The critically-acclaimed base-building hit factor is a strange duck. Since its release on Steam in 2016, the game has never been sold. And now, the developer behind factor is changing the price of its popular game, but it is not discounted. Instead, the price will increase to $5 next week. The developers blamed inflation for the sudden price spike, and interestingly, the general reaction from the community was mostly positive.
Since its release seven years ago on Steam, factor was a popular game, even though it was never sold. On the game’s Steam page, it immediately has a disclaimer letting people know that its developers have no plans to “participate in discounts or rebates in the near future”. That will still happen after it goes from $30 to $35 on January 26.
“This is an adjustment to account for inflation since the release of Steam in 2016,” official factor Twitter account tweeted. You might expect a flurry of angry reactions from players, but it seems that the developers have done a good job of being transparent with their community, such as by informing them a lot about the change. upcoming price change. factor also avoided microtransactions and other exploitative or expensive DLC. The end result is that not only are people happy with this price increase, but many are asking the studio to provide more ways for players to financially support the game.
“Fine, but now give me an add-on to spend more money [on] this game!” tweeted one player, “Honestly, I would love to see other ways to support the game because I already own it,” another fan tweeted.
You might wonder why a studio never let its game be part of any Steam sale for almost a decade. According to the manufacturers of factor in one forum post 2016it’s about respecting the players who bought the game and not rewarding those who are “slow” to buy it at a lower price.
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“If you think [Factorio is] If the price is too high then you have the option not to buy and we hope that with enough time and further development we will be able to convince you of its worth.
factor It’s not the only game on Steam making changes to make more money as the economy continues to slump. military shooting game Formation is returning to the promise its developers made about never making paid DLC or cosmetics. In an upcoming update, Formation will get the first paid DLC as a new emoji in the game.
This is what the team behind the online milsim shooter had to do say on Steam About new, upcoming paid cosmetics:
When we look to the future, we see a long and healthy life for Formation. It has a large and dedicated player base. We plan to further update and support the game beyond 2023. While many of these planned updates will be free, we also realized that we needed a way to continue to fund development. development of the game. Formation. Paid content like emojis is one of the ways to help fund that development and continue our work on improving the game.
Compared to how people react to element’S price increase, reaction from Formationthe player community is much less active, with some feeling betrayed after being promised this wouldn’t happen. However, some people are more open to the new option, understanding that game development is not easy or free and that at some point, studios need a way to bring in more income to help. stay active. That’s especially true as inflation continues to be a problem globally.
