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"We've been told our games are too expensive in some countries but we've been using Steam's recommended pricing for a while. We trust Valve enough to not change this. If our games are still too expensive for you, you can pirate them until you have enough to support us."

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[–] 29 points 3 years ago (11 children)

I miss the era of freeware and demos. Give me a taste with no strings attached and you are far more likely to get my money at some point.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

    Yeah it's a shame demos died out. Now studios (or publishers, more likely) just expect everyone to pay for a game they don't even know they'll like, and tough shit if you don't like it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    A lot of indie games on steam still do demos actually but yeah shitty that AAA games don’t do them anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Huh, I haven't run into an indie with a demo recently, but it's definitely great to hear that demos are still a thing in the wider indie scene.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They want people to buy before they know what is like so they don't have a chance to reconsider or regret it. This is why they hype preorders.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    But so many games still have demos? I feel like it's probably more that they're cheap and don't see a reason to pay whatever it costs to throw a demo together for free

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    I often grab a pirated copy to see if I like it first, and if I do, I'll buy it. If I play it once or twice and don't really get much out of it, I'm not out anything but some download time.

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