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Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale? (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Basically nothing is sold to cover the cost. That's the basic of how making a profit works. So let's start from there. Second, when you make a digital product, you invest X and you have no idea how many copies you will sell. It's much harder to compute the marginal cost compared to a physical item. Videogames are a luxury item, they are by no means necessary. So there is no harm in letting demand and offer regulate the price. If you feel that paying a certain amount is not worth for a game, you don't pay it, or you wait until the price drops.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That’s the basic of how making a profit works.

Not everything is made for infinite profits

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Any profit requires charging more than cost. Nobody is talking about infinite. In fact games after a few years end up costing pennies.

You are literally arguing nothing. Devs have the right to profit off their labor.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Apple have the rights to sell you a stand for 999$ but you are getting fooled hard