so i specifically made an account to clarify what is wrong with this entire scenerio:
to start off with factual evidence, both the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America have both proven empirically that the inflation issue of the past 5 years was not truly inflation but extreme corporate greed being at an all time high, so a 16.69% price increase because of inflation is a shaky excuse at best, and as another user pointed out, a flagrant disregard for a previously given excuse for the first price increase
on to Economics, for indie games the optimal price for most is $15 to $25, as it has the proper balance of being able to sell well and still make a good amount of money, so the first price increase threw it out of the indie Goldie locks zone, then to add insult to injury the 16.69% increase after that during not just a global pandemic, but also during one of the worst economic down turns in world history is appalling at best, but i may point out... games have almost never been affected by inflation, if they were your average video game would be almost $200, so you dont want to open that can of worms
on to personal, for me, i bought the game when it was $20, and was pretty perturbed when it pulled an ARK and increased in price with full launch, luckily not nearly as egregious as ARK, but when the 16.69% increase came around, i just gave up ever buying friends the game, but to make matters even more heated, the announcement from so long ago comes to mind
We feel that now is a good time to adjust the price of the game. The price of the game has been growing steadily together with the game becoming bigger, more stable and polished. After careful consideration, we have decided to set the new price of the game to 30 USD (or your regional equivalent). This change will become effective as of the 16th of April 2018. This is the final Factorio price update, unless something unforeseen happens, so it will also be the price for the game for 1.0 release.
As you probably know we have a strict no sale policy. The game will not go on sale on Steam or any other platform. This basically means that purchasing before the 16th of April 2018 is the only way to buy the game cheaper than the increased release price.
so did y'all not take in actual economics after this point? i can tell you from personal experience, and the experience of roughly 75% of the US population, $20 was no small chunk of change, and $30 was somewhat pushing it, and in 2022 it was officially declared that the economic down turn had effectively caused everything to be dire for 90% of the US population, to the point that the original metric of "could you afford a $400 emergency" became "could you afford a $100 emergency" and most people who answered said no
so this all brings me to now 10/22/2024, where the game is now $70 for full access... this is not a AAA game... this didn't have the expenses of a A game AA game nor a AAA game, so why, do @devs keep insisting on squeezing people for ludicrous amounts of money, i dont want to hear "well if you calculate for time played blah blah blah" it is damn near a whole Benjamin for a game, that frankly is getting a little full of itself it is 350% more expensive than when i first bought it, and with the @Devs asinine decision to be entirely against sales, the game is out of roughly 80% of the US consumer price range
while i am asking for answers that are not diluted in delusion, im well aware no answer will sate my anger at this flagrant greed, so im just going to leave it there, besides one last time of saying it, neither I nor anyone i know will be buying this game nor its DLC for ourselves or friends completely off the facts that the games price has increased by 350%, the game never goes on sale, and the Developers excessive greed had ruined all good will they had with the gaming community at large
go learn actual economics and its impacts on the consumer at large, and fix the price of your game, im out