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.
@Dariusmiles2123 stellaris ?
I was going to put Civilization IV, but it’s gone down to €20 (for a 20-year-old game…).
@Dariusmiles2123 I don’t understand. Even if it’s automated, this promotion must add work, whereas an automatic price reduction based on the year of creation with a minimum threshold for maintenance seems so simple and respectful of customers to me.
Well I’m not sure GOG is deciding about the price of a game. Maybe GOG is just taking a commission but the game developer or publisher is still the one deciding about what price to sell the game for…
@Dariusmiles2123 but they accept promotions, maybe.
Yeah they probably have a bigger input on this.
But have a promotion on a game while still having the same anount of money going to the devs/publisher, would mean GOG is taking the hit.
I guess it’s difficult to judge as we don’t know how the industry works…
@Dariusmiles2123 In my opinion It’s not right that developers expect us to pay the same amount for a recent game as for an older one. Which is why I made that comment. I imagine that Gog doesn’t have the leverage to bring prices down permanently. But maybe we, the players, can give them the tools to do so.
Oh I fully agree with you that older games should be cheaper.
Although I can also understand that it’s a question of supply and demand.
As players what we can do is vote with our wallets.