Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Simaj@toot.aquilenet.fr⁩ to ⁨gog@lemmy.world⁩

Bonjour @gog can you explain why games that are over 10 years old are still priced at their original release price? I don't understand this “sale” principle when a gradual price reduction over time would make pricing easier to understand.
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Pouvez-vous nous expliquer pourquoi des jeux de plus de 10 ans sont toujours au prix de sortie ? Je ne comprends pas ce principe de "soldes" alors qu'une baisse de tarifs au fur et à mesure du temps permettrait une meilleure compréhension des prix.

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a_good_hunter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Because fuck you, that’s why.

Mostly it’s because we buy them at those prices. 🤷

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- steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  If you’ve got Amazon prime then the GOG version of Civ 3 and I think 4 is available through prime gaming as a subscription bonus www.amazon.com/prime-gaming
  
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  - Simaj@toot.aquilenet.fr ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Tiens, Gog va se faire manger par Amazon :/ dommage, ça aurait pu m'intéresser une offre de cloud gaming par Gog. (même si j'aimerais un comparatif changement de machine/service de cloud en terme écolo avant de dire que c'est un service qui m'intéresse)
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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
So the sales look better and the subscription services seem better value.

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notaviking@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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.

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Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Do you have an example of such a game? No reduction after 10 years sounds really weird.

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