• @Sentinian
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    61 year ago

    Ok, I’ve watched the video. I will admit I had not known about the g2a thing. While I get the sale thing a little more. I still don’t see the inflation point. I get it’s to continue development and such but it’s only affecting new users and in a way making it harder to buy the game at the best time. Imagine if I hadn’t heard of this game until it went up to 35 bucks. Sure they say the best time is now, but now this fomo is also into play as a result of the price increases this game will possibly get.

    • @smart_boy@beehaw.org
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      171 year ago

      It went 30 USD in March 2018. It went 35 USD in January 2023. FOMO really hardly seems like an issue, especially if you compare it to the usual time-limited event sales.

    • ampersandrew
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      51 year ago

      You can price your game for what it’s truly worth when you’ve got such a quality product. The value of the dollar went down, but the value of Factorio hasn’t changed.

      • @Sentinian
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        41 year ago

        Truly worth is subjective. The devs are welcome to raise the price for inflation. I know you can get thousands of hours in this game, but I personally don’t agree that a game should go up price even if the dollar drops in value.

        • @Serenus@beehaw.org
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          71 year ago

          Would you feel differently if no updates were released for the original game, and all development post release was bundled into a paid expansion? What if, after that, the game was only made available with expansion?

          IMO, that’s all this is, with the nice bonus that people who bought in early get the expansion for free.

          • @Sentinian
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            11 year ago

            I am a bit confused by what you mean. Are you saying something like Base game launches at 20 DLC brings it to current state with a 15 purchase

            Later down the line they merge and the game becomes 35?

            If that’s the case then yes, it’s pretty much the same concept and in fact I would actually see that as a bigger red flag.

            • @Serenus@beehaw.org
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              31 year ago

              Other way around - base launches at $20, dlc comes out at $5, game and dlc get bundled down the line in a $25 pack, discontinuing the separate purchases.

              • @Sentinian
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                11 year ago

                Ok, thinking about it this is actually fair and probably the only argument I’ve seen that clicks to me as I know of games that have done this and have been fine with it. I think the reasoning is why I dislike the move, less-so the price itself. Calling it inflation when you have so many other terms to describe it is strange and kinda off putting to me. But I guess I’ve been conditioned to this idea of a game going down not up in price from my time gaming. The ones that do go up include the dlc and such, which I suppose is no different in this case

        • ampersandrew
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          11 year ago

          It’s very subjective, but that’s what they’re saying when they increase the price over time. Personally, the price of that game could keep rising a whole lot before I’d stop saying it’s worth the price to someone asking for my recommendation.