This game is way too expensive...

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I seriously don't understand how the developers can be selling this game at an original price tag of $30. Especially when the game is in early access, and it is a multiplayer centric game. If I want to get my friends to play this game with me, it's going to be a lot harder to convince them when the price tag is STILL $17.99 with a 40% discount. Even that price tag is way too high for a game that demands multiple people get it. I don't understand they don't just go for a $10 game and then tack on $5 dlc for new content once the game is actually released and people have decided they will pay for more after playing and enjoying. That's how most games operate now adays anyway. I want to play this game, but I know none of my friends are going to buy it because it's too high of a price for a game they're not even sure they want. I will say that, from my perspective at leats, they are losing money. $10 x 8 = $80, $18 x 0 = $0... And I'm certainly not going to play with a bunch of randoms. I don't ever complain about the prices of games but damn it seems pretty justified here.

[Caesar]

tl;dr, insult my favorite game?!?!!?!?!?!? u retarded then!!!!

[phlytrikx]

Originally posted by Commisar Jon Fuklaw:

Suck it up, kiddo. Things cost money.

If you whine and cry about forking over your precious 30 bucks for something worth hundreds of hours of playtime, I'd hate to see how much you ♥♥♥♥♥ over the 60+ dollar titles with 10 hours of content that is the industry standard these days.

TLDR: Suck it up, stop being an entitled brat.

This kind of comment seems pretty irrational to me. It should be understandable that a 30$ price tag for a rather niche genre early-access game can be detrimental to the game's overall success and player base. Honestly the sale going on right now has brought a huge amount of new players and a 15-20$ price would of course convince more people who are hesitant to buy the game.
I imagine the reason behind the relatively high price tag is because the developers have no other choice if they want to sustain themselves.

TL;DR A lower price tag allows the player base to grow and the game to gain popularity, kinda like a virus

[LeDoux]

The game hit peak population during the steam sales. You can think anything you want with this information.

[LeDoux]

It's a fact highlighted by Rovkach himself on the official discord. And i am no expert

[Katitoff]

While I do agree original price is too high, OP is basically speaking broke.

[Dim]

Do your friends also do your laundry?

[lordFrith]

"I don't understand they don't just go for a $10 game and then tack on $5 dlc for new content once the game is actually released"

that's whats wrong with early access in one sentence! personally i'd rather pay people well to make a good product than give them peanuts to rush something of lesser quality out then bleed me for microtransactions/dlc for the next ages

if you think its too much wait till its on sale which it has been quite frequently.

however anti-virus is right, devs have been posting on discord the progress of the game with the steam sale on and its looking good, over 2000 players tonight (which i think is a first? congrats devs) so you never know...

[Atoastydoofus]

Originally posted by Commisar Jon Fuklaw:

Suck it up, kiddo. Things cost money.

If you whine and cry about forking over your precious 30 bucks for something worth hundreds of hours of playtime, I'd hate to see how much you ♥♥♥♥♥ over the 60+ dollar titles with 10 hours of content that is the industry standard these days.

TLDR: Suck it up, stop being an entitled brat.

Exactly the kind of people that do more harm to the developer than good,stop driving away people because you don't agree with them.

[souper]

Originally posted by Commisar Jon Fuklaw:

Suck it up, kiddo. Things cost money.

If you whine and cry about forking over your precious 30 bucks for something worth hundreds of hours of playtime, I'd hate to see how much you ♥♥♥♥♥ over the 60+ dollar titles with 10 hours of content that is the industry standard these days.

TLDR: Suck it up, stop being an entitled brat.

Okay so you didn't read my post at all. I'm perfectly okay with pricey games, pretty much never complain about the prices. Most steam games are priced well imo. This game is just expensive at their own disadvantage. I know things cost money dumbass. Just saying I think they'd get a lot more money if it wasn't so weirdly priced, and a lot others agree with me. The statistics show. As soon as this game went on sale it's concurrent player count literally doubled...

[souper]

Originally posted by lordFrith:

"I don't understand they don't just go for a $10 game and then tack on $5 dlc for new content once the game is actually released"

that's whats wrong with early access in one sentence! personally i'd rather pay people well to make a good product than give them peanuts to rush something of lesser quality out then bleed me for microtransactions/dlc for the next ages

if you think its too much wait till its on sale which it has been quite frequently.

however anti-virus is right, devs have been posting on discord the progress of the game with the steam sale on and its looking good, over 2000 players tonight (which i think is a first? congrats devs) so you never know...

Yeah I totally agree that is a flaw with some early access games. But look at dead cells. It's cheap ass game, granted totally different genre, but it sold very well and managed to maintain longevity through content updates. They don't even have to charge money. And if the devs know what's good for the game, I'd say they should permanently lower it to $15. The concurrent player count literally double since it's gone on sale 40%

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Originally posted by Katitoff:

While I do agree original price is too high, OP is basically speaking broke.

Cmon man I'm not broke. There are some things that are worth my money and some things that simply aren't. I'm not paying $30 for a game that I will never be able to play with my friends at this point. It's like people don't even read the post.

[souper]

Originally posted by black_iron_boozer:

Another business expert weighing in on the Steam forums, I see.

Personally, I would pay twice the price for this game. Hundreds of hours in, money well spent.

Good for you. I know most people in the world would not pay twice the amount for something they can pay half that for, but yeah - good point?

[souper]

Originally posted by Anti-Virus:

The game hit peak population during the steam sales. You can think anything you want with this information.

That literally proves my point.... This game should be cheaper because more players. See?

[TheLaughingDead]

It wasn't the developers that set the price, it was the publisher. I've been on the official discord since before the game came out and the devs didn't like it either. Discord folk did a poll and changed their names (not that either of those things change anything) and the game still ended up at the price its at.
Simply put, it is a greedy publisher, not a greedy developer.

[II-KING-II]

This is a 5 bucks game not more.