Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!

witx@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Aa per the FAQ on their website, Factorio will never go on sale.

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  • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Which is kinda stupid imo. If you want more people to try and buy your game, you should at least put it on sale once a year.

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    • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      They’ve sold between 5 and 8 million copies of that game to date.

      I think they’re doing fine without needing a sale and devaluing their product.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s always the five finger discount

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    • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or you can simply cough up the money and pay for one of the best games ever made?

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      • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        Or we can be upset that some devs never put their games on sale when tons of others do. I don’t care if it’s considered “the best game ever made” by gamers who are already fans of factory-type games, that argument doesn’t hold any water for someone who’s a fan of other genres like RPGs or shooters.

        Also, their “reasoning” that it’s unfair to people who paid full price is bullshit and you know it. Tainted Grail had its full release last month, along with a price increase, but the game had gone on sale multiple times between the EA and full releases. Abiotic Factor is doing the exact same thing, and also had sales in between the EA release and full game. There’s no real reason that it shouldn’t go on sale at least once a year or something. If you miss a sale, that’s on you.

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• Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Iirc the creators said they’ll never put it on sale because that’s unfair to people who paid the full price. The price is the price for Factorio.

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  • Zahille7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Gamers will use anything to justify the price for their favorite games.

    I’m not saying it’s a bad game or anything, I’ve never actually played it as it doesn’t really look like my type of game, but the “reasoning” that they’ll never put it on sale because it’s “unfair” to people who paid full price is stupid.

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• elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The price is the price, yo

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• Squirrel@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t think it goes on sale, at least not for any significant amount. To be fair, it’s easily worth the full price, which is not something I often say.

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  • dirigibles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, they took a shot at doing their pricing strategy backwards from everyone else. The game was cheapest when it was in early access and the cost has only gone up as they make the game bigger and better. I don’t think it has ever gone on sale, but is easily worth the full price.

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    • Jeremyward@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I have like 4k hours in that stupid game. I love it so much

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• piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s already the cheapest game per minute played

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m guessing minecraft beats it. Or if you look at an individual player with thousands of hours it’s probably one of the mario speedrunners.

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  • Daughter3546@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You meant the cheapest drug, right? Factorio is addicting.

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    • piyuv@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s worse than alcohol but better than heroin

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