Doesn’t show as on sale for me. Maybe region specific?
I've been waiting for this for a long time.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Mikina@programming.dev to games@lemmy.world
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Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
victorz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was about to say, Factorio is known for never being on sale, wow, what a day… A day… Huh. What day is it. Dangit.
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
same here, no sale in Canada
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
lol
lmao, even
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was upset for a second that I finally bought it a month ago 😅
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Imagine if the dev actually did this. They’d probably make millions just from those that added it to their wishlist hoping it’ll go on sale someday and completely forgot about it. I know because I was one if those dudes but eventually caved after I found out it’ll never go on sale.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
I have fifty steam accounts that own one copy of Factorio each and I’m just waiting to cash in.
I thought I was ruined at first.
Carrot@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I was as well. Put off buying it for years, as I am the patient gamer who waits for deals. I caved after playing Satisfactory and still having the itch to build factories
Rusty@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I had it in my wishlist for years. I wasn’t exactly waiting for a discount, I was just playing other games. I finally bought it a month ago and already spent more than 100 hours. The game is addictive.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They have a demo available for free, which was enough to let me know I’m too dumb for the game.
TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
If I have to think a lot to play the game then I’m out. I get paid for that shit.
eli@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s me, still haven’t bought it. I got other games to play anyway so oh well!
Dremor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mod Note : T’was a nice april fool matey !
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Developers or publisher seem to think its anti consumer practice to go on sale. So I knew something was off when I read post title.
It isn’t about visibility or sales, its about respecting the players who have already purchased the game. We don’t want to reward the people who hold off on buying the game, the game is a price we find reasonable, and this is the deal. If you think it is priced too high, then it is your choice to not purchase, and we hope that with enough time, and extra development, we will be able to convince you of its value.
Not having a sale ever is part of our philosophy. In short term, they are good and bring extra money, but we are targeting long term. I believe that searching for sales is wasted time, and people should decide on the price and value, but putting option of wasting time to search for deals or waiting seems like bad part of the equation. As an example I would like to mention Minecraft. I’m not aware of any sale of it :)
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you think it is priced too high, then it is your choice to not purchase, and we hope that with enough time, and extra development, we will be able to convince you of its value.
No. It just convinces me to pirate.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
As someone who actively sails the high seas, the devs and publisher of Factorio don’t really hit any of the marks for why I would pirate something in the first place.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
See, this is a toxic attitude. They are not charging an outrageous price. It’s not a subscription. It’s not an unfinished game. It’s not locked to the Epic Games store. It’s being actively maintained. It’s not being sold by a toxic publisher like EA. It’s an indie developer. Etc. etc.
It’s just a simple product, with a simple price. And you insist you have the right to obtain a copy of it without paying because they don’t offer discounts. This just isn’t reasonable. You don’t have a right to a copy of this game. It’s entertainment. It’s a product that those who work on it derive their lively hood from. It’s not food. It’s not shelter. It’s not healthcare.
howrar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That falls into the “not purchase” category. Regardless, their point still stands. If it’s not worth it for you at that price and you still want to play it, you might as well pirate it now because the price isn’t changing.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Honestly its one of those games where I recommend people pirate and if you like it or feel like you got a lot out of it and think they do deserve it, pay for it.
SillyDude@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
There are so many games that I don’t even feel the need to pirate. There are plenty of games on my wishlist that either currently are or will be on sale so I’d rather just buy one of those. And with piracy I already archived full collections for various older systems, there are probably hundreds of S tier games that I’ve never played that are just waiting for me. No more downloads, no more payments, no accounts. I could fuck off for years and just play emulated games.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
One area where Factorio is tough to pirate is, they actually locked their mods behind a sort of DRM scheme where you have to confirm having it on Steam to download them. It’s a great game as just vanilla but I’m not sure how to get around that if you want to use mods.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah, they answered that: “with enough time”, they hope they can convince you to buy it.
