'm not buying a quarter of a game at full price - that way leads to burnt fingers. There is always a risk of a game being unfinished - that's why they are supposed to give a discount for Alpha. It's been on my wishlist forever and I've been anticipating it. But sadly, I'll wait until it grows into being worth that price - a year's worth of gameplay is...what.... 4 hours gameplay? At most? I know it's popular and highly anticipated, but there are many other games that don't charge full price for a quarter of a game. I'll check back in a year or two.

[scoto21]

It's just one year? That could go very fast.

[frannilea]

Originally posted by scoto21:

It's just one year? That could go very fast.

Yes, and it's not a full year's gameplay either. The full gameplay for that ONE year is not completed yet, in fact, nowhere near. This game is nowhere near worth that price...yet. I'll keep it on my wishlist, but I'm not paying full price for a game that has maybe 4 hours of gameplay, particularly when half the stuff is actually missing from that ONE YEAR'S gameplay!! Missing festivals, missing mining levels, missing sea searching areas, missing relationship hearts, and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of other things that are missing from the game - EVEN FOR THE FIRST YEAR. Possibly only half the gameplay is currently existing for that one year!!

You developers need to think about what you are expecting people to pay for when you price a game. People are paying for gameplay and they're paying for what your game has NOW, not arbitrarily what it MIGHT have in the future.

As I said, it'll remain on my wishlist, but I won't be buying it until it's worth the price! 4 hours of half-arsed gameplay (i.e. literally half of the gameplay for that one year missing, so more like 6 momths gameplay, so 2 hours) is nowhere worth the full gameplay price!

[Alvessa]

Originally posted by Scruffy Sage:

So I did some searching and you say you want to list it in the $20 range, but honestly I think you should put it up at $30 on launch. Give it a week and do a sale depending on how it's selling but looking at what you have added I feel $30 is more than fair! As a huge farming sim nerd I know I will sink far more than 30 hours into it, and at $1 an hour I feel that is more than fair. Just want y'all to get properly compensated for the work, super excited to dig in!

30 dollars for an early access title you have got to be out of your mind the game is no where near 30 dollars not even at 24.99. I can agree one of the above comments you can pay for half of my game then. If it's 24.99 for one year of gameplay I won't be buying it until it's in full release or there is a sale. There are other games I will get in the meantime while I wait for this to have more added content for the price or there is a sale. Developers please don't listen to this person set the game at whatever price tag it is worth and let it go from there lol 30 dollars for a game what a joke smh :(

[Rob]

I would have thought after the length of time it has been advertised as coming soon that the game would be pretty much complete , Reading the comments I will keep my cash in my pocket until it is pretty much finished , even if the price goes up

[Hunter]

Originally posted by frannilea:

Originally posted by scoto21:

It's just one year? That could go very fast.

Yes, and it's not a full year's gameplay either. The full gameplay for that ONE year is not completed yet, in fact, nowhere near. This game is nowhere near worth that price...yet. I'll keep it on my wishlist, but I'm not paying full price for a game that has maybe 4 hours of gameplay, particularly when half the stuff is actually missing from that ONE YEAR'S gameplay!! Missing festivals, missing mining levels, missing sea searching areas, missing relationship hearts, and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of other things that are missing from the game - EVEN FOR THE FIRST YEAR. Possibly only half the gameplay is currently existing for that one year!!

You developers need to think about what you are expecting people to pay for when you price a game. People are paying for gameplay and they're paying for what your game has NOW, not arbitrarily what it MIGHT have in the future.

As I said, it'll remain on my wishlist, but I won't be buying it until it's worth the price! 4 hours of half-arsed gameplay (i.e. literally half of the gameplay for that one year missing, so more like 6 momths gameplay, so 2 hours) is nowhere worth the full gameplay price!

Have you ever player Stardew Valley? In 4 hours gametime without any pause you wouldn't even finish the first spring season. It takes 6 h and 32 min to complete one season. 26 h and 8 minutes for one year. So if we estimate that Coral Island uses similar times than how do you think that there is only gameplay for 4 h. Just for your info. The alpha is done and finished. Its now Early Access that is different from the Alpha they did. There is enough gameplay. Just watch Twitch or Youtube when the stream embargo lifts. Then you will see for yourself.

[Hexo Mia]

so basically we are paying them to beta test their game and at full price, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I was looking forward to this game but not like this....

[Hunter]

Originally posted by Roderick✪Legend:

so basically we are paying them to beta test their game and at full price, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I was looking forward to this game but not like this....

Is it your first EA Title? All Early Acces Title work the same. They releasing an unfinished title and shape them with the help of the community and sorry? 25 $ That's okay. Not every EA title is cheaper in the beginning and getting a raise later.

[frannilea]

Originally posted by Hunter:

Originally posted by Roderick✪Legend:

so basically we are paying them to beta test their game and at full price, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I was looking forward to this game but not like this....

Is it your first EA Title? All Early Acces Title work the same. They releasing an unfinished title and shape them with the help of the community and sorry? 25 $ That's okay. Not every EA title is cheaper in the beginning and getting a raise later.

