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01-21-2023, 01:24 AM
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Inflation affects yet another titleFactorio is one of those games that came out a good while ago, but I hear about it everywhere now, as it's continued to gain steam and further garner a player base as the years have gone on. The base-building strategy game originally came out on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/Factorio/) in 2016, and its continued success just speaks to some solid game design, if you ask me. Now, seven years later, developers Wube Software have announced that Factorio will be receiving a price increase from $30 to $35 on Steam, and have cited inflation as the explanation for the change.
https://twitter.com/factoriogame/status/1616388275169628162
The game originally cost $20 when it was in early access on Steam in 2016, and the price increased to $30 with the release of version 1.0 in 2020. This change goes into effect on January 26, 2023, as per the tweet from Wube. The developers also added a comment to their Steam page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/Factorio/) that reads, "We don't have any plans to take part in a sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future" -- and this message is in place before the price increase hits.
Wube's announcement comes in the wake of tons of other inflation-driven price hikes, whether they're for other games (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-survivors-price-increase-september-21-new-missingno-patch/), consoles (https://www.destructoid.com/ps5-price-rise-global-markets-playstation-sony-sie-money/), or streaming services (https://www.destructoid.com/hbo-max-price-increases-ahead-of-the-last-of-us-premiere/). This is the first I've yet to see of a well-known indie game increasing their price (we've seen this in the AAA space for a while now with the new $70 standard (https://www.destructoid.com/is-70-a-reasonable-price-for-a-aaa-game/)), but I have a feeling it's a trend that's gonna catch on.
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Inflation affects yet another titleFactorio is one of those games that came out a good while ago, but I hear about it everywhere now, as it's continued to gain steam and further garner a player base as the years have gone on. The base-building strategy game originally came out on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/Factorio/) in 2016, and its continued success just speaks to some solid game design, if you ask me. Now, seven years later, developers Wube Software have announced that Factorio will be receiving a price increase from $30 to $35 on Steam, and have cited inflation as the explanation for the change.
https://twitter.com/factoriogame/status/1616388275169628162
The game originally cost $20 when it was in early access on Steam in 2016, and the price increased to $30 with the release of version 1.0 in 2020. This change goes into effect on January 26, 2023, as per the tweet from Wube. The developers also added a comment to their Steam page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/Factorio/) that reads, "We don't have any plans to take part in a sale or to reduce the price for the foreseeable future" -- and this message is in place before the price increase hits.
Wube's announcement comes in the wake of tons of other inflation-driven price hikes, whether they're for other games (https://www.destructoid.com/vampire-survivors-price-increase-september-21-new-missingno-patch/), consoles (https://www.destructoid.com/ps5-price-rise-global-markets-playstation-sony-sie-money/), or streaming services (https://www.destructoid.com/hbo-max-price-increases-ahead-of-the-last-of-us-premiere/). This is the first I've yet to see of a well-known indie game increasing their price (we've seen this in the AAA space for a while now with the new $70 standard (https://www.destructoid.com/is-70-a-reasonable-price-for-a-aaa-game/)), but I have a feeling it's a trend that's gonna catch on.
The post Factorio developers to increase price on Steam due to inflation (https://www.destructoid.com/factorio-developers-to-increase-price-on-steam-due-to-inflation/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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