The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.
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Good thing I didn't buy this game. Or continue to buy anything from steam. I got lost trying to figure out what this is even talking about, other than money money money.
I have to disagree. This quote would be super shitty talking about microtransactions, but if this is about Peak, I dont believe they have any microtransactions in their game. Its the full price of the game. And honestly, if you have friends to play it with, $8 is a steal. Its nothing ground breaking or like world changing, but it's a fun time-waster to spend time with people you like and accomplish a goal with decent replayability.
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Good thing I didn't buy this game. Or continue to buy anything from steam. I got lost trying to figure out what this is even talking about, other than money money money.
After work do you say to yourself "work work work for money money money", because those are the vibes you are giving off.
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The best bang for buck Steam purchase I've done is Halo MCC for 39,99€. Five great games plus Halo 4.
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This is just this scene from The Jerk in written form.
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Surprised Factorio 1 isn't free so they can hook you before Factorio 2 comes out.
Isn't factorio 2 basically the space expansion pack?
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So their greedy assholes that admit to price manipulation...
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Then I'd have to also tell you to never play a game or buy a product ending in 99 cents. Getting into the mind of the consumer is business 101 and is literally the difference between a game/product having any success or not.
And this has been proven, JCPenney tried to get rid of 99 cent pricing and led to losing 30% profits and bankruptcy. The people who want fair and square pricing won't be there to actually buy it.
This isn't getting into the mind if the consumer, this is manipulating the consumer. Also, where did you get the idea that changing their prices caused their bankruptcy?
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Just seems to be a basic commentary on how people think about prices in general. The x.99 thing seems stupid but there's plenty of data showing that it has an effect.
Its more the "how do we find the optimal price to psychologically manipulate the consumer" aspect that's bothersome, instead of just setting it at a price that you think is fair. The 99 cent thing has been in effect long enough that my brain just automatically rounds it up.
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A reminder that you don't need to know advanced maths to be a developer. Just call the necessary functions to do the job
Glances at this guy's main() function
Instantly dies
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So their greedy assholes that admit to price manipulation...
I got like 40 hours of playtime from Peak before taking a break. For $8 I'm very satisfied.
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I get that this is Lemmy and users here are a certain way but calling anything over 16 dollars not worth it is genuinely insane.
You can always do the XKCD trick
But even this seems to have gone stale over time, as retro game prices get sticker (even going up as vintage games come back into fashion).
One thing I don't see on this list is "piracy", which is a bit weird if your line is $15. I find a lot of bargain bin games to be as bad or worse than FTP games. $20-30 has historically been my sweet spot
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Saying indies are expensive seems wild, but I kind of get it since the Steam Sales on pre-2015 games go hard. And easy piracy of anything up to PS2.
The biggest challenge I have with pirated games - especially Nintendo games - is the controller.
Yeah, I can get Metroid Prime or Mario 64 or Super Smash easily enough. But I can't have that classic experience on a PS knock off controller.
It's not the end of the world, of course. But I feel it.
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I get that this is Lemmy and users here are a certain way but calling anything over 16 dollars not worth it is genuinely insane.
Yeah, I'm with you. There's tons of games I've paid a lot more than $16 for that I would absolutely tell past me to buy again instantly. Most recently Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. $40 with all dlc and I'm over 100 hours in, enjoying every minute. Over 100 hours of entertainment from something that cost me less than an hour of labor, in what world is that not worth it?
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This is a really basic business concept; business 101 stuff. They definitely didn't make it up, they're just using it.
It works against the general population, if this particular one doesn't, don't get too busy strutting, there is almost certainly something else that does work on you.
Buy shit because you need/want it, not because it's a deal.
The $8 tier has been around for a decade, for exactly this reason. MMO subscriptions, bargain games, podcasts, delivery fees. People love charging you $8
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The best bang for buck Steam purchase I've done is Halo MCC for 39,99€. Five great games plus Halo 4.
Getting the Orange Box for $10 back in the day has to be my all-time best.
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So their greedy assholes that admit to price manipulation...
Bruh, 8 euro for a full game is greedy!!?? People out here regularly spending 20 for a skin, or a slotmachine dopamine surprise box..... Now that's real greed
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So their greedy assholes that admit to price manipulation...
Never mind, ignore original comment
$8 is a fair price for peak
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Getting the Orange Box for $10 back in the day has to be my all-time best.
I’m curious now if anyones selling it used that’s such a steal
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He does like to launch into racist rants, but sometimes you just gotta hold your nose and swallow.
Ah that sucks but hey at least he’s not scamming you
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It's wild, I released a shareware music creation app for Windows back in 2000 and it was easy to get people to pay $29.95 for it. I now have a vastly superior iOS version and nobody's willing to pay a dollar for it. It's a very depressing situation for an independent developer.
It’s cuz people expect free or close to free mobile apps to be scummy and have a bajillion paywalls and need a monthly subscription and steal all your data so on and so forth
When there’s truly good apps, it sucks
