The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.
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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
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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.
Very replayable, goofy, and fun, worth your time, and very lightweight, though you can increase settings if you have a better rig. 1000% worth your time especially if you have a few friends. If you all turn off your common sense it becomes even better.
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Does my game's thumbnail please you, m'lord?
Main previews won’t load for me right now I’m using mobile tho but yeah the banner looks great
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Netscapes?
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Glances at this guy's main() function
Instantly dies
I haven't touched software development in years. Fuck that shit
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What a way to reveal how stupid you are
What, for questioning the mental gymnastics over the number for the price tag? 3 is 5 and 8 is 10 or whatever? Just say your game is worth $8 and leave it at that. All this feels like the rationale used to explain not rounding up the prices of everything, $2.99 instead of $3 - something I'd like to see gone too.
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As a Canadian, $8 is $10, $5 is $8
Yeah uhh that’s pretty normal. Megabonk: $22.99 which is really $27
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You should go to the doctor and get a blood test. And while you’re there, try to get me some adderall.
Oh, me too! Uhh throw in some vyvanse while you both are there!
