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$35 being reasonable is an understatement. Most people take 50h to get through their first “full playthrough” and the replayability is limitless. Then there’s free workshop content that’ll take abase game and add another 200h onto it (Space Exploration, Krastorio, Sea Block, Bob’s, Angels, etc)
Plus: They still have a free demo with no time limit too. You get exposed to the core loop within five minutes of playing and you’ll know if it clicks or not for you before you even have to buy.
I bought the game at $25 but I’d buy it again at $35 and not regret anything…
The quotations was due to the fact that no other digital only game increases it price after release because of inflation. I get the devs are updating the game still, but the price of the base game shouldn’t go up with time. But that’s just my opinion.
They probably used quotes because it’s only one part of the equation. If wages are stagnant like they have been for a while (at least in USA), money has less purchasing power and people have less savings/spending money.
Raising the price in economic situations like this is squeezing the customers (whether it’s intended or not), and I doubt most prices hikes with successful things are just to keep the lights on. Which is the big issue now with rising inflation and record profits.
Why did you put inflation in quotes like it isn’t real?
https://www.rateinflation.com/inflation-rate/usa-inflation-rate/
At $35 right now the game is reasonably priced for the amount of value you will get out of it. I believe there is an expansion on the way as well…
$35 being reasonable is an understatement. Most people take 50h to get through their first “full playthrough” and the replayability is limitless. Then there’s free workshop content that’ll take abase game and add another 200h onto it (Space Exploration, Krastorio, Sea Block, Bob’s, Angels, etc)
Plus: They still have a free demo with no time limit too. You get exposed to the core loop within five minutes of playing and you’ll know if it clicks or not for you before you even have to buy.
I bought the game at $25 but I’d buy it again at $35 and not regret anything…
The quotations was due to the fact that no other digital only game increases it price after release because of inflation. I get the devs are updating the game still, but the price of the base game shouldn’t go up with time. But that’s just my opinion.
Off the top of my head, Rain World did it too.
I guess it’s how rain world handled it by bundling it with a major base game update at the same time. See my response to Serenus.
They probably used quotes because it’s only one part of the equation. If wages are stagnant like they have been for a while (at least in USA), money has less purchasing power and people have less savings/spending money.
Raising the price in economic situations like this is squeezing the customers (whether it’s intended or not), and I doubt most prices hikes with successful things are just to keep the lights on. Which is the big issue now with rising inflation and record profits.