http://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/

https://steamdb.info/app/221100/

They purposely increased price to make it "sale", now it costs even more than before LOL even with that "sale" 23.79€

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If true then Steam has violated the law.

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No Steam did not violate the law. Steam only makes suggestions for the price. Its the ones who make the game and control who is going to distribute it that sets the pricing.

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That is correct, however I am pretty sure by EU law the act of "raising" a price just before offering it at "discounted" or "sale" price is illegal.

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Indeed, but companies get away with this constantly...

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No where did I say what happened was not illegal, what I did say was that you were wrong when it comes to Valve being the one who raised the price and there for doing the illegal activity.

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I was agreeing with you that it was not Valve that raised the price cause it's up to the publisher?

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I think you're confused. You buy from Valve, in their store, which is called "Steam". You do not buy from the publisher of the game. Your transaction is with Valve, and that's what shows up in your credit card details.

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Actually no I'm not confused. Steam/Valve is not the ones who set the prices.

If I own a building, and I rent a place to a to some person who makes glass flowers. Just before a big sale, the person who makes the glass flowers raises the prices so that they don't take as big of a hit as they would if they did not raise the price. I as the building owner do not have any control over the prices the person sells the glass flowers for but when asked, I make suggestions on what I think the prices should be. The person then sets the prices to what they think it should be.

Valve owns Steam (which would be the building). They "rent" space to the people who develop/make/publish/whatever the games for a percentage of what the developer/maker/publisher/whatever sell the game for. When asked, Valve/Steam makes suggestions on what the usual price for the type/size/quality of game should be and the developer/maker/publisher/whatever has the ability to set their own prices.

You seem to be trying to blame the building owner for the price going up when in face the building owner has nothing to do with setting the prices.

Don't believe me? Check google
https://www.google.ca/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=valve+set+their+own+prices&oq=valve+set+their+own+prices&gs_l=hp.3...2883.8602.0.8869.26.26.0.0.0.0.137.2369.12j11.23.0....0...1c.1.58.hp..8.18.1848.V3GxpIN7KAo

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/02/steam-teases-plan-to-allow-developers-to-create-their-own-sales/

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-02-27-developers-can-now-set-their-own-steam-sales

Now in this case, Steam/Valve is not just the building and building owner. They handle all the transactions and stuff for the developer/maker/publisher/whatever to make things easier. Again this does not make them responsible for the prices that are set by the developer/maker/publisher/whatever.

So again no, I'm not confused.

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Not really, they might have increased it because they go from pre-pre-alpha to pre-alpha.

They did say they will increase price with time, up to €40/$50 at release.

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I suspect as much...They'll just make as much money as possible with minimal effort. Throw in a fix here, some useless stuff there. People will still pay. Not that I mind, you aren't spending my money folks ;)

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Yeah DayZ price increased. Not surprised, it was meant to be. I think it's last chance for people to buy for $30.

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for me it needs, decreases not increases :( like 75%

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Nothing like that will happen until the actual "release" of the game. So wait about another 2 years probably unless it dies faster than that.

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it was meant to be finished too but i don't see it coming in near future. or more like anytime in the future.

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I remember hearing that YS Origins did the same thing in last years christmas sale.

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it says 2015, not 2014, but I still think you are right.

Edit: you may be right, or maybe not.

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Lol, from pre-pre-alfa, to pre-alfa, good one. I don't see any justification for price increase at its current state though. Its been almost a year since I purchased this game, not much has changed. I would have understood that if they had introduced vehicles. But at the moment it seems that they just have gotten greedy.

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Reminder that DayZ runs on valve time and not to buy it until it is complete.

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Right, never.

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....get this on reddit /r/games or something, people need to know about this dirty tricks.

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I don't care, I'll never buy that game.

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Raising the price for a product, even without telling is no problem.
Raising the price just before sale and than offer a discount on that price is misleading advertising and prohibited by European law.

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Sobs. In Brazil it was R$69,99 till other day. They released it at R$79,99 then lowered the price to be in the terms of the market here, now they make it even higher than they're release price..
There are $59,99 games that cost R$99,00..

Fun? fact: And just so u know, black friday in Brazil's stores, do that a lot. A lot of them start increasing price 1 month prior to it. Some make it double the original price to give 50% or less discounts.

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Those DayZ devs are greedy liars... they haven't changed the game for a year and now are trying to rip as much profits as possibly while still doing nothing. Not going to buy this game for more than 7.50, lol

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This shit already happened with Guacamelee this sumer, at least in Russia, every publisher doing this must be ignored, no buy from scammers.

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another reference from law: link

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I don't see what it matters as the price always is what it is. I don't see why anyone would buy a game at -99% if it still cost $200. Just use common sense.

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I think you'd be surprised, sales have a subconscious effect on us

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Ok, apparently it was told there would be price increases at some point.

And according to this guy, it was said the price would go up after the fall sale

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Why not keep the original price till the end of the fall sale then? Now people will think it's on sale when it's really the same price. When people see it's on sale they're more likely to buy it because they think it's cheaper, which is why it's misleading. If the price increase was indicated visibly on the store page, it would be perfectly fine.

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there is no problem in raising the price of an article, but the way it was done is shady.

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I don't care, it's a broken game, maybe they'll launch the beta in 2020.

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expected

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Lets see first what sony have to offer, with h1z1 free to play.

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Even if it was planned, doing it right before a sale is not only a dick move but illegal in the EU.

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RIP Bohemia interactive (atleast for me).

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I just remembered this pic

Bastards.

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