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The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. (media.piefed.world)
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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 145 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (14 children)

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

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (9 children)

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

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

[–] dryfter@ani.social 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] baropithecus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 2 months ago

Mine is more:

$0.00: Is it FOSS, or is it on GOG? Is it DRM-free? Cool. (see: Luanti/MineTest, OpenTTD, Battle for Wesnoth, Beyond All Reason, FreeCiv, FreeOrion, Remnants of the Precursors, Endless Sky, The Ur-Quan Masters, Mindustry, Jill of the Jungle Trilogy, etc)

$0.01+ - $4.99: Is it in eXo? I'll get it that way.

$5+: I can't imagine buying it if there's anything either in the FOSS category or in eXo that does the same thing.

And 99% of the time, if there isn't, straight to torrents.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

~~Bloodborne~~ Nightmare Kart costs 0

[–] Damage@feddit.it 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For me it's

1-4 might buy and never play it
4-12 eh if it's got good reviews and it's my genre it's a potential impulse buy
12-25 it's got to be very acclaimed and I have to desire it strongly
25-35 if it's like the sequel of a game I loved A LOT, and has good reviews, and it gets me on a good day
35+ no way, I'll wait for a discount

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[–] exu@feditown.com 108 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Am I weird for rounding 8 to 10??

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No. 8 is closer to 10 then it is to 5

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm Canadian, so I instinctively just round 5 bucks up to 8 bucks instead (adding exchange and tax)

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

It's so odd hearing how North America doesn't have total purchase price on the item.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but what about $7.99?

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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago

no, completely valid, but pricing is a psychological question rather than a math question for some.

reason for example products are priced with X.99

some people se it as cost X amount, others (like youself) see it as X+1 amount. the 0.99 is the extreme end of the psychology and choosing 8 in the case of peak increases number of people who dont see it at the higher price

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago (2 children)

First, these jabronies need adderall.

Second, I need adderall.

I think we’re the same sort of jabroni.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You should go to the doctor and get a blood test. And while you’re there, try to get me some adderall.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 78 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (7 children)

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.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I had my sewer line backing up into my basement a couple of months ago. My regular plumber was busy so I had to call in a company that I knew was an overpriced scam ("Dream Team" lol) but I had no choice since I had guests in the house for my father's funeral. They came and of course they couldn't clear the line and said they had to dig up and replace the whole thing. The guy had a special tablet that he showed me the three options and the prices on and it initially showed them all in dollars per month with "zero-interest financing". I was like dude just show me the total cost. The three options were $17K, $22K and $36K total but the monthly payments actually decreased with increasing total price (naturally the payment option didn't show how many total payments you would have to make).

Fortunately I called my regular plumber and he was so outraged at these motherfuckers that he came out that afternoon and cleared my line for me. Total cost $850.

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[–] AccoSpoot@lemmynsfw.com 71 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This feels like a Discworld scene.

[–] flatplutosociety@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It does, but it also makes sense to me.

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[–] deacon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's almost Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler type math, but it does actually make sense to me.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

... Dibbler was an extremely good hot sausage salesman. He had to be, given the nature of his sausages

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

Finally, someone who thinks like me

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i get it but for me 8 is 10

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

8 is 10 but 7.99 is 5

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 17 points 2 months ago

Nah it's still ten, especially if you grew up in a place that doesn't include tax in the price. That's easily getting to mid 8 after tax, and that might as well be ten.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well it's different when you're selling drugs

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[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 2 months ago

Every premise leading to the conclusion here is verifiably false, and yet they all completely make sense.

[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago (7 children)

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.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (6 children)

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.

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[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you have against OpenTTD and Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead? \s

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[–] Datz@szmer.info 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] xeekei@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The best bang for buck Steam purchase I've done is Halo MCC for 39,99€. Five great games plus Halo 4.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Getting the Orange Box for $10 back in the day has to be my all-time best.

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[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For me, the price listed is the price listed. If it's $5, it's $5. $8 is $8, etc.

This kind of ratio would just confuse me otherwise.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Vibe pricing.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

Basically everyone thinks that, and yet the data shows that basically everyone falls for it anyway. No matter how aware of it you are, you are not immune to manipulation

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That trick with the $ x.99 all over again.

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[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A reminder that you don't need to know advanced maths to be a developer. Just call the necessary functions to do the job

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Glances at this guy's main() function

Instantly dies

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 18 points 2 months ago

For something that makes absolutely no sense at all, this makes a lot of sense.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

This is just this scene from The Jerk in written form.

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