I get a slight pang of upset when a game goes on sale right after I bought it, but then I realize that if I bought the game when I did, it was because I felt it was worth the asking price at the time. My only lasting issue with sales is that they may be skewing the perception app-store as more of a flea-market than a retail environment. The feeding frenzy that sales are intended to create also creates a sense that the app-store is a bargain-basement kind of shop. This perception may make developers of some of the more high-end (i.e. expensive to develop) games think twice about bothering...which in turn could lead the app store into catering to cheap games made cheaply. I think this was the reasoning behind the rumored "premium" game section, to try and carve out a space specifically to highlight (and hopefully sell) more expensive games to make development of these games more attractive.
I wanted to say something deep and noteworthy regarding how developers should stick to their guns instead of trying to appeal to all the WalMart-minded cheapskates that are detrimental to the production of quality games, but Rusty did it for me. Cheers.
I tend to have a small list of games I'm interested in, so when they go on sale, it's really not much spending. Honestly, I am pretty happy with sales.
I am SICK of sales. They dont do the devs any good. I have been burned in the past, but more so recently. Because of this, if a game is over 0.99, I will now wait for a price drop, because it is bound to happen on a good amount of games. I am all for supporting devs, but cannot stand losing out on a couple bucks because of a couple hours difference. Either make a sale on release day and never go underneath that price, or dont put your game on sale!!
If it means anything to you - we aren't doing any sales on RS(at least until RS2 comes out). We thought about it, but in the end, its really not worth it. Because many big sales happen at the same time with the bigger publishers, its just more competition and less money. I agree with your point.
I definitely agree with you. On bigger games such as RS, I do not see any big advantages on a weekend or Holiday sale. If people havent bought the game yet, and miss the sale, they will probably just wait for the "next" sale since there was already one. Once you start, its tough to stop lol. If you keep the price constant, everyone is happy. Lately, I have seen smaller games with too big of a price tag for the app store, which leads to a week-after release sale. I obviously understand where devs are coming from, but they have to understand that the early supporters get burned!! Thanks for understanding Josh lol
It sounds like some of you are saying this: I can't practice self control and spend within my means so I want the game devopers to not add to my shortcoming by tempting me with sales. I have a solution for you guys... Promise yourself to not purchase anything next month. I did that from mid October to mid November and I'm glad I did because now I don't feel as guilty for buying the motherload I have this month.
Okay, here's a direct reply to the complaint: "I don't like sales because they get me to buy too many games and spend all my money" I think it's mostly because 0.99 is easily affordable by most people. Plus the value you get for just that small amount seems like a very good deal. I mean, arcades cost about .50 for most of the games and they're only going to last you at most 15 minutes. I can easily spend $20 at an arcade and go home with nothing to show for it except for a short period of fun. Now, take that same arcade attitude and what do you get? Well, I have about 100+ apps and no, I haven't played a lot of the games but I really do plan to. If the sheer number of 0.99 sales are overwhelming you and making you spend too much money, then it's really not the sales but your lack of willpower. Seriously. And don't gamble. I personally like collecting games. I have about 20 used games I bought for the ps2. Haven't played half of those either. Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas
Yeah me too. I know there'll be many sales on black friday and christmas so I only buy one or two games the previous month. Now in December alone I've bought 10 games!
Everyone does, except diffusion8r. If he hates it so much, why doesn't he avoid sales and just buy everything at full price?
I only get annoyed when I buy a game for full price and then a couple of days later it goes down to 99c.
