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Because fuck you, that's why.
Mostly it's because we buy them at those prices. 🤷
Capitalism and greed.
Yes, but what logic might be behind the price decrease of the software? Not like it has some "shelf time" that might influence price...
Used car salesman: "write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!"
So, capitalism
No, greed - capitalism is the mechanism used to feed the insatiable greed.
Well technically inflation does that for you, taking $ here, but $10 was worth more than 10 years ago than now. I understand where you are coming from and it makes sense, so also I might be wrong but hopefully there aren't too many games increasing their price as time goes on to account for inflation.
Do you have an example of such a game? No reduction after 10 years sounds really weird.
@Dariusmiles2123 stellaris ?
I was going to put Civilization IV, but it's gone down to €20 (for a 20-year-old game...).
@Dariusmiles2123 I don't understand. Even if it's automated, this promotion must add work, whereas an automatic price reduction based on the year of creation with a minimum threshold for maintenance seems so simple and respectful of customers to me.
Well I'm not sure GOG is deciding about the price of a game. Maybe GOG is just taking a commission but the game developer or publisher is still the one deciding about what price to sell the game for..
@Dariusmiles2123 but they accept promotions, maybe.
Yeah they probably have a bigger input on this.
But have a promotion on a game while still having the same anount of money going to the devs/publisher, would mean GOG is taking the hit.
I guess it’s difficult to judge as we don’t know how the industry works..
@Dariusmiles2123 In my opinion It's not right that developers expect us to pay the same amount for a recent game as for an older one. Which is why I made that comment. I imagine that Gog doesn't have the leverage to bring prices down permanently. But maybe we, the players, can give them the tools to do so.
Oh I fully agree with you that older games should be cheaper.
Although I can also understand that it’s a question of supply and demand.
As players what we can do is vote with our wallets.
So the sales look better and the subscription services seem better value.
@Blackmist I don't understand what you mean, nor how it relates to GOG. Also, for me, a promotion on a game that's over 10 years old and costs the same as when it was released doesn't seem like a bargain. On the contrary, I see scam.
Well it relates to all stores, because the publisher sets the prices, not the store.
It used to be a thing that you set the price high before a sale, then advertise it as "80% off" or whatever.
But since GamePass and PSPlus Premium became a thing, the price is high all the time. I'm sure they've been told to do that to make £10 a month to play all those 3 year old games seem better value, when you can't buy them for a good price outside the designated sales. Maybe they're paid more if it's a full price game, no matter how old it is.
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