Trying to purchase a bundle when I own 1 or more items already

[stylegamr]

It looks like the app has a serious bug concerning the calculation of the price for a bundle when you already own 1 or more items.
I've noticed this has been like this for a while now but not sure why.
All bundles I've seen when I own 1 or more items show the price for the purchase of every item, even if I add to my cart for myself.
What is going on with this?
thx

[cinedine]

"Bundle" or "Package"?

Packages are separate licenses that encompass multiple games/DLCs and have a fixed price.

Bundles are the "complete your collection" things with dynamic pricing.

[Gwarsbane]

Not all games have bundles that have dynamic prices. Ask the developers/publishers of the game in their discussion areas to provide it, they are the ones in control of prices, Valve has no say in it.

[Jerry]

To add another detail, it is possible to gift packages at fixed prices to friends, while bundles that are tailored to the own collection can only be bought for oneself.

[stylegamr]

I don't think that really sounds right, I'm buying digital goods here not physical. Do you think developers wish to charge people twice for games?
If this is really true I think there needs to be a really clear description of this when purchasing games where there are also bundles.
btw I am talking about buying games in a series where I buy one, then later wish to buy sequels (often previous titles).
thx

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by stylegamr:

I don't think that really sounds right. Do you think developers wish to charge people twice for games?

It is up to them whether or not to choose the "tailored bundle" regular bundle or package deal.

Ask them to make on that is a "tailored bundle" to pay for what you do not own already.

Originally posted by stylegamr:

If this is really true I think there needs to be a really clear description of this when purchasing games where there are also bundles.
btw I am talking about buying games in a series where I buy one, then later wish to buy sequels (often previous titles).
thx

Tailored bundles are clearly marked...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1646077043

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

[Jerry]

When opening a package or bundle, you get a display, which items are included to which price, in case of bundles with those greyed out and subtracted that are already in your collection.
It's two different features, that both have their advantages and disadvantages (though the mentioned packs that can only bought as a whole tend to get rarer since bundles were introduced).

As this is only about a mass purchase discount, there's always the option left to buy the titles one by one if the package deal does not suit you (except for the very rare cases of games that are only available as part of a pack).
Publishers decision how they offer their products. Your decision if you want to buy them.