At $20 It's probably very worth buying if it's your type of game. I feel that I would totally get into it but unfortunately I can't stomach top down 2D small pixelated games( 2.5/3D is fine-ish) so it's an easy pass for me especially if it never goes on 75% sale, plus the backlog, lack of time and a budget. I respect their decision but every EA game raising their prices when leaving EA sort of annoys me for many reasons I won't get into because it's not the topic.
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every EA game raising their prices when leaving EA sort of annoys me for many reasons I won't get into because it's not the topic
Factorio already raised the price long before Steam Early Access ^_^
I guess in practice the games that do this do not add extra quality that hasn't been there the year before their price raise, from my observation. Otherwise I don't see any issues.
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Bought, even though this is not even my cup of tea.
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There will never be a sale? Hahaha. Good joke.
See you during a sale in a year. 🤩
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Well, it's not my words. It's the developer's words.
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Yup, I was kind of answering to their words. Every developer always says there will never be any sale. What they don't mention is a price drop over a period of time, which is a sale but technically not. 😂
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Really? Only one publisher comes to mind as saying there'll never be any sale.
Electronic Arts once criticised steam sales as devaluing all those that take part in the big sales, and said they'd never join the trend. Other than that, I can't think of any off the top of my head.
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It's been on Steam for over 2 years, and no sales yet.
Will it have a sale? Probably eventually, but only when their next game is there. Not in just a year, I bet.
It's a policy that's currently active, but may someday be dropped, of course. They may also not have sales, but instead reduce the base price, for example.
Anyway, the game has over 10k players daily. It's doing pretty good for an indie title with no discounts and in early access, so no need to whore themselves.
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Only time will tell, but I haven't seen a single game that actually kept it the same price for years to come. Early Access games don't usually get their prices dropped during the development time, since the idea is: you pay 20bucks in the beginning -> you get more updated, polished game, more stuff eventually. you pay 20 bucks in the end of the development -> you get the most updated and polished game, no more updates to be expected.
Then they release the game aaaand all the criticism hits them. Once their income will start being slow and weak, they'll do what every other developer does - price drop. If they won't, the boom that they had coming from the EA will die out and people just go to play new, more modern games. And their next game, that might not be as successful as this one during EA will need financing, if they're planning on staying alive on Steam.
Godus, Star Citizen (not on Steam), We Happy Few there are a few famous games that had a high rate expectations before and they said they'd never drop their prices.
Well, Godus is complete fiasco and they dropped their prices multiple times after realizing they'd not even be able to finish their game.
Star Citizen will finish it game and by the time will consume all of it's 170M funded money, they already introduced some sort of monthly membership which is basically a charity, since it's not necessary for playing.
We Happy Few, after saying the price will get up (doubled) after they leave EA they were harshly criticized and are currently unavailable on Steam.
Steam reviews can be changed and as they said it themselves, they cancel out the stolen goods, which will make the gray market (G2A, Kinguin etc.) buys be popular, since the price there will be a lot cheaper than Factorio's 30€ price. Angered by the refunded key, one might buy a game from Steam, only to give it a bad review and then ask for a refund. Just one scenario. 🤩
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The only Factorio you can even buy on your grey markets of choice are probably Steam Gifts or whatnot. They have no reason to discount it and it's not a 'studio' that needs to keep money flowing in to pay the bills. If you compare the amount of sales to the people working on it, it's a Minecraft-y case of being able to continue to develop games for quite a few years before having to think about money.
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Need of money raises at the same rate as income. If you won a lottery as a student living in a student dormitory, would you still keep living there and moving around with a bicycle/bus and eating same old cheap food? No, you'd upgrade everything and if you're smart invest money into something. They invest their money into paying salaries and making new games. If new games flop, the difference has to come from somewhere -> Discounts on more famous games.
As for the grey markets they said it themselves that these may be keys that are bought from their official website with stolen credit cards, then later reimbursed and they revoke these keys from Steam, they're not good Samaritans. And someone who doesn't know how Steam key scams work may think that the developer is being a douche.
As I said, only time will tell. We will see in a year have they kept their promises or not.
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I played the demo from their website, and I'm still deciding if I'm going to buy. I'm not much into the Minecraft-part, nor into the building part, but it seems super fun in coop.
In case anyone is curious:
https://factorio.com/download-demo
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tried and finished demo too, not impressed that much to justify spending $20
-bad bad gui.
-alien animations and whole battle system mechanism feels sloppy compared to building.
