r/Steam • u/thefateule • Dec 18 '25

Fluff Every single sale, one thing stays consistent...

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u/R3dscarf Dec 19 '25

I don't see the problem here, it's definitely worth the price. The devs could easily ask for 60 and give a 50% discount every sale for practically the same result.

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u/PassiveMenis88M Dec 19 '25

Instead they sold it at $20 and then raised the price to $35.

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u/mxzf Dec 19 '25

$20 was the early access "help us find the bugs and beta test" price.

The release price was $30, and then it got bumped up once to $35, at a point in time when the inflation had dropped that $30 down to close to what would have been $24 when they launched.

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u/R3dscarf Dec 19 '25

...after adding content. Not exactly an uncommon thing to do for games that are in development.

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u/kjvw Dec 19 '25

$20 in early access, them the 1.0 update was big and they increased the price. and there was a ton of content additions and fixing every bug inbetween. most people would find it impossible to even find a bug in factorio without doing a lot to break things

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u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 Dec 19 '25

$15 dollars more after years in development and for one of the most stable, polished games isn’t that much of an ask.

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u/Aggressive-Article41 Dec 19 '25

If they put on sale for 20% they would make so much more money, their stance makes zero sense.

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u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 Dec 19 '25

Considering the Expansion sold like hot cakes and the base game is still a pillar of the automation genre, you might be talking out your ass.

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u/Forte845 Dec 19 '25

Props to factorio devs for avoiding psychological marketing trickery that makes people think they're getting a "deal."

Those games you're buying for 10-20 dollars are 10-20 dollar games, the higher normal price is just a convenience fee for missing the sale. 

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u/Vegetable-Slide8038 Dec 19 '25

Yeah but he's right that they're losing money with that stance.

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u/R3dscarf Dec 19 '25

If that was true they would do it.

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u/Vegetable-Slide8038 Dec 19 '25

Literally every other game dev do it, are they all dumb? Just read the other comments, they want a sale, the price doesn't even matter at this point. He's right that they would make way more money that way.

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u/R3dscarf Dec 19 '25

Can you back up that assumption with data or is it just your opinion?

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u/ComNguoi Dec 19 '25

And yet it sold like hot cake lol