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"It's better than nothing" Agreed. Introversion managed to stay alive through selling their four games for $5 on Steam. That's ultimately not too much better
by Dysiode 15y ago
"It's better than nothing"
Agreed.
Introversion managed to stay alive through selling their four games for $5 on Steam. That's ultimately not too much better than the current average bundle sale (http://forums.introversion.co.uk/introversion/viewtopic.php?t=2512 http://forums.introversion.co.uk/introversion/viewtopic.php?...).
These deals tap into the reservoir of people who aren't invested enough in the games to pay full price (I forget the exact term for that), and these games certainly aren't new, and each has been on sale on Steam at least once so the people who were going to buy for full price likely already have.
- Wilduck 15y agoPrice discrimination. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination
- dbalatero 15y agoNot sure what your message is exactly, can you clarify?
- StavrosK 15y agoDysiode said they forgot the term, Wilduck reminded us.
- Dysiode 15y agoI'm not speaking of price discrimination at all. That would be Valve releasing a game at full price and then a week later putting it on sale for 25% off. This doesn't qualify as price discrimination because they're games that have been around. The value for buying earlier is that you've owned it and had the chance to use it reasonably longer than everyone who is getting it now. I'm speaking of the specific market of fence-sitters who may have pirated the games but in this case are willing to throw a couple bucks at the games. Those people who who you never would have gotten money from otherwise.
- dbalatero 15y agoThis is my first time buying one of these bundles. I started to play games again this week, so I figured "what the hell?" I paid the pre-selected $1 above-average payment for this bundle. If I have a great time with these games, I will probably double my payment next time. If I don't, I probably won't buy the next bundle at all. Either way, I can get my feet wet again with games with a low barrier-to-entry price. Also, let's not forget that the cost of production of digital goods is essentially $0, and you could view this as an alternate channel for game developers to make some extra sales while getting people pumped about their future games.
- Dysiode 15y agoDon't forget you can increase your payment for this bundle if you really enjoy them. Also, I wouldn't write off the next bundle if this one doesn't suit your fancy. In my opinion the games in this bundle are more casual than games in previous bundles (I wouldn't consider Aquaria, Revenge of the Titans, Penumbra, et al. to be all that casual anyway). Not that you need to worry about the next bundle at this point X3