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Launching A $60+ Game Seems Like A Bad Idea Right Now (kotaku.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The discount cycle is on purpose. First you bank with the impatient whales who will buy not even the full version at $70 but the deluxe version with useless cosmetics at $100+.

Then after some times has passed, you do a sale at $45 so people who are willing to pay just this price buy it.

Then lower again, and again until all potential customers have bought the game at the maximum they're willing to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Already aware of trying to capture price tiers. Pointing out that perception of cost is still generally the same despite inflation and that out the door lower prices that the competion have sometimes led to more financial success than that strategy.