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The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.

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    termaxima@slrpnk.net
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    That seems very subjective. Personally I always round prices correctly (yes I'm pedantic), and every 2.5€ block counts. So 7.99 ≈ 7.50 to me.

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      korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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      Meanwhile factorio devs being chads and going with a round number for pricing.

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      • A aloafofbread@lemmy.ml

        Little different for me:

        $1 - 5 = $5

        $6 - 12 = $10

        $13 - 20 = $20

        $21 - 50 = $50

        $51 - 70 = $100

        >$70 = $1000

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        korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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        #73

        Been quite a long time since I spent over £35 in a game

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        • E Electric_Druid

          Does my game's thumbnail please you, m'lord?

          https://store.steampowered.com/app/3993180/No_More_Mages/

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          baropithecus@lemmy.world
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          Not necessarily my cup of tea, but at two bucks it's basically free, so...

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            ragas@lemmy.ml
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            Still waiting for ANNO 1800 with all extensions to fall to the 5$ category. Until then, I'm enjoying me some ANNO 2070.

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            • K korhaka@sopuli.xyz

              Meanwhile factorio devs being chads and going with a round number for pricing.

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              moffkalast@lemmy.world
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              #76

              Well it's different when you're selling drugs

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              • C clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com

                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.

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                agent641@lemmy.world
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                #77

                Same reason that shit on TV is five easy payments of 29.95.

                I'm willing g to spend $29. I'll even spend $29 five times. But not $150.

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                • G grimy@lemmy.world

                  Nothing new tbh. How we subconsciously round off numbers is a big part of super market pricing. Everything with a zero at the end seems bigger. Not only does 19.99 seem much smaller then 20, but even 21.99 seems smaller then 20 at a glance.

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                  ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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                  The 99 pricing messes with me the other way...

                  I see like 399, and think it's 400. Then when I think about whether I want it later, I remember the 4 and the 99 and believe it costs 500

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                    tothegravemylove@sh.itjust.works
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                    No, I don't buy AAA games.

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                    • D deestan@lemmy.world

                      60+: Haha, I can't imagine it's worth it.

                      20-59: Buy if it comes strongly recommended.

                      10-19: Impulse buy if the description and screenshots look cool.

                      1-9: Buy if I like the store thumbnail.

                      0: Hahaha FUCK no this will hold the game flow hostage every few hours to get me to pay infinite money.

                      EDIT: YES I know proper - often Open Source - free games exist. 🙂 OpenTTD and good ol' Nethack are my faves

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                      JackbyDev
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                      #80

                      Unless it's free because it's open source!

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                      • M moffkalast@lemmy.world

                        Well it's different when you're selling drugs

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                        wrote last edited by kolanaki@pawb.social
                        #81

                        Surprised Factorio 1 isn't free so they can hook you before Factorio 2 comes out.

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                        • T tommysoda@lemmy.world

                          Yeah, but what about $7.99?

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                          grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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                          As a Canadian, that’s 10 bucks cause of tax

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                          • D deestan@lemmy.world

                            60+: Haha, I can't imagine it's worth it.

                            20-59: Buy if it comes strongly recommended.

                            10-19: Impulse buy if the description and screenshots look cool.

                            1-9: Buy if I like the store thumbnail.

                            0: Hahaha FUCK no this will hold the game flow hostage every few hours to get me to pay infinite money.

                            EDIT: YES I know proper - often Open Source - free games exist. 🙂 OpenTTD and good ol' Nethack are my faves

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                            whiskytangofoxtrot@lemmy.world
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                            0: Hahaha FUCK no this will hold the game flow hostage every few hours to get me to pay infinite money.

                            https://supertuxkart.net/
                            https://www.wesnoth.org/
                            https://xonotic.org/
                            https://freeciv.org/

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                            • K korhaka@sopuli.xyz

                              Been quite a long time since I spent over £35 in a game

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                              whiskytangofoxtrot@lemmy.world
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                              Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.

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                                sethrankada@lemmy.ca
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                                For me, it goes:

                                0 - hell no

                                1 to 5 - sure why not, that's about as much as a bottled drink.

                                6 to 10 - maybe once a month.

                                11 to 15 - better be a pretty damn good game, or I'm refunding.

                                16 to 20 - I'm waiting for a discount, not worth it.

                                21 to 60 - hell no

                                61+ - I'm blacklisting your company from my recommendations.

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                                • D dipcart@lemmy.world

                                  Quick question for a game dev:

                                  How does getting steam deck verified work? Like do you reach out? Or do they just check whenever they get to it?

                                  Cool looking game! If I wasn't deeply unemployed right now I would buy! Hopefully soon

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                                  Electric_Druid
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                                  #86

                                  It's an optional part of getting your game on the steam marketplace, but I've had a friend try on steamdeck without messing with it and had no issues. Ymmv, I'm one example and this is my first project.

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                                  • O olgratin_magmatoe@slrpnk.net

                                    Not the one you asked, but I do like the art. Though I'm not a fan of beat em ups.

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                                    Electric_Druid
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                                    Thanks! My partner worked hard on all the art.

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                                    • D dryfter

                                      I’ll probably never play it, but the game looks cool and I can appreciate someone else’s hard work, so Imma buy it.

                                      Good speed on your journey!

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                                      Electric_Druid
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                                      #88

                                      Thanks, the support is appreciated!

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                                      • A agent641@lemmy.world

                                        Same reason that shit on TV is five easy payments of 29.95.

                                        I'm willing g to spend $29. I'll even spend $29 five times. But not $150.

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                                        alecsadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                                        The only time this breaks down for me though is that I still struggle to pay $0.99 for a mobile app I use often sometimes. Really not sure what it is.

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                                          cossty@lemmy.world
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                                          I just today bought all civilization games with all DLCs for 15 euros on humble. Pretty good deal if you ask me, and I even dragged the slider all to the right for the charity, so 2k doesn't get any money.

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