jdizzle0420 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Ive bought every Artifex Mundi game on PSN and theyve all been $10 each. Now all of a sudden they all cost $15, this game included. I Tweeted them about this and will post if they reply... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_painter Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Maybe if it's getting popular, that can happen, Could also be the case of the game being new. Company's always try to make more $$ during launch, IMO, for me that's not much of an issue, i like the company and their games and i don't think it's too much of a cost anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdizzle0420 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 All the others were $10 on launch day and were still $10 yesterday when I checked to see if Nightmares 3 was up. Now today theyre all $15. Theyre still $10 on each on Steam too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittens Are Awesome Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Maybe their ceo has developed a nasty coke problem? Edited February 2, 2018 by Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanomachy_75 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, jdizzle0420 said: All the others were $10 on launch day and were still $10 yesterday when I checked to see if Nightmares 3 was up. Now today theyre all $15. Theyre still $10 on each on Steam too... Yeah its around 9 or 10 on steam so whats the deal indeed! Seems BS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordzeze Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 It's one thing to increase the price on your new games, but it is a whole other thing to increase your prices on all your already released games. Pretty crappy thing to do. I know I won't be supporting this studio anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdizzle0420 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Titanomachy_75 said: Yeah its around 9 or 10 on steam so whats the deal indeed! Seems BS Ive seen a few people on Twitter also complaining, some are Xbox users and some are PS users, so Ive been commenting on all their Tweets hoping Artifex Mundi will see were not happy about this lol... It's one thing to increase the price on your new games, but it is a whole other thing to increase your prices on all your already released games. Pretty crappy thing to do. I know I won't be supporting this studio anymore. ^ Exactly how I feel... Edited February 2, 2018 by jdizzle0420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesopithecus Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 @Lagoon Aris posted this to me in another thread, which kind of explains the price increase going forward. I still find it incredibly shady practice to increase the price on all their old games - don't get me wrong I enjoy them but I don't think they are anywhere near worth a $15 price point. Will wait for sales. Yeah, they increased the prices for new games on Steam since quite a while. They made a statement regarding that here on their site. In short: They try to keep up to the standard of publishing a new game every 3 weeks in the best possible quality. To get that and to keep up with the market, they had to increase their prices. That statement is regarding their PC/mobile versions but I guess, it also hit the consoles now. I really had hoped, they would at least let their old games stay at the 10$ price since Nightmares from the Deep 3, for example, is technically 4 years old and they "just" ported it 1-to-1 to consoles (note: I understand that porting alone is quite a process, and probably requires a lot of new coding/programming even though the visuals and game mechanics remain unchanged). Guess, we have to adjust to the 15$ prices for upcoming ports as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Aris Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Well, since I was already quoted... I'm not really content with this as well. Only reason I posted that was for some clarification as I think that's probably the most we will get. Their earliest games started with 8€ on Steam, the later games had risen to 10€ with lots of them not even being made by them but only published. But they usually tended to give a 20% pre-order bonus, so you still got the games for about 8€. I haven't bought any games from them on Steam in a while since I changed to a console player and don't use my pc anymore so I didn't even notice their newest price increase. I only see it now with Nightmares 3 and I would kinda have accepted it, if it would have been only Nightmares 3 and upcoming installments. But I have to agree that it simply isn't acceptable to increase the prices of their already published games on PS as well. That's not how it should work. Once a price is set and out, it should stay that way or go lower like it is with AAA and old games in general. Their decision really makes me wonder if I should buy their games. So far I already had played every PS4 game from them. And 10€ was quite a lot for such short games considering you can get some PS4 games with more playability for the same money. Also they state in their statement that they increase prices to give out their best quality of games on a regular basis but I feel like everything in the last two years was the same stuff over and over with nothing new or remarkable and even the stories got worse with each new game... So yeah... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastflowdaman Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 14 minutes ago, Lagoon Aris said: Also they state in their statement that they increase prices to give out their best quality of games on a regular basis but I feel like everything in the last two years was the same stuff over and over with nothing new or remarkable and even the stories got worse with each new game Exactly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles_Warren Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Just buy their games when they go on sale. Problem solved. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordzeze Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Miles_Warren said: Just buy their games when they go on sale. Problem solved. It will still be more money with the old games that already had sales previously. 50% off $15 is more than 50% off $10. So when these old games go on sale again, they will still be more money then in previous sales. Edited February 2, 2018 by lordzeze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramat Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 $20 in Canada now. Yeah...no. It's understandable to set a higher price for their new games if they're struggling, but to increase the price of games they've already released is a really scummy move regardless of their reasoning. I already only bought their games on sale anyway so it's not that big a deal to me, I'll just have to wait a little longer to get them for $5 or under I guess. I enjoy the games, but they're all so similar and relatively short that a $20 asking price per is a bit of an insult. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Yeah this price rise on already released games is bullshit, I wonder if the price rise will hurt with sales on consoles now, since people might just wait till there way cheaper in a sale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Maybe they are low on supply.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordguwa Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Miles_Warren said: Just buy their games when they go on sale. Problem solved. that's what i do for the most part unless i really want it (very rare) that i do this on digital games. gotta maximize my dollar to game ratio. Edited February 3, 2018 by kingdrake2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fing3rButt3r3 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 This is a marketing strategy! You raise the price so when it goes on sale for 5$, you really think you are getting a super deal! for those that dont know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrakeHellsing Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I've noticed that too, went up in price here too. Usually these games are about $15, now it's close to $24, so a bit of increase. But speaking of this game, they do have this available too for those that have not played either of the first two, nor this one: https://store.playstation.com/en-nz/product/EP1667-CUSA10429_00-NFTD00COLLECTION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 It's absurd to increase the price of games already released. Can't say I cared about their games, but I definitely will avoid them forever now. don't want to support that kind of nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themindisacity Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Elvick_ said: It's absurd to increase the price of games already released. Can't say I cared about their games, but I definitely will avoid them forever now. don't want to support that kind of nonsense. This exactly. It's their prerogative if they want to increase the cost of their games going forward. But to retroactively increase the price of all their games is sleezy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvick_ Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 minute ago, themindisacity said: