This is a consequence of Factorio. You chuds said Factorio becoming more expensive after release wouldn't have an effect on the industry. But it was WRONG.
DUSK devs up the price of the game after release
This is a consequence of Factorio. You chuds said Factorio becoming more expensive after release wouldn't have an effect on the industry. But it was WRONG.
At least he's not pussyfooting around it with corpo speak
>ITT: neets without jobs seeth people want to earn money
just do the world a favor and kys
He tells you to outright pirate if you don't like the price increase. Stop posting shit from Twitter.
He already said that he doesn't give a frick and if you're too poor to afford $8, go and pirate it chud
This b***h is Latinx.
>Latinx
unironically kys
2 hour game for $7.99?
Seems fine. that's about the price of a movie ticket.
Theaters are like 14 euros now. So is McDonalds.
>"please tell me so that I can adjust prices"
>people tell him
>he spergs out
Also, why is he telling people to pirate it if he's making games to earn money?
Because it changes nothing, it's not like people wait for permission. Also his point is if the price isn't worth it you should tell him, not that you should reee just because the price changed. The idea makes sense but it's a moronic ask for anyone on the internet.
how do I know what it's worth until I pirate and play it
General estimation from observing media of it and word of mouth? As with most things in life?
> go pirate it or something
So what's the problem here?
Yeah, he outright says to pirate it. I dont see the issue here
>b-b-but he's being A SPERG ABOUT I-
He kept it simple, either buy it or pirate it. Dunno why OP is obsessed with getting people to side with him like we are suppose to give a shit
OP has been seething about the factorio "no sale" policy and now price increase for years at this point, making thread after thread calling the devs israeli for increasing prices, despite the game having no DRM and devs being fine with piracy. This is just an outcropping of this penny pincher seething.
The thing that gets me is he doesn't seem like he'd ever consider buying the game to begin with it's like, he is just seething about a game he doesn't really care about being more expensive as a concept unprompted on multiple occasions with strangers who have told him to frick off every time he did. Which is pretty deranged behavior.
People who buy that shitty youtuber bait game deserve to get swindled tbh, he should make the price higher
why the frick do gamers act so entitled, it makes no sense
every other industry is allowed to adjust prices
why do you think video games aren't allowed to adjust prices?
you don't generally hike up prices, you lower them over time
>It's okay when hoarding israelites do it!
That's a game that has not been in production in forever, has no digital copies available and the seller is a greedy private person. Any other shit takes?
The game maker in question is a self admitted greedy private person, stay consistent.
He's selling a fully available digital game, this is where the criticism comes from. Nothing has changed in the availability of the product, it didn't run out of print, it's not on some abandoned old console with no digital versions to justify a price hike
Like 30-40 mins, you'd get the same experience watching a video on it.
>He's selling a fully available digital game
All prices for such a product are arbitrary and up to the whim of the seller. There is no more of a justification for a $5 price point vs a $25 price point. The only question is subjective value and if the price is prohibitively expensive for the general audience. He's guessing it wasn't and people's gripe is less that the new price is too high and more that any shift upwards in price is unacceptable, which has no basis in logic.
Yeah, but generally speaking people lower the prices instead of raising them. This is how entertainment media pricing tends to work, unless something becomes a cult classic much later and had a small print or something. I mean either way it's not my PR nightmare
Prices get hiked all the time, activision recently hiked the price of all their games, hell steam recently deleted many poorgays in shithole countries by changing regional prices. It's not as rare as you'd imagine, just most of the time terminally online homosexuals who want something to cry about don't notice.
Most triple "A" publishers raised the price of new games to 70 dollars pretty much, but the steam thing wasnt a price hike it was to prevent VPN abuse to buy games for practically free. Which sucks for the people living in those countries, but that's the danger with regional pricing. But outside of the first price hike there hasn't really been any change in the videogame industry
>but the steam thing wasnt a price hike
No it was just a price increase to ensure maximal profits. Never mind that Steam was already locking down accounts that vpn'd too much and restricted gifting from shithole countries to real countries.
It's a fricking dvd you can print your own
wow, a $2 price hike, how will goymers ever recover?
>the game is worth $8
not really
I'm clapping.
>"don't like it, just pirate"
Kind of based tbqhwy. Atleast he's honest.
Seems fine. He says to pirate it if you dont want to pay. So stop complaining.
he's moronic, but he can do whatever he wants, I don't see anything wrong with this
Why do people seethe over such small amount of money? Its only 8 dollar lol. A coffee is like 4 dollars.
>A coffee is like 4 dollars.
do americans really
A SMALL coffee is 3 Euro and 50 cent here in Ireland in fricking gas stations so not even like Starbucks or something which would be 5 or 6 euro.
yeah but that's Ireland
It's like that in all the first world, shitskin.
I get starbucks once in a while at this one store I have to work at for my job as they have one there. and yeah a regular sized plain coffee is around $3. if you get some fancy shmancy thing with 2 pumps of this syrup, a pump of that syrup, mixed and topped with frothed onionsmilk, etc, then you're looking at like a $6-7 drink. also, it sucks when you're just going for a coffee and then some girl is in front of you in line and has a drink order that would fill a notebook page with options. they should have a separate line for people who just want a plain coffee.
Ganker is 95% poorgay turdworlders
its a glorified walking simulator, an edgy gone home, its not worth $1, he should be glad enough the game got a boost in sales thanks to that submarine thing
He said if you value the game differently than he does you're more than welcome to pirate it. You Black folk overreact to the most mundane shit.
nah hes being small time moron that draws wrong conclusion because hes ego got huge
I agree. But why spend the energy b***hing about it when he's a trog that posts on Twitter? You can change their mind as much as you can change the tides.
There's a class of people who are hostile to the idea of paying for anything. They're eternal malcontents, you see them complaining and rationalizing everywhere. They pirate, buy bootlegs, lowball secondhand stuff, and anyone who doesn't is a shill, paypig, or idiot.
I'd rather get two cups of coffee than iron lung
If you up the price of a product without providing any additional value you should have a nice day.
tell that to the US Treasury
I dont mind his words, but that game wasn't worth its original price and it's even worse now.
isn’t iron chungus like an hour long
>Iron lung
>hour long horror game where you press buttons and see numbers go up and down
Is that a stock market simulator, you can do the same thing in real life, you can even get a jump scare where the feds bust your door for not paying taxes.
Dave is based, wouldn't expect zoomers to understand but he's been doing God's work for fps games for well over 15 years at this point
No one said that factorio going up in price post-launch was a good thing or that it wasn't going to be bad news down the line.
I know you're looking for (you)s, that's why you said chud and are gaslighting everyone, but you're just gay
What's the problem? He's honest about it.
It's just the one dev actually
underrated
>being so poor you are crying and screencapping tweets over $8
the absolute state of Gankercels
Iron lung got a price raise? the 30 min game with a jumpscare at the end? hahahaha
I'm glad he's getting paid. He's been doing shit like porting old DOS games for free for years now
>if you dont agree with this price go pirate it i dont care
I fail to see any problems here
Rapid inflation causes prices to go up, both Factorio and this guy is fine with pirating, I'd say ask for a raise but we all know you're a third world NEET
Once again, you gays have the industry you deserve because you can't enable the success of any independent creator, everything they do is "in service of slop" or 'bad for the industry' blah blah fricking blah, its whiny b***h gatekeeping that keeps the playing field the way it is. No wonder AAA companies have gotten away with shilling shit for almost 20 years.
It's a business, you all play toys on a program for a hobby. This shit is fricking hard to make, long to make and yet its expected every game must be equivalent to whatever the individual thinks the game is worth on the dollar for X amount of desired hours spent on it.
Probably upping the price since the movie is coming out soon
Before I buy a game, I always check the historical low price, and if it isn't that, I don't buy. If they were willing to sell for less, why would I pay more.
In the meantime I pirate.
If he wants more money he should make a new game then.
Good
At least he's honest
Nothing wrong with charging people more if they're willing to pay more
LOL
makes you think...
Commies btfo again.
This would have worked if it was for a game worth that money. Iron Lung is not worth that much. Iron Lung is worth 1$ max. Stupid moron who's been surrounded by too many yesmen
wow who could have though??
Not sure why people would think this is a self-own when the game already peaked a long time ago, and will likely pick up in sales when the eceleb movie comes out
It won't because the game is simply not worth 8 dollars.
It wasn't worth 6 dollars either, yet people bought it at that price too.
>up price
>demand for game goes down
no way
High IQ moment
Is this developer a woman?
Worse. He has Polish ancestry.
and he's a dirty subhuman israelite
Revealing yourself as
a massive c**t is not really gonna improve sales, wow really
>make shitty game
>offer zero updates for shitty game
>up price
>nobody wants it
Wow.
iron lung is worth 8???
WTF? It's like an hour long, is it because Markiplier's movie?
Nobody talks about it lol
None of the problems in the vidya industry are because of the principle "you can set the price of your own product to whatever you want". That part is fine.
why is it so cheap? must be utter garbage made in no time
>I upped the price because this is my job and I get money from it and sure wouldb't mind a bit more money
>Ganker: WOW!!!! YOUR SHITTY GAME ISN'T WORTH ANY MONEY!!! I WILL PIRATE IT INSTEAD
>lol ok go ahead
>Ganker: B-BUT!!! I...!!!! AAAARGH!!!
it's weird though, it's more like
>game isnt worth that
>ok pirate it
>ok
and now he makes no money
anon, pirates dont matter to sales
I'm no rocket scientist with the moon landing and shit but
dev himself said he's bleeding some sales now.... ..
>dev himself said he's bleeding some sales now
again, pirates dont matter to sales
people who pirate would never have bought it in the first place
he decided to sell less and earn more
it happens
he told potential customers who think the price is a tad high to steal the game instead. it happens.
>pirate
>potential costumer
lol
lmao
>glances at OP image
yea
I was considering buying the game. But now pirated it.
What now, moron?
>I was considering buying the game
sure sure
No you weren't
well I uhhh you see da your umm, hmm
Sure, and my uncle works at Nintendo
does he complains about it? no? frick-off then?
no, but he pretty please requested I inform him that the game isn't worth the money and to pirate and say so
good morning sir.
do not redeem game, pirate instead thank you come again
You inform nobody on this albanian basket weaving forum.
muh muh muh m-momma said
Dusk Dev:
>Dusk HD is free because we work hard and hate money and I need you to realize this and suck me off
Also Dusk Dev:
>I need to increase the price tag of a game for literally arbitrary reasons in order to make a living
lol
Threadly reminder that co-op for Dusk, which was supposed to launch with the SDK and Workshop, has also been quietly shuttered, leaving the game more feature incomplete than games from 30 years ago lol
>what if le boring game but with le retro graphics?
one truck pony israelite
trick. frick
>Buying games
>from 6 to 8
woah
>33% price hike is insignificant
Okay, why don't you pay 33% extra for electricity, it's only a few cents more bro. I can make this a food analogy if you'd like
cry more poorgay
I accept your concession
I can smell your tears from here
not him, but if 2 bucks are a big deal for you, it's time to review your entire life.
good goy
holy shit, he raised the game 1/3rd of the price higher, save me Black personman
Video games are luxury goods, and this game is neither good nor DRM protected, stop with the hyperbole
You can't get electricity or food for a one-time payment of $6 so it's not really equivalent.
>from 6 to 8
woah
>from 8 to 11
woah
>from 11 to 15
woah
>from 15 to 20
woah
>from 20 to 26
woah
>from 26 to 34
woah
>from 34 to 44
woah
>from 44 to 57
woah
>from 57 to 74
HOW DID WE GET HERE?????????????????
>vote with your wallet!!!!
you gays keep saying it
Hey
Basically I'm just not gonna buy your game
I know.... UGH I know ..... I'm sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just that I'm not gonna buy it is all!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
yeah, memes aren't an answer in the real world.
Again, if 2 bucks mean that much to you, you failed at life.
>muh slippy slope
The slippery slope has proven to not only be real but guaranteed at this point. It's not our problem you have no pattern recognition skills.
considering you had to raise the price like 8 times before it gets to the "how did we get here" moment
It's his fricking game
He can charge $2,000,000 for it if he fricking wants to
The entitlement of modern Ganker is miserable, Jesus fricking wept
He told you to pirate if you're going to be a prissy b***h about it. What's your problem?
should it not be a rule that if you up the price, you should be required to add at least something in terms of content?
we love you and we hate money, so buy the game <3
I don't understand this thread.
The game is like 5 years old?
>local restaurant raises price of burgers
>okay
>multimillion dollar company raises price of groceries
>okay
>gas station raises price of gas
>okay
>video game dev raises price of video game
>i'm going to kill this person immediately, then myself
Why are gamers like this?
>anons says he will pirate movies
>okay
>anon says he will pirate manga
>okay
>anon says he will pirate music
>okay
>anon says he will pirate games
>STOP RIGHT THERE YOU CRIMINAL SCUM!
Why are Gankerermin like this?
the dev just told you to pirate you fricking moron.
>Anon says he will steal food
>WOOOOOOW WHY ARE Black folk LIKE THIS?
Videogames are essentially glorified toys. Not that everyone who enjoys them is a child, but you have to keep in mind that vidya is meant to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I'd argue that 70% of people that enjoy videogames are stuck with the "perpetual child" mindset, something you often see with millennials. As a result, you're not going to find the rationale amongst gamers that you would typically see in non-gamer adults. You'll only find idiocy and autism when discussing videogames, hence all of Ganker.
