this game is $35 now?!

[SmudgyRotter]

Wow, I remember that it’s used to be $30 and no discount. Now this worths as much as No man sky’s on discount? Ha!

[Fel]

Since you didn't consider buying it at 30, I suppose the same stands at 35, so what prompted this sudden thread out of nowhere?

The price change is not exactly new, and the comparison (no man's sky of all games) makes no sense as they are not even remotely close in gameplay or content.

Are we perhaps getting a new wave of badge-seeking trolls that are recycling old topics?

[Biometrix]

Yeah I'm curious why all the new price threads as of late.

[SmudgyRotter]

Originally posted by Fel:

Since you didn't consider buying it at 30, I suppose the same stands at 35, so what prompted this sudden thread out of nowhere?

The price change is not exactly new, and the comparison (no man's sky of all games) makes no sense as they are not even remotely close in gameplay or content.

Are we perhaps getting a new wave of badge-seeking trolls that are recycling old topics?

..because I just happen to come across this game again after a long while. I was gonna come to “discount” thread to ask, but it is locked (wonder why?). Do you just accuse every reasonable thread that you don’t like as troll nowadays? Wow.

[Mind Goblin]

Then dont buy the game, we wont miss your absence.

[Hurkyl]

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

..because I just happen to come across this game again after a long while.

Just an an hour after another unreasonable post on the same subject, when there had been a fairly long stretch where this topic was quiet? And with the same sort of unreasonable tone?

Sure, could be coincidence I suppose.

I was gonna come to “discount” thread to ask, but it is locked (wonder why?).

A long history of increasingly unreasonable posting.

Do you just accuse every reasonable thread that you don’t like as troll nowadays? Wow.

I haven't noticed him doing so. Have you seen one?

[Fel]

The issue is that most (nearly all) of the threads about price are indeed from trolls.
If you want a good example, the thread titled "." (renamed and edited by its author).
We have a relatively regular influx of trolls doing threads like this to get some awards, at least 2-3 times a year so we are indeed a bit trigger-happy calling trolls sometimes.

The pinned thread about discounts was locked because it inevitably ended up with name-calling after the moderators for this forum stopped being moderators.

The reason given by the devs for the price increase was the inflation, there was a pretty understandable flood of threads at the time, mostly against the increase.
Not all of them were trolls, and a good portion of the people that had already bought before also agreed that it wasn't a great move (especially since it happened without much of a news about it from the devs).

If you are indeed not a troll that fine, I'm sorry for jumping to that assumption.

[malogoss]

So a company sells an overpriced game, puts it on a 50% sale for 5 months per year leaving the possibility that buyers pay twice what they really should pay.

Another company charges half the price the previous company does for its game, it never goes on sale, you can buy it 365 days per year for that price.

And the second case is the one you're laughing at.

People never cease to surprise me.

[Tick]

I would say it's worth the price for now. More game to cost ratio than crappier games like tears of the kingdom. 8:::::::::::::::::D

[SmudgyRotter]

Originally posted by malogoss:

So a company sells an overpriced game, puts it on a 50% sale for 5 months per year leaving the possibility that buyers pay twice what they really should pay.

Another company charges half the price the previous company did for its game, it never goes on sale, you can buy it 365 days per year for that price.

And the second case is the one you're laughing at.

People never cease to surprise me.

You know that some people are willing to pay in full, just because they are willing to do so, even though they know that a game can go on sale at some points right?! They wouldn’t complain, because they make their choice.

I didn’t get what you meant on second case, are you telling me that $30 was the discounted price the whole time?! If so, are you telling me that this game is supposed to be $60 ?That’s ridiculous. Anyway, I made this thread, just because I was surprised, I haven’t looked back on it for very long time, it is not even on my wishlist, I’m not part of any troll group that you “die hard” fans assume me so. I guess that this forum hasn’t changed bit since last time I was here. Ha! It kinda amuses me though. Sure I won’t ever buy it, there are many others that worth more. Still, kinda funny how it’s $35 now, for a 2d game.

[Hurkyl]

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

Still, kinda funny how it’s $35 now, for a 2d game.

How is that funny? Oh, are you one of those 3D elitists?

Consider, maybe, that you aren't the target audience for this game.

[SmudgyRotter]

Originally posted by Hurkyl:

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

Still, kinda funny how it’s $35 now, for a 2d game.

How is that funny? Oh, are you one of those 3D elitists?

Consider, maybe, that you aren't the target audience for this game.

Not really funny at the 2d part, it was more about how it was $30, then now it’s $35, because people didn’t even think that it worths even $30 back then. I myself don’t even think this worth $15 tbh, but hey it doesn’t matter what my opinion is.

[Hurkyl]

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

because people didn’t even think that it worths even $30 back then.

Three and a half million people bought the game before the inflation adjustment up to $35 USD, the majority of which was after the $30 USD price point was first set.

Or is this the sort of thing where you don't consider those who like this sort of game to be people?

I myself don’t even think this worth $15 tbh, but hey it doesn’t matter what my opinion is.

It matters at least to the extent that it affects what you purchase.

It does not matter to the extent that you can speak for the entire potential audience of the game.

[1776]

$35 is extremely reasonable. Get a job.

[Chindraba]

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

Originally posted by Hurkyl:

How is that funny? Oh, are you one of those 3D elitists?

Consider, maybe, that you aren't the target audience for this game.

Not really funny at the 2d part, it was more about how it was $30, then now it’s $35, because people didn’t even think that it worths even $30 back then. I myself don’t even think this worth $15 tbh, but hey it doesn’t matter what my opinion is.

If you don't consider it worth even $15 why did you bother making a post to begin with? You've already made up your mind.
People thought it was worth $30 when it was $30 and purchased it.
More people thought it was worth $35 after it changed, and they purchased it to.
Trolls don't think it's worth $15, or any other arbitrary value they pick at random.
Trolls don't think anyway.
I place no value on the fake Steam points, I do place value on my time.
Trolls ain't worth the time and clicks to toss around some of those nothing-points.
Enjoy your failed intellect and rotten outlook. One or the other might even be worth something, someday.

[malogoss]

Originally posted by SmudgyRotter:

You know that some people are willing to pay in full, just because they are willing to do so, even though they know that a game can go on sale at some points right?

People never cease to surprise me.
That's still true.

About the 2 cases I pointed out, case #1 is No Man's Sky's pricing strategy. Case #2 is Factorio. Hope you understand now.