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Would it be possible to not pay the full price if you already have paid the PC version ?
by nargas 4y ago
Would it be possible to not pay the full price if you already have paid the PC version ?
- hackernewds 4y agoWhy would it be?
- ascagnel_ 4y agoThe most you'll get is a way to indirectly play your PC saves on the Switch (by having the PC version act as a MP host).
- thomastjeffery 4y agoMultiplayer in Factorio has all clients running the whole simulation in lock step, so you are still bottlenecked by the slowest client.
- open-paren 4y ago95% likely that they will not. Factorio famously and deliberately does not go on sale.
- jader201 4y agoIt's rare that you get any game for free on one platform just because you own it on another platform. Almost any game I've seen on both PC & Switch, you have to pay for both. I don't care. Factorio devs can have my money.
- clowen 4y agoFor some background on why not. Nintendo didn't make any money from the PC sales, so it needs to have revenue from this launch. And for Factorio itself, the effort of porting to the Switch, and then the effort of going through validation with Nintendo. Even if they didn't want to charge you again, the company would need to cover the cost of dev kits, extra engineers, and a whole extra channel for development/release.
- TillE 4y agoIt's $30 (on PC at least), and any serious Factorio player has put in hundreds of hours. C'mon.
- Bakary 4y agoVideo games are way up there when it comes to insane value for money. But it seems that players then buy way more games than they need.
- triceratops 4y agoStrongly agree to both points. Any kind of game (video, board, card, whatever) and sports equipment are incredible value for money, in terms of entertainment-hours/dollar, as long as you use them. And because they demand active involvement, they save you from spending money on other stuff. You can easily shop online on the couch watching TV. Not so much if you're playing a game or a sport.
- Bakary 4y agoThe kicker is that the entertainment per dollar figure is only part of the story. The inherent quality and worth of some games make them memorable experiences that aren't found in other mediums, and the market is mature enough that quality games abound even taking into account Sturgeon's law. There is a dark side however, in that gamers can sometimes completely lose interest in the act of gaming in and of itself. This is a complex range of emotions related to the sensation of aging and the restrictions that come with responsibilities. But when it comes, it can alter the value of what people get from games to devastating effect.