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zaczac
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figured that  it looks like a good game but its pricey... |
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Karakawe
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I read in an article someplace that Steam makes a whole lot more money when they put games on incredible sales. There was a breakdown of how much more they made at each increment (decrement?) of 10% to the price, to a certain point.
It makes sense, I guess. Steam gripes aside, it's simpler (and usually faster) to buy the Orange Box for $10 than to muck about with torrents/warez. |
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| Karakawe wrote: | I read in an article someplace that Steam makes a whole lot more money when they put games on incredible sales. There was a breakdown of how much more they made at each increment (decrement?) of 10% to the price, to a certain point.
It makes sense, I guess. Steam gripes aside, it's simpler (and usually faster) to buy the Orange Box for $10 than to muck about with torrents/warez. |
The actual profits don't increase nearly as steeply as you'd imagine, I know the article you mean. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know if it's from the same article, but I found these numbers: | this page wrote: | * 10% off = 35% increase in sales (real dollars, not units shipped)
* 25% off = 245% increase in sales
* 50% off = 320% increase in sales
* 75% off = 1470% increase in sales |
I'm not into business at all so I don't know if that's skewed or anything, but it seems that these events have become a sort of sales model for Steam to combat piracy (and it appears to work). |
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hcavolsdsadgadsg
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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It's a little misleading, example being:
$50 @ 1k units moved = $50,000
$50,000 (assumed gross income) inflates 14.7 times to $735,000 thanks to sale.
Newell says 75% sale increased actual profits (net income?) 15%... which is far and away from the number we just got.
So one can assume some kind of cost involved. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| slovach wrote: | It's a little misleading, example being:
$50 @ 1k units moved = $50,000
$50,000 (assumed gross income) inflates 14.7 times to $735,000 thanks to sale.
Newell says 75% sale increased actual profits (net income?) 15%... which is far and away from the number we just got.
So one can assume some kind of cost involved. |
Well you have to remember that there is no cost to distributing these games, as they aren't even on discs. So all of their gain is their net profit. That's how VALVe could sell TF2 at $2.49. They made a shitload of money from that because it didn't cost them anything (really).
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Nick :3
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| Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: |
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I find the new sales a little boring. Nothing exciting really.
L4D2 just 25% off. And that's the only good game in the list.
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woo bought KOTOR
can't help myself when i see things around $2 |
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Updates original post... Day 2...
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Dead Space for 15$ - sounds good. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Day 3's sales are now on.
IMO the only notable sale today is the guild wars trilogy for $25.
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Updated: Day3
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| Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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trackmania is so fucking good
if you like racing games then it's well worth it. |
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