Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.

exu@feditown.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No. 8 is closer to 10 then it is to 5

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  • cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m Canadian, so I instinctively just round 5 bucks up to 8 bucks instead (adding exchange and tax)

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    • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s so odd hearing how North America doesn’t have total purchase price on the item.

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• TommySoda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, but what about $7.99?

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  • Mika@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Closer to 800

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  • exu@feditown.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s 8, so also 10

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  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As a Canadian, that’s 10 bucks cause of tax

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• Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  no, completely valid, but pricing is a psychological question rather than a math question for some.

  reason for example products are priced with X.99

  some people se it as cost X amount, others (like youself) see it as X+1 amount. the 0.99 is the extreme end of the psychology and choosing 8 in the case of peak increases number of people who dont see it at the higher price

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• mohab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  8 is definitely 10. 10 starts at 7.30~7.40 for me. Anything above 7.50 is 10.

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• StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah. But I think the difference in this specific case is that if you’re already kinda wanting to buy something and it’s 8 dollars, you might convince yourself that it’s basically just 5 dollars to justify the purchase.

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• Camille_Jamal@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a Canadian, $8 is $10, $5 is $8

  Yeah uhh that’s pretty normal. Megabonk: $22.99 which is really $27

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