Einhornyordle@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I used to respect that, same with them pricing the game at 20€ (not 19,99€, exactly 20€)… until they decided to increase the price over time to “adjust” it for inflation, instead of decreasing it like it is/used to be common practice, and then releasing a dlc that cost as much as the entire game, effectively doubling the price. 20€ was a fine price, give me a 10€ dlc on top of that and I’m still on board. But 64€ for the game and DLC? AAA price for no AAA value? Yeah, I’m out.
wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Factorio has more value than the vast majority of AAA games I’ve played.
5765313496@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No AAA value? Rude. It has AAA value to me.
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No AAA value? It’s up there with Minecraft and terraria as one of the best games.
I’d say it’s better than any AAA if you consider the games above “indie”
1984@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Its worth it. People spend thousands of hours in it.
lime@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
i mean the dlc easily quadruples the length of the game, soooooo
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Is this only in the EU? On my end in the US, it’s still full price.
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
check todays date.
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Damn, I’ve gotten to a point in my life that I forget that April Fool’s Day exist.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This was the best April fools prank I’ve seen today
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Factorio costs about $20 and One Thousand Hours of your life.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Thousand hours, on the first run.
1984@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Yeah its the time cost I dont want to pay…
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s still funny to me the one time @Kolanaki@yiffit.net / @Kolanaki@pawb.social bought a game, got disappointed, then proceeded to spend time milking it dry to get his money’s worth/points rewards.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I thought it was $35?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Idk what the price is in I.C.E. eagle hot dogs, be glad I didn’t just put the price in pesos
RustySharp@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Depends on which dollar we’re talking about. Zimbabwean?
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That’s really funny but also fuck you
mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
maybe it’s a cultural thing, but this isn’t funny in my region
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Maybe not but your comment fucking was lmao
Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just curiosity, which region on the globe is that?
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
ah yes, the good ol’ april fools
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Sooo, the end is near?
nuko147@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t do drugs though.
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Isn’t 100% off on fitgirl?
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe there is a Hell, OP. (Reminded me to wishlist it on GOG, though.)
Tiresia@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
You got me, I thought this was going to be drama because the Factorio devs said the price will only increase with time.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The true cost of the game is much higher though.
derpgon@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
My one year sober badge, to be more specific.
…here we go again.
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well done lol
Napster153@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mods, send this man back to the Reddit he came from
Mikina@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I have no problem admitting that, it is indeed a repost from Reddit. But it’s also the only April fools that I found genuinly funny, and since I didn’t see it here I wanted to spread the joy :D
I thought about creditting it, but that’d kind of ruin the joke, plus I don’t really care about creditting Reddit anyway.
Napster153@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sarcasm: As a former Reddittor, you are in every right to not credit.
Truth: Real. Peace to you today bro.
Skv@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Factorio is 100% off when you torrent it.
fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 2 weeks ago
thanks for reminding me to wishlist it on gog!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
you marvelous bastard i love you. that was brilliant. i want to punch you through the face and buy you coffee and maybe kiss you i’m not sure I am having emotions i am going to go play final fantasy and settle down.
wopalopa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
god damnit you got me
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Hahaaaaa that’s an April fool’s for the true believers.
JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I checked anyways just to be sure 😔
KittyCat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shame that isn’t real, I’d buy it at that price, but I won’t buy a game that refuses to go on sale out of principle.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
pets the kitty
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Shiiit. Well I’ve fought it off for this long…
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you were sorely hit by the april fool, and urgently need a bad factory game to fill in the desire, Arknights: Endfield is a F2P gacha game that uses factory-building for a lot of its progression system (it is also a generic 4-man combat game)
chaogomu@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mindustry is a industrial based tower defense with RTS elements. It’s quite addictive. It’s $10 on steam or free on itch.io
Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
wait has it always been that much? I feel like I didn’t pay that much back when I bought it years ago.
gmtom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They increased the price a couple times for various reasons
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
This is a special kind of evil
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
“Made with anger” 😄
certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t do computer games. Could you explain me what is the deal with this discounted game?
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The developer is ideologically against sales, because they believe it’s disrespectful to people who have already bought the game. Factorio has never been on sale, and will (probably) never go on sale