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Re:Show HN: Mazelit - My wife and I released our first game by pkulak on Friday April 12, 2024 @10:19PM (#40019876)
I think if raising the price of your game increases demand, that’s a textbook Veblen good.
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Re:Show HN: Mazelit - My wife and I released our first game by xanderlewis on Saturday April 13, 2024 @06:27AM (#40022006)
I’m not sure there is a formal definition, but it seems that Veblen came up with the idea because he was thinking about conspicuous consumption, which is slightly more specific.

It’s not that the high(er) price itself makes the product desirable — it just happens to help tell the right story about the product.

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