when will be the next sale?

[Mülragus]

i want it xD
but no money for paying the full price

[OuijaMawl]

I believe I saw it on sale as part of the summer sale on steam, though since then the price has been increased and I don't think they are planning any sale in the near term for US2.

[Helicopter200]

12 dollars is not so expensive

[Mülragus]

It costs 21€ @helicopter200

[Helicopter200]

Originally posted by Jannes:

It costs 21€ @helicopter200

i'm in moldova and here its costs 12 dollars wtf?

[Jar]

We can't say when exactly we'll have a sale, but we usually participate in all the big Steam sales and then may have a couple extra each year. Click "Add to your wishlist" on our Steam page and you'll be notified when we go on sale!

Originally posted by Helicopter200:

Originally posted by Jannes:

It costs 21€ @helicopter200

i'm in moldova and here its costs 12 dollars wtf?

We use Steam's suggested regional pricing, so the price varies depending on where you are.

[Kindred Spirit]

Originally posted by Jar:

We can't say when exactly we'll have a sale, but we usually participate in all the big Steam sales and then may have a couple extra each year. Click "Add to your wishlist" on our Steam page and you'll be notified when we go on sale!

Originally posted by Helicopter200:

i'm in moldova and here its costs 12 dollars wtf?

We use Steam's suggested regional pricing, so the price varies depending on where you are.

You're supposed to have the same price for Steam customers as you do elsewhere.

So what's with the -33% on Humble right now and... not in the Steam store?

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/earlyaccess#5
4. Don't overcharge Steam customers. The Early Access price of your game should be no higher than that offered on any other service or website. Please take care of your customers on Steam.

Since a day is a little short notice to expect you to rectify the situation, I'm going to have to suggest you now hold a similar sale here on Steam as a show of good faith.

[Jar]

That rule isn't meant to imply that we can't ever run different sales on different websites. The base price of Universe Sandbox is the same on different stores and we tend to run the exact same discounts as we do on Steam, they're just at different times. We were 33% off for the whole Steam Summer Sale. So it’s same prices, different times. Lots of Early Access games do this and we’ve never heard of this being an issue.

[Kindred Spirit]

First of all - thank you for replying!

I have played the first universe sandbox, enjoyed it quite well and was looking forward to this one when it hits 1.0. Lovely to much about with and set to music while watching it all unfold.

As for timing of sales across distribution platforms my experience has been more the opposite, that most developers tend to run sales on all platforms/distributors around the same time and to an equal amount, notwithstanding bundles, as sales times are usually seasonal across all platforms. That was so it doesn't come across as a slight towards any one distributor/community - that you are one of those who make the discounts equal in amount across the distributors is very reassuring.

I do see a few different sales percents in the history[steamdb.info], which I will assume is being a bit more kindly towards your customers here on Steam than elsewhere as they are the ones here giving you feedback and bug reports throughout development, but also shows a generous history of sales times throughout the year. I must comment that as well. From that history I am guessing around Oct-Nov will be the next time this game goes on sale? That would be a great thing to know for those who are awaiting a sale so they may plan for it.

Thank you in advance, and keep on (space) truckin'.

[Jar]

Thanks for supporting Universe Sandbox Legacy! If you enjoyed that, I think you'll like this latest version a lot. :)

Originally posted by l'Original:

As for timing of sales across distribution platforms my experience has been more the opposite, that most developers tend to run sales on all platforms/distributors around the same time and to an equal amount, notwithstanding bundles, as sales times are usually seasonal across all platforms.

In the majority of the cases, we're not choosing specific dates for these sales ourselves. Instead, storefronts ask us to participate in sales they have scheduled. These are often seasonal as you said, but that doesn't mean they'll be at the same exact time. For example, the recent Humble sale was their dates for their summer sale, which happens to come later than the Steam summer sale.

Originally posted by l'Original:

I do see a few different sales percents in the history[steamdb.info], which I will assume is being a bit more kindly towards your customers here on Steam than elsewhere as they are the ones here giving you feedback and bug reports throughout development, but also shows a generous history of sales times throughout the year. I must comment that as well. From that history I am guessing around Oct-Nov will be the next time this game goes on sale? That would be a great thing to know for those who are awaiting a sale so they may plan for it.

Keep in mind that people are still buying Steam codes on these other sites, so they're all ending up on Steam here even though they got it somewhere else. We're not allowed to reveal details or dates for future Steam sales, but your guess is probably a good one if you're basing it on previous years. :)

And so you have all the relevant information you may need for planning, I want to make sure you see our announcement from a couple months ago about us planning to raise the price in the future.