Thoughts on Game Pricing

[Korvus Kortex]

Probably because I played in early access, but I swear the game used to be much cheaper... What are people's thought on the game's price? I think the sale price is OK, but it's too much to convince people to take a chance on such a unique game. I can't afford to gift more than 2 copies to friends.

Multiplayer is such a big part of the experience. Personally, I think there should at least be some discounted bundle for gifting multiple copies.

[sokolov]

Originally posted by Korvus Kortex:

Personally, I think there should at least be some discounted bundle for gifting multiple copies.

Steam doesn't allow those anymore because they would constantly be resold.

Originally posted by Korvus Kortex:

it's too much to convince people to take a chance on such a unique game

Well, it's an unique game with hundreds if not thousands of hours worth of replayability, that's why the price is so high. If it had some sort of competition, they'd lower it.

[FecklessJoota]

Yeah, I agree with you OP. The price is higher than what would allow me to convince my friends to try this game with me. The only friends I play this game with are the people I found in game randomly in servers.

[Lyn]

High quality game, endless fun with friends (I have ringed about 800 or so hours as of the moment and I'm still not bored of it), incredible modding community, great lore and just generally an awesome game. With what I've gotten out of Baro, I would pay twice the price if I had to just to play it again.

Also the game often goes on 40-50% sales anyways so, it's a no brainer imo.

[Korvus Kortex]

Originally posted by Sokolov:

Steam doesn't allow those anymore because they would constantly be resold.

I thought this was the case, but a friend swore you could still do this.

Originally posted by Sokolov:

Well, it's an unique game with hundreds if not thousands of hours worth of replayability, that's why the price is so high. If it had some sort of competition, they'd lower it.

I think the could be said for dozens of games, but I feel like games with similar presentation have lower prices. Value is a really personal thing. I love Barotrauma and would pay full price for it, but I already know the game.

I would also be interested to hear if you guys typically play solo or with a crew. I think the game price makes sense for a single player game, but I (personally) hate playing solo. It feels like a shell of the overall experience. Maybe it seems expensive to me because I view the game as a multiplayer experience and I can't think of many other multiplayer titles in this price range.

[sokolov]

Originally posted by Korvus Kortex:

Originally posted by Sokolov:

Steam doesn't allow those anymore because they would constantly be resold.

I thought this was the case, but a friend swore you could still do this.

Old titles that used the system can still use it, but new titles cannot use the system anymore.
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/application/packages#2

Originally posted by Sokolov:

Well, it's an unique game with hundreds if not thousands of hours worth of replayability, that's why the price is so high. If it had some sort of competition, they'd lower it.
I think the could be said for dozens of games, but I feel like games with similar presentation have lower prices. Value is a really personal thing. I love Barotrauma and would pay full price for it, but I already know the game.

I doubt it's because of presentation but more because of gameplay itself, also there aren't many submarine games of this type or at least depth as well as the modding capabilities.

Originally posted by Sokolov:

I would also be interested to hear if you guys typically play solo or with a crew. I think the game price makes sense for a single player game, but I (personally) hate playing solo. It feels like a shell of the overall experience.

Singleplayer, a lot. Buying the game for friends is pointless as they will always get terrified of the 2D view as well as the initial "complexity" of the game then run away to their little CS2 or whatever is their current addiction fix.

Playing on public multiplayer games also sucks as a majority of servers are now modded with (playable) vanilla servers being in the minority, there's also the fact that most players are very clueless and selfish or the servers get invaded by griefers or simply the fact that you'd just waste your time taking part in a campaign that'll likely never continue again.

You have higher chances of finding crewmates on the recruiting subforum as then you are able to have private sessions with people that are actually interested in PLAYING the game.

[lx]

its a very good game which costs 35euro. seems fair to me.
with that said though, thats as much as my food for a week and i dont have income, only outcome.