Fake discounts all over the place?

[FireDragonDoL]

It didn't use to be this common, but now it's full of games that push the price up to insane amounts and show 90% discount in a money grab attempt (the price is so high you still have to pay 30$).
What's going on?!

[N3tRunn3r]

Ever been existent, beginning in real life grocery stores ..

[Eagle_of_Fire]

Originally posted by N3tRunn3r:

Ever been existent, beginning in real life grocery stores ..

You may be right but that's actually illegal where I live.

[Malfunctioning Robot]

You cannot change the price and then discount it immediately on steam, the system doesnt allow it. And I highly doubt you could point to a single title on the store that fits your description, where the price hasn't been consistent and the discounts are correct.

[potato]

dunno what you're talking about as the steamapi doesn't let you do that

you'll have to provide some proof of manipulation

[Muppet among Puppets]

I saw a game that was 4,95 with high discount.
But history showed it was actually 4,95 a long time.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

I saw a game that was 4,95 with high discount.
But history showed it was actually 4,95 a long time.

what game is that?

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by potato:

dunno what you're talking about as the steamapi doesn't let you do that

you'll have to provide some proof of manipulation

It'll depend on the specific game they're talking about, but I've seen games on here intentionally priced at 30,000 JPY (that's near 300 USD) simply so they can be discounted in sales to 3000 JPY. But then there's regular pricing from nearly every publisher now which is just as bad, with base RRP of nearly 10,000 JPY.

Here's an example of one that sets insanely high prices for individual games then offers 90 to 99% off for bundles that still cost 2000 odd JPY.

https://steamdb.info/app/2663780/

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

I saw a game that was 4,95 with high discount.
But history showed it was actually 4,95 a long time.

what game is that?

Forgot it. It was a game where you wondered why it should cost 45 or something like that.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by FireDragonDoL:

It didn't use to be this common, but now it's full of games that push the price up to insane amounts and show 90% discount in a money grab attempt (the price is so high you still have to pay 30$).
What's going on?!

[CItation Needed]

[FireDragonDoL]

Originally posted by Malfunctioning Robot:

You cannot change the price and then discount it immediately on steam, the system doesnt allow it. And I highly doubt you could point to a single title on the store that fits your description, where the price hasn't been consistent and the discounts are correct.

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by FireDragonDoL:

It didn't use to be this common, but now it's full of games that push the price up to insane amounts and show 90% discount in a money grab attempt (the price is so high you still have to pay 30$).
What's going on?!

[CItation Needed]

I'm not saying they do it "super close", but close enough. 4 months in life is a relatively short time-frame.

isthereanydeal.com is very helpful for this, because it has a log of price changes in the history section.

Let me show some examples!

- Disney Dreamlight Valley, this was released 2 years ago, around september the price increased by 30%, and now the discount on the store is exactly 30% (today): https://isthereanydeal.com/game/disney-dreamlight-valley/history/
- Ship of Fools: https://isthereanydeal.com/game/ship-of-fools/history/#price-chart:overview the price increased by 30% in October and the best discount was 35%, now the best discount is 50%, bringing the best discount to roughly the same best discount at 35%

I suspect both are waiting whatever is allowed by the API to drop the price back, or keep it up to show higher percentage discounts.
I can keep going, but it's not uncommon, I see it constantly, I always monitor discounts and I'm noticing this over and over.

Then there are just other types of price bumps, but I guess that's none of my business, but it does feel like "yeah I'll try this shady tactic":

- Dark Souls 3 (different) got "promoted" to "modern AAA pricing", even though it's from 2016, so it costs the same as a modern game now: https://isthereanydeal.com/game/dark-souls-iii/history/