If you bought the game, what's the fricking problem?
If you never intend to buy the game, what's the fricking problem?
If you were on the fence about getting the game until it is 90% off on sale well, that's your fricking problem.
weird for communist devs to be gouging prices like this... could it be they're hypocrites?
AAA won their $70 war yet I'm supposed to be upset at some random indie dev adjusting for inflation? gtfo morons
keynesian economics is gay
You can argue about the value of 70$ games. It clearly impacted some, and didn't impact others. Because each game has different enjoyment and time value per $.
Iron Lung though? It's a 30 minute game. It's not worth 8$. It's not even worth 6$.
Szimanski got an overinflated ego from all the youtube essayists slurping his wiener and thought his newgrounds tier game was worth more money.
>average is a moron comsoomer
Yeah I don't deny that.
>dev literally says to pirate the game if you disagree with the price
>nu-Ganker is upset by this
god I hope Ganker really does shut down tomorrow
He is a better gamedev than kojima unironically. He has done a lot more than just iron lung and dusk, but average Gankertard is a south american gacha playing 15 year old so I wouldn't expect most people here to know that
Kojima is literally a mediocre idea guy that failed upwards and spends all his time larping as a movie director even though if he ever tried to direct an actual movie it would flop
>H-he's done a lot of stuff!
I'm in awe of the amount you listed that's worthwhile from him anon, and not just hackneyed boomershooter #2485 and 'interactive horror experience' #8384
truely an artiste
yeah you are right. this guy is an indie dev selling $8 games and he's still making realizing his idea into a movie long before millionaire game dev Hackjima who has an army of Hollywood sycophants surrounding him
>you are just now realizing making a movie is not impressive
Dumb fricks everywhere. It Came From The Desert has a movie ffs. Having a movie means nothing.
and yet kojima with millions of $ behind him and lots of fake hollywood friends STILL hasn't made a movie
>implying shart stranding will release
LMAO
He's made 1 decent game (Dusk) then a bunch of streamer bait shit.
Kojimbo made some great games. This guy makes shit puppet combo clones.
I don't get it, people are unironically playing gacha games on Ganker and this is what you are complaining? Just fricking pirate it if you don't like it, just like he said. What is fricking wrong with you?
Sounds based. "Buy it or pirate it, all the same." Why are you homosexuals crying?
"I'll pirate your game then :^)" is basically the only dialogue option anons here have to try and make a game developer mad, so when said developer basically replies "then go do it, homosexual" they get all pissy about the dev not getting buttmad or humbled, and will then try to smear said dev's reputation in any way they can find.
The fact this guy thinks Iron Lung is worth 8 bucks disgusts me. It's literally on the level of a free 20 minute flash game I would've played 20 years ago, there is nothing in it even vaguely worth 8 bucks. 2 bucks, I can understand.
Best game I played this year cost 10 bucks for 60 hours of gameplay.
>Best game I played this year cost 10 bucks for 60 hours of gameplay.
name?
Void stranger.
It costs 100 MXN here in Mexico or 5.8 USD.
I have no idea why people worship this guy. Guess because he's a developer, that automatically elevates him in their eyes.
I just like DUSK, I couldn't care less about him.
sounds based to me. this guy makes good games btw, DUSK HD just came out so i'm doing another playthrough
Iron lung is a youtube video not a game
>Go pirate it or something idc.
already did months ago and still haven't played this yet
overrated boomerslop
lotta gays sucking the dev off for shitting down their throat in here, glad to know Ganker's as full of dickriders as ever
>you could just pirate it!
okay, and? doesn't make him putting up the price of his hour long 'game' any less pathetic
and if you think he's not going to put it up even higher once that eceleb finishes up his movie knowing morons'll pay more you're delusional, and it'll be even more pathetic then
You could have just explained how its "pathetic" instead of grandstanding.
The point was to grandstand and accuse people of ideological heresy, not to make a point
Why didnt the dev just release a Iron Lung special HD version when the movie comes out at like $10 and people would happily buy it then instead of causing unecessary amounts of anger by raising prices to $8 and being smug about it?
It's kind of hilarious that he thinks the game is good enough to justify this
>You chuds said
I said no such thing.
This wouldn't happen if we were under Communism.
Iron Lung is barely a "game", it is a 20 minutes "experience" that should be cost-free.
>I'm raising the price because I like money, if you don't like that go pirate it or something idk
basado