Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
This is a really basic business concept; business 101 stuff. They definitely didn’t make it up, they’re just using it.
It works against the general population, if this particular one doesn’t, don’t get too busy strutting, there is almost certainly something else that does work on you.
Buy shit because you need/want it, not because it’s a deal.
It works against the general population, if this particular one doesn’t, don’t get too busy strutting, there is almost certainly something else that does work on you.
That is very well put! I feel like I’ve talked to so many people who see one ad that doesn’t land and say, “ads don’t work on me.”
The $8 tier has been around for a decade, for exactly this reason. MMO subscriptions, bargain games, podcasts, delivery fees. People love charging you $8
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same reason that shit on TV is five easy payments of 29.95.
I’m willing g to spend $29. I’ll even spend $29 five times. But not $150.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I had my sewer line backing up into my basement a couple of months ago. My regular plumber was busy so I had to call in a company that I knew was an overpriced scam (“Dream Team” lol) but I had no choice since I had guests in the house for my father’s funeral. They came and of course they couldn’t clear the line and said they had to dig up and replace the whole thing. The guy had a special tablet that he showed me the three options and the prices on and it initially showed them all in dollars per month with “zero-interest financing”. I was like dude just show me the total cost. The three options were $17K, $22K and $36K total but the monthly payments actually decreased with increasing total price (naturally the payment option didn’t show how many total payments you would have to make).
Fortunately I called my regular plumber and he was so outraged at these motherfuckers that he came out that afternoon and cleared my line for me. Total cost $850.
Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Holy shit. Hold on to that plumber, lol.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He does like to launch into racist rants, but sometimes you just gotta hold your nose and swallow.
AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The only time this breaks down for me though is that I still struggle to pay $0.99 for a mobile app I use often sometimes. Really not sure what it is.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s wild, I released a shareware music creation app for Windows back in 2000 and it was easy to get people to pay $29.95 for it. I now have a vastly superior iOS version and nobody’s willing to pay a dollar for it. It’s a very depressing situation for an independent developer.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah. I used to have a $20 shareware product back when kagi was a payment processor. Apple introduced $1 pricing as a dick waving contest and fucked the entire indy developer community.
Camille_Jamal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s cuz people expect free or close to free mobile apps to be scummy and have a bajillion paywalls and need a monthly subscription and steal all your data so on and so forth
When there’s truly good apps, it sucks
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
On iOS I have no problem paying 20 euros once or 10 per year for an app I like. Sometimes more if it’s really useful and/or the desktop app is included. Monthly is a harder sell though.
I payed 7 euros for Collections Database and goddamn I wish it had cost more or the developer would add a tip jar.