Problem

Pickaxe tool is:

Not very interesting.
Basically mandatory.
Easy to craft.
Occasionally forgotten by new players, greatly slowing down their game from the very start.

Let me strike down the "problems with the pickaxe"

It's not supposed to be interesting, you're not going to ...

+1 to the original idea!
+1 to the initial idea
+1 to your +1
Definitely. This is a no-brainer! In fact, it would be nice if it showed with Alt so you can see overlapping fields of fire.
+1 to "no-brainers"

and +1 to this as well ;)
1+ to your second plus one.

And +1 to Factorio

and another ...

Steam actually seems to be an interesting platform for pricing strategies ...
you could set the price a little bit higher than you would want it to sell for
and then regularly take part in Steam sales (where it is lowered to prices that more fit the prices that you want to have)

This way it ...

I think that would give people the wrong idea since it's not a "mod," it doesn't modify the game itself.
AND general discussion is to "Post all other topics which do not belong to any other category." a playlist of music to be played along with the game does not belong in any other category ...

You're becoming real businessman :P
No, "real businessmen" would find loopholes in the taxcode so they wouldn't even have to pay taxes, maybe they could convince their government to pay them instead so they don't lose all the 5 jobs Factorio provides.

Other than that I'm glad they aren't moving ...

Absolutely go for the higher price.

And regarding taxes and stuff, figure out tax deduction stuff and see what kind of investments you can make cheaply when you get a huge surge of money from your Steam launch. It might be a good time to buy new hardware and high quality furniture if you can make ...

I just found out this game existed a few days ago and I already rate it a "minecraft before it was cool".

Also 23998 purchases, ERMAGAWD!