Price Increase

[JonPringus]

I sure feel stupid because I was waiting for the game to go on sale for the new update. I didn't want to pay $25 for a game I already own, I just wanted it on Steam. I don't want to come across as ungrateful, but I in no way will pay $40 for this. I'll either boot up my wii u or wait for a holiday sale where the game is less than $20, and I sure don't feel like picking up a game pad.

I don't expect or really want anything to change, just wanted to vent my frustrations with myself, maybe give people a warning not to expect a game to go on sale when it's getting new content and to buy stuff even if it seems full price already.

[your wizard grandpa]

Yes, because how dare they decide to charge more for an update that's more or less a full game by it's self. They should charge less for more, obviously

[🌌 LetsPlayNintendoITA 🌀]

Originally posted by Zeta:

Yes, because how dare they decide to charge more for an update that's more or less a full game by it's self. They should charge less for more, obviously

it's 2 games showdown and king of cards! how dare they! my god entitled kids. thanks zeta for reasoning

[LaChouette]

Every price raise they've been upfront about. There was no surprise about it.

[Halfshell]

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Every price raise they've been upfront about. There was no surprise about it.

+1. They said they were doing it every single time. When it raised from Specter that should have been your sign that they're in this for the longterm sales.

[JonPringus]

Originally posted by LaChouette:

Every price raise they've been upfront about. There was no surprise about it.

That's what I figured. I just didn't get the memo.

Still, knowing people only paid $15 and got all of the game hurts. I'm so use to games dropping in price over time. You'd expect that they'd release new content to justify keeping the price at $15. But they know their business model more than I do. Guess this is how they make more money on repeat buyers, by upping the price. They must have been running on borrowed time if this was the price the game needed to be at. Just shows that every perceived charitable move from a company always has a darker side. Yacht Club is no different.

Also 5 games for $40 is a lot. $15 for 2 new games is fine, so the boost from $25 to $40 makes sense that way. Shame I gotta wait to play it. Such a high price makes it more unlikely I'll buy it a third time, which is an even bigger shame. Yacht Club isn't somehow a bad company now, they're just like any other, nothing special about them.

[_Mr.Grumpy_]

Well... they told us months ago that they increase the price when the update goes live.
And don't forget that this game contains 4 full games plus a multiplayer battle mode for up to 4 players.

[Nathaniel Prime]

The new pieces of the game are not worth the price increase, but you have to remember that it still includes three amazing games on top of the new stuff - the main modes for Shovel, Plague, and Specter knights. I look at it like the equivalent of the developers making a new Shovel Knight game every year or whatever, and if you buy it you get a copy of all the previous Shovel Knight games if you go for the Treasure Trove.

[Xavi-Da-Imp]

Its not like they didnt made a sale which they specifically called "LAST CHANCE SALE", which was -50% of the old price I think, and a HUGE NEON-LIKE SIGN saying "WE ARE GONNA RAISE THE PRICE FOR IT WHEN THE UPDATE HITS, SO BUY IT NOW IF YOU WANT IT SUPER CHEAP!"

So yeah. You snooze, you lose :)

[JonPringus]

Originally posted by Xavi-Da-Imp:

Its not like they didnt made a sale which they specifically called "LAST CHANCE SALE", which was -50% of the old price I think, and a HUGE NEON-LIKE SIGN saying "WE ARE GONNA RAISE THE PRICE FOR IT WHEN THE UPDATE HITS, SO BUY IT NOW IF YOU WANT IT SUPER CHEAP!"

So yeah. You snooze, you lose :)

They did? Damn it. Guess you have to really follow a game you plan on buying if you want to buy it for cheap.

[Nathaniel Prime]

Originally posted by JonPringus:

Originally posted by Xavi-Da-Imp:

Its not like they didnt made a sale which they specifically called "LAST CHANCE SALE", which was -50% of the old price I think, and a HUGE NEON-LIKE SIGN saying "WE ARE GONNA RAISE THE PRICE FOR IT WHEN THE UPDATE HITS, SO BUY IT NOW IF YOU WANT IT SUPER CHEAP!"

So yeah. You snooze, you lose :)

They did? Damn it. Guess you have to really follow a game you plan on buying if you want to buy it for cheap.

Yeah, I definitely notice this on Steam. I usually have ~20 games on my wishlist, and they send you an email if something you like from it is on sale. I find it helps a ton in getting good deals vs. just buying a game I see when I like it. Plus, getting an email saying "16 games on your wishlist are on sale" makes me feel a bit like I did on Christmas morning as a kid.

[JonPringus]

Originally posted by Nathaniel Prime:

Originally posted by JonPringus:

They did? Damn it. Guess you have to really follow a game you plan on buying if you want to buy it for cheap.

Yeah, I definitely notice this on Steam. I usually have ~20 games on my wishlist, and they send you an email if something you like from it is on sale. I find it helps a ton in getting good deals vs. just buying a game I see when I like it. Plus, getting an email saying "16 games on your wishlist are on sale" makes me feel a bit like I did on Christmas morning as a kid.

You know what I did wrong? I didn't have it on my wishlist here, I had it on my Humble Bundle wishlist cause I planned to buy it there. Humble must not offer all of the emails options that Steam does for their games, or I just don't have all the boxes checked. Good to know that we oughtta put things on our wishlist in more places than one. Wish I got a notification through Humble though.

[Spectrum Legacy]

Originally posted by Morlan:

I was waiting for a potential winter sale but just saw they raised the price and removed it from my wishlist. With that raise they jumped ship for me.

I told you a couple of months ago in a different chat that once the last expansions releases, the base price will go up. Meanwhile they had 2-3 sales at 50%off with their still low base price. I even explained to you that Treasure trove is the best deal, because it comes with all the content bundled together into one game, and the other standalone titles are that - titles and not dlcs. All included in treasure trove... I suspect it will hit 75% off sometime in the future, with base price as it is now, so you might end up with the same deal as everyone else had at some point during those years.

However we both know you never really wanted to get the game, so no need to pout here now.

[Valhalla Awaits]

This is one of the few games on steam where I can actually say it's worth MORE than what the developers are asking for.

[KingoKings365]

Imagine not buying the game in 2014

[JonPringus]

Originally posted by KingoKings365:

Imagine not buying the game in 2014

I did, I just bought it on a dead console though.

Originally posted by Valhalla Awaits:

This is one of the few games on steam where I can actually say it's worth MORE than what the developers are asking for.

I know how good the game is and how much effort went into it. I just don't want to be down $40 because of it. It's partially just me not getting out of my mind that shovel knight and its expansions are worth that much.