Steam is overcharging for their Saints Row Package

[Cibanum]

Was looking for a way to contact Steam to let them know, but all it was pointing me to was here.

They are currently charging 68.53 64% off from 190.24 for the ultimate Franchise Pack. I thought that was insanely steep as I picked up SR4 Game of the Century Edition for under 10$ with all the Dlc's.

Kept looking and if you buy their package it is 68.53 because they took out every single dlc and charged it on its own instead of bundling the games into their GOTY.

But it you individually buy the
SR4 Game of the Century Edition for $4.39
Saints Row 3 Full Package for $4.24
SR2 2.74
SR Gat out of Hell 4.24
Dlc for Gat .74
Plus 2 or 3 Dlc's for SR 3 and 4 you don't get with the package it comes to 18.53.

Is this a Steam oversight?? I already have 90% of this package, but thought I would bring it to attention for anyone looking to get into this great franchise or who already bought it and should be requesting a refund.

[Satoru]

Pulbishers set pricing

[[415]BlazeMcNight]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Pulbishers set pricing

True.

Steam can "assist" or "suggest" pricing, but they don't set it.

[Cibanum]

Well regardless of who is "setting" the price, Steam is taking the money, and anyone who is buying this package is overpaying by almost 50$ compared to buying the games individually right now. Kinda defeats the purpose of bundles.

[[415]BlazeMcNight]

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

Well regardless of who is "setting" the price, Steam is taking the money, and anyone who is buying this package is overpaying by almost 50$ compared to buying the games individually right now. Kinda defeats the purpose of bundles.

It's not Steams fault that people are paying what developers/publishers are asking though.

If people are buying them, then they will continue to do so at that price range.

I get what you're saying, though. Everyone is after a deal.

[Cibanum]

Originally posted by BlazeMcNight:

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

Well regardless of who is "setting" the price, Steam is taking the money, and anyone who is buying this package is overpaying by almost 50$ compared to buying the games individually right now. Kinda defeats the purpose of bundles.

It's not Steams fault that people are paying what developers/publishers are asking though.

If people are buying them, then they will continue to do so at that price range.

I get what you're saying, though. Everyone is after a deal.

I am not blaming Steam, I am stating that the bundle is overpriced for what the individual items are worth, which is exactly what they say doesn't happen here....

Consistent Discounting
Past Complete Packs often got out of sync with pricing when the contents of the packs went on sale, resulting sometimes in the pack being more expensive than the individual items. The new Bundles system addresses this by automatically adjusting when the contents go on sale so they are proportionately always a good deal for customers and don’t require ongoing management on the part of developers. We can do this because the bundle is just a specified percentage off the current price of the items in the bundle.

Found here
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/application/bundles

Now I don't know whether Deep Silver meant to bundle all 4 of their games as "complete" games or separate with each individual dlc item to charge more or if this is an oversight by the way the Bundle system works on Steam because I am not an employee of Deep Silver or Steam. And unless your an employee of either Deep Silver or Steam you don't know either.

I was trying to bring it to the attention of Steam or Deep Silver that if you bought the Saints row games individually right now it would be cheaper then going with their bundle, which is something that I don't think is supposed to be the case as that defeats the purpose of bundles.

[J4MESOX4D]

This is what happens when publishers have too many bundles, DLC, and packages. Deep Silver aren't the first and they wont be the last to make errors because of this.

[[415]BlazeMcNight]

You'll have to provide a link to their bundle because the ones I'm seeing look pretty good. I don't think I'm looking at what you're looking at, though. :)

[Cibanum]

Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:

This is what happens when publishers have too many bundles, DLC, and packages. Deep Silver aren't the first and they wont be the last to make errors because of this.

Oh I wouldn't doubt that, but I would hate for anyone to have to pay almost 70$ for something that is really only 20$ which is why I thought I would bring it up because that is a big discrepancy.

[Moderate my posterior.]

Something is only "worth" what someone is willing to pay for it. Take it up with Deep Silver, they don't read this forum. Neither does Valve for that matter.

[Cibanum]

Originally posted by BlazeMcNight:

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

I am not blaming Steam, I am stating that the bundle is overpriced for what the individual items are worth, which is exactly what they say doesn't happen here....

The title of your thread is literally blaming steam for something they don't set.


You'll have to provide a link to their bundle because the ones I'm seeing look pretty good. I don't think I'm looking at what you're looking at, though. :)

My title is very matter of fact what it is, Steam is overcharging for the package, I can't determine how people will read it.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/deepsilver/

If your like me and own any of the saints row games it will automatically adjust when you click on the bundle, so for me it says its $8.42 because i don't own gat out of hell and saints row 2. But when you click on the deep silver page it shows the full price which is $190 with 64% $68.53

[[415]BlazeMcNight]

Ah, that's where I was confused. It says $171.54 or discounted to $61.90 for me.

I was wondering where you came up with those numbers. Anyhow, I'd suggest contacting Deep Silver if you deem it necessary.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

Well regardless of who is "setting" the price, Steam is taking the money, and anyone who is buying this package is overpaying by almost 50$ compared to buying the games individually right now. Kinda defeats the purpose of bundles.

It's litterally impossible to over pay for something. If you agree to pay that means you consider what you';re paying for to be of at least equal value to what you are paying out of pocket.

The seller has the right to charge whatever they deem reasonable for their product and the buyer hs the power to agree and purchase or disagree and not purchase.

[Cibanum]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

Well regardless of who is "setting" the price, Steam is taking the money, and anyone who is buying this package is overpaying by almost 50$ compared to buying the games individually right now. Kinda defeats the purpose of bundles.

It's litterally impossible to over pay for something. If you agree to pay that means you consider what you';re paying for to be of at least equal value to what you are paying out of pocket.

The seller has the right to charge whatever they deem reasonable for their product and the buyer hs the power to agree and purchase or disagree and not purchase.

Please read the whole post because this has nothing to do with what people will pay and what sellers charge.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Yellow13Mustard:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

It's litterally impossible to over pay for something. If you agree to pay that means you consider what you';re paying for to be of at least equal value to what you are paying out of pocket.

The seller has the right to charge whatever they deem reasonable for their product and the buyer hs the power to agree and purchase or disagree and not purchase.

Please read the whole post because this has nothing to do with what people will pay and what sellers charge.

Please read my response. ANd satoru's.