Hmmm...I'm wondering how many YOU have played. They are usually substantially cheaper than the finished product, particularly if they have substantially less than a quarter of the gameplay, and that quarter limits you to only one game year's playtime. I've bought a LOT of games in a low state like this, but not at full price. It's not just the content that is limited, it's the one year's playtime that is the biggest limiting factor here. Actually, I'm quite surprised, and disappointed, that this game has so little content. Games take years to develop, but this one was advertising this SAME content similarly 2 years ago, It doesn't seem to have advanced very much in that time. Perhaps Covid intervened.
2 years ago they were showing us fishing and diving and the town and the farming and the relationships and the people, very similar to what they are releasing now - after 2 years of development. I was expecting the content to be much, much more substantial than a lot less than 1 year's worth of playable content.

I've been watching, and looking forward to, this game for several years now. I watch a LOT of games before they reach EA, and I expect to see some progress. This game hasn't progressed as much as was expected for some strange reason, in fact it doesn't appear to have progressed much at all in that time, sadly. Yet they are charging full price. That is a HUGE red flag right there. Games that do that are notorious for not ever being finished!! I'm not saying that that is necessarily the fate of this particular game (and I hope it's not) - it has a largish community and some publicity behind it, which will help, but the progress evidence isn't good. I suspect that the developers are hoping that the good publicity behind the game will draw in less-savvy gamers to pay this price, even though the game is in such a very low state in terms of gameplay. And they'd probably be right - there are a lot of people who will have seen the publicity for this and be quite naive with regard to what a game at this level is actually worth.

Let's compare this to Dinkum for example. A game in a similar genre that has recently been released. It's $20, not $25. And it has a TONN of gameplay, substantially over 100 hours. It's EA, but it has a LOT of content. Let's add Timberborn, Going Medieval just to name a few. All games that had SUBSTANTIAL gameplay at early release for a similar price to this one. And none of these were limited to one game year's gameplay.

$25 is WAAAY overpriced for what they are offering here. With half the game done, I'd say that price might be worth it. But, assuming this is similar to other farming games which tend to last about 4 years in new content gameplay, give and take, this is more like 1/8 of the playable game time, if that. 1/8th of a game for full price. It's not worth it. I hope they do make it, because I'd very much like to play it. But savvy gamers know these red flags VERY well. If the game makes it, I'll buy it when the content is closer to the asking price, and it's shown us that the game has a good chance of ending up in a finished state!!

[Hunter]

Originally posted by frannilea:

Originally posted by Hunter:

Is it your first EA Title? All Early Acces Title work the same. They releasing an unfinished title and shape them with the help of the community and sorry? 25 $ That's okay. Not every EA title is cheaper in the beginning and getting a raise later.

Hmmm...I'm wondering how many YOU have played. They are usually substantially cheaper than the finished product, particularly if they have substantially less than a quarter of the gameplay, and that quarter limits you to only one game year's playtime. I've bought a LOT of games in a low state like this, but not at full price. It's not just the content that is limited, it's the one year's playtime that is the biggest limiting factor here. Actually, I'm quite surprised, and disappointed, that this game has so little content. Games take years to develop, but this one was advertising this SAME content similarly 2 years ago, It doesn't seem to have advanced very much in that time. Perhaps Covid intervened.
2 years ago they were showing us fishing and diving and the town and the farming and the relationships and the people, very similar to what they are releasing now - after 2 years of development. I was expecting the content to be much, much more substantial than a lot less than 1 year's worth of playable content.

I've been watching, and looking forward to, this game for several years now. I watch a LOT of games before they reach EA, and I expect to see some progress. This game hasn't progressed as much as was expected for some strange reason, in fact it doesn't appear to have progressed much at all in that time, sadly. Yet they are charging full price. That is a HUGE red flag right there. Games that do that are notorious for not ever being finished!! I'm not saying that that is necessarily the fate of this particular game (and I hope it's not) - it has a largish community and some publicity behind it, which will help, but the progress evidence isn't good. I suspect that the developers are hoping that the good publicity behind the game will draw in less-savvy gamers to pay this price, even though the game is in such a very low state in terms of gameplay. And they'd probably be right - there are a lot of people who will have seen the publicity for this and be quite naive with regard to what a game at this level is actually worth.

Let's compare this to Dinkum for example. A game in a similar genre that has recently been released. It's $20, not $25. And it has a TONN of gameplay, substantially over 100 hours. It's EA, but it has a LOT of content. Let's add Timberborn, Going Medieval just to name a few. All games that had SUBSTANTIAL gameplay at early release for a similar price to this one. And none of these were limited to one game year's gameplay.

$25 is WAAAY overpriced for what they are offering here. With half the game done, I'd say that price might be worth it. But, assuming this is similar to other farming games which tend to last about 4 years in new content gameplay, give and take, this is more like 1/8 of the playable game time, if that. 1/8th of a game for full price. It's not worth it. I hope they do make it, because I'd very much like to play it. But savvy gamers know these red flags VERY well. If the game makes it, I'll buy it when the content is closer to the asking price, and it's shown us that the game has a good chance of ending up in a finished state!!

First of all there are titles where the price is full price directly when EA starts. Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 or Baldurs Gate 3. Just to name a few.

I can assure you that the game as improved and progressed a lot. The only ones who played the game until now where developers and Alpha backers. Since there was an NDA nothing from the Alpha could be shown or talked about it. Since I'm an Alpha player I saw the progression and played it. Don't forget that no big website got there own keys and could write an article about it. The NDA was not breached so for everyone it may looked like nothing happend.

So you having a title with roughly about 30 h gameplay now and you calling 25 $ too much? I can not understand it.