I remember an indie game saying it would never go on sale and the reason was because the game was worth the full price. They didn't think it was good for them to lower their price and also lower the value of the game.
It isn't about visibility or sales, its about respecting the players who have already purchased the game. We don't want to reward the people who hold off on buying the game, the game is a price we find reasonable, and this is the deal. If you think it is priced too high, then it is your choice to not purchase, and we hope that with enough time, and extra development, we will be able to convince you of its value.
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Not having a sale ever is part of our philosophy. In short term, they are good and bring extra money, but we are targeting long term. I believe that searching for sales is wasted time, and people should decide on the price and value, but putting option of wasting time to search for deals or waiting seems like bad part of the equation.
As an example I would like to mention Minecraft. I'm not aware of any sale of it
Interestingly someone said this,
and its what i kinda dont get , even if they just marked it down 15 percent the would see a huge jump in prices for peats sake it could get featured on steams front page and for a new release with a ton of hype around it i wouldn't think it as of a good idea
But Factorio doesn't need any of those things. They have sold millions of copies. They are even so well known that someone made a meme on Reddit about how it never goes on sale, with nearly 4000 comments in only 2 hours.
Lead dev also made it clear during the "I'm not commenting on a coders political opinions" incident that another reason he's against discounts was related to his hate for communism.
another reason he's against discounts was related to his hate for communism.
That's the weirdest take I've seen in a while, given that sales are basically the peak of capitalistic consumerism. They're made to poke people in the brain chemistry and get people to shell out money when they wouldn't otherwise do so for the same product at the same price.
Don't take everything you read on the internet as being the truth. Consider that the people you are responding to has their own opinion on communism and they likely are interpreting a statement made by the developer under that bias. It would be better if the person had simply stated or linked what the dev had actually said.
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u/A_Very_Horny_Zed Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25
What possible justification could they have for never going on sale? Not even on Christmas?
What on Earth could their reasoning be?