How much will the game cost on release?

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Oh thats nice
Sorry to wille if i sounded a bit unfriendly

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It´s fine. I have a screenshot but I can`t upload it.

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Found it! :stuck_out_tongue:

https://forum.apoglabs.com/t/is-it-pay-to-play/912/9?u=bigbigcheese

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It will be less than $20 and by that we don’t mean $19,99 or $18,99. We didn’t feel comfortable to announce a price point in conjunction with lengthening the release window and we will refrain from that until we have a stable build! :slight_smile:

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So if by less than $20, they don’t mean $19.99 or $18.99, then logically they mean $17.99. haha just kidding. Thanks devs for all you are doing! Can’t wait to play.

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In my eyes that’s really cheap! Even for an ea game.

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Since they said not 19.99 $, it is obviously 19.98 :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Or maybe 19.97$

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I think the devs are gonna go with $15.99 or $14.99

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It’s easy. I guessed the internal release date absolutely right, so obviously I am also right with my 14.99€ ($ 17.99) EA-release price. Topic can be closed. :slight_smile: :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hahahah. You wish. I hope the devs make it 14.98€ so I can tease you about it. :yum:

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Or the devs are gonna prove us all wrong, not try to trick people with a .99 or .98 price, and go with $15

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I wish they do I hate the .99 .98 .95 it’s just annoying

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Yeah, it originated to lower the bartering range (like instead of negotiating in pounds you’d be negotiating in pennies) but now it’s to make your brain round it sort of subconsciously which means there is probably no point in using it to sell indie games. However steam have some sort of policy to make the pennies a weird number… like even when they’re on sale for 50% off they’ll still round it to the nearest 99p.

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I think there is some evidence that people still perceive ÂŁx.99 as being significantly cheaper than ÂŁx+1, and that sales at these trivially lower price points are disproportionally higher as a result.

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Yeah, that is marking psychology 101.

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It is true. And if you’re in the US, it gets even worse because they didn’t even include the taxes.

Oh and fun fact, if you cross the price (in the tag) and put an even higher price, people might not notice and still feel they’re getting a discount.

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Yeah, it is easier for retailers that have multiple stores in the US to have one set price because even stores a few miles apart might be in 2 different tax zones and the sales tax rate is completely different.

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Steam has a fixed price staircase model which sets prices for all currencies at different levels, all those prices are using the .99 strategy. So to follow Steams recommendation we will use their model.

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Oh ok, so its not the developers of games doing that, its steam, good to know.

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How come some games like factorio go for exactly ÂŁ15?