The video game industry can't go on like this

Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by maushu on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:24AM (#20515582)

> Factorio is a marvel of an example of a game made by people who are genuinely very skilled and care a lot about what they're making.

I'm have more admiration for the fact that they don't have sales. The only way to get a discount is to use a third party discount system like humble monthly.

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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by mjevans on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:06PM (#20517226)

Factorio also isn't over-priced to give something to cut sales from. It launched at a good price for the game and hasn't looked back.

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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by klohto on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:41AM (#20515754)

Almost all indie devs don't have sale department (or people)

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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by Dragonai on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:53AM (#20515853)

By "don't have sales" maushu meant the company doesn't run discounts on the game :)

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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @02:01PM (#20517851)

This is a fun example of language differences. Here's English to Italian:

Sale (people selling stuff): "forza vendite"

sale (discount): "sconto"

Also, not related, but another interesting example:

"free" (open): "aperto"

"free" (price is zero): "gratuito", "gratis"

Doesn't mean that Italian is superior to English. Simply means that in certain languages, words are ambiguous where in others they are not.

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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by dx87 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:56AM (#20515888)

They mean sales, like a 50% off discount, not a sales team.

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