Gaming

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

According to the Factorio dev(s), its anti consumer tactic to put games on sale. Because those who purchased it have wasted their money. This is not my opinion BTW. Lookup why they don't put the game on sale. In fact, they raised the price twice (at least). That's super consumer friendly!

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I support the facrotio devs' decision

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[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I'm glad I pirated it.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Why? Those devs have spent years making one of the most polished, well-balanced, engaging games of all time. Why do you think you deserve their work for free?

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[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Price hikes were inflation driven in that case, weren't they?

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago*

Original Early Access price was 20 Dollars. First increase was when it went out of Early Access, and then one or two more to 32. Game became an unexpected phenomenon and sold very well, an increase was not required. It was most likely greed. Compare this to other games prices, which usually decrease over time and offer discounts, even indie games.

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[–] 64bithero@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I do what I can … when it’s like a dollar.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 11 points 3 months ago

I bought Sharknado VR for 50 cents. It was just about worth the price.

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[–] AgentBigCactus@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If a game is actually worth £40, I'll buy it. But they fucking need to make me want to play it.

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nothing is worth that much after you've tasted the an epic games bundle from Fanatical, etc. that gave you hundreds of hours of solid enjoyment from games at a total of <$10. At least, that's what I've experienced as an unintentional member of !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works...

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[–] AgentBigCactus@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Fair play. I've bought two bundles before but they never really got me interested. I never really like the games. I'm happy to just buy one game I really want. As I only get maybe 5 hours a week to game, it takes me a long time to finish anything.

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 point 3 months ago

Hey, there's nothing wrong with that. I bought FTL through a Humble Bundle and that was literally the only game in its entire bundle that I cared about even to this day. It was absolutely worth it.

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[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I'll pay whatever the full price is when it is updated/patched to something resembling completion. I don't pay for the privilege of being a beta tester.

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I'm good for full price too if I know I'm getting content I can sink hours into.

Never regretted getting MonHun World and Iceborne expansion at full price.

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[–] wowbaggerip@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

LOL! I'm quite literally about to put my game on sale for 90% off next week in hopes of breaking out of the echo chamber. Spent the large part of a decade working on it and earned a whopping 3 Steam reviews. Was already planning to post about it here in hopes that lemmy appreciates local multiplayer party games.

[–] DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Then I guess Devs need to figure out how to not make games cost 20x more than gamers can afford/are willing to pay. Or help us overthrow the capitalist system keeping us poor and help build a world where everyone's basic needs are met and decs can build games for the love of the game and not to eat.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago

Better than piracy