Price jumps

[Mindcrime]

Why did the price jump from $9.99 to $34.99 on July 13, 2022, especially after the price jumped from $5.99 to $9.99 on March 28, 2022? According to SteamDB, there haven't been any updates to the game since August 2019.

[Contro]

to make it look like a better good deal when it is 90% off

[Mindcrime]

Originally posted by OrthicViper:

to make it look like a better good deal when it is 90% off

It certainly looks that way. Interestingly, JetX Space Edition did not get a price hike; that version is still priced at $4.99. More interestingly, the JetX VR + JetX Space Edition bundle has a 90% bundle discount (so it's $0.85 in the current sale), but the Arcade BOX bundle has only a 35% bundle discount (so it's $5.51 in the current sale), even though both of those bundles contain only two items -- JetX VR and JetX Space Edition -- and both are "must purchase together" bundles (rather than "complete the set").

This publisher is definitely using price manipulation to try to fool people into buying the game(s). I guess it thinks this will help sales, but all it does for me is signal that this is a disreputable publisher and it makes me ignore all games it publishes.