-didnt like games graphical style that much, feels dated.
But gameplay overall is nice and can be addictive(if you like these type of games). Last but not least as you mentioned above coop is REALLY GOOD!
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Ohh they are reworking the GUI in the next update :P
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Oh hm, good to know. I tried the demo a long time ago and the GUI was a total dealbreaker for me, but I've been wondering if I should buy it after all before the price increase (really can't fit it into the budget atm though).,,, now I'm wondering some more.
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my region price is top 2 lowest..hmm i dont know if i can play it if i buy it, lel, too many game i bought but can't play :'(
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I had to buy it, I tried the demo a few months ago and it was great. I have payed 20$ (16€ more or less), copy purchased directly on their website!
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Made some fat profits on flipping trading cards on steam market, so decided to try this game out. Already put like 50 hours in this game for last 4 days. Please send help.
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$20 is to much for me, despite the quality of the game (exchange rates are horrifying) so I was going to pass, but thankfully it costs only $12 on Steam. Did Wube Software arrange for it to have a lower price in 3rd World countries? That's really considerate of them.
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It's probably just Steam's regional pricing... I wish it included Bulgaria >.<
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Steam's regional pricing usually makes games cost at least as much as the USA pays, or maybe 25% more. This is the first time I've ever actually benefited from it.
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Well... You've got pretty sweet discounts :)
https://steamdb.info/app/427520/
I checked some other games and there are 25-50% discounts as well.
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Well, this is the first time I've actually run into a regional discount for us, and I'm very happy about it :) Sorry that Bulgaria didn't get a better price too.
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How come it's to much? You have 1 652 games in your account. If you bought all at the lowest price they still cost $3 214.
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I see you live in Romania, with almost twice the purchasing power that I have (a consequence of our currency's value collapsing in December 2015 - when the price of $1 doubles our income doesn't magically double at the same time). Basically, $20 for you is roughly equivalent to $12 for me. You are charged $20 and think it's not too much. I am charged $12 and think that it's a good price.
Hope that explains it. I'm not complaining - I'm celebrating getting a great game for a price I'm happy with!
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This time I wasn't just to late but just in time! ^^
Thank you for for your multiple heads up threads and posts!
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Finally got around to playing the demo. Wasn't sure it was really my kind of game, but then again I could already feel the prickles of "just one more shot". I had a little store credit on Humble and a monthly subscriber discount, so I figured why not?
Thanks for the heads up. You just got those devs one extra sale, and my laptop just got a perfect game for keeping me distracted.
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gonna buy 100 copies with it's $30 just to support the devs! and idle all their cards
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Oh wow, price increase happened, and US price is the 30 USD they said it will be, but in EU it's 25€ ( few cents more than the US price at this moment).
Nice to see them not going the 1€ = 1 USD route, it's a rare sight.
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This is gonna go in humble monthly, just wait, just like ksp
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or months and then ... but we never said it wont be in a bundle
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That's what I'm seriously afraid of...
But did KSP ever announce a no sale policy? AFAIK it's been a part of almost every Steam sale.
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Someone asked the supports if there'll be a sale / bundle in the close future, they said that according to their knowledge not - then monthly happened. Not like any support email will reach any person who decides on sales, and no bloody way they would actively leak it, but nevermind, now the game and the studio is tarnished and ruined, and should be burned up because this is steamgifts. Where getting games for cheap only enrages people, because they paid more for it.
*cleans shiny new game while sittiing on mountain of backlog, telling it sweet, sweet lies how will I play with it just as soon as I get home*
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"close future" -- I see the problem there. :D To a person with 0 unplayed games, that means a month, tops. To the rest of us looks at a pile of 500 unplayed games... maybe a few days more. -.-
Thanks! Hadn't heard about that.
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From their latest annoucement:
Chart created with Lex's SG Chart Maker
If you want to support the developers, buy the game directly from their website. As far as I can see, you don't get any perks from Humble Store (discount for subscriber and cashback), but all the money goes to the developer. This is also the cheapest option for folks from EU.
If you are a Humble Monthly subscriber, not from EU, and your regional price for the game is approximately the same or more expensive than as US prices, you might want to buy the game from Humble Store for $18. This is the cheapest option available for the game for folks from first world countries.
If you own a Steam copy (regardless of whether you bought it from Steam store or other retail store), you can obtain the DRM free version of the game from Factorio website after you link your account on the site with your Steam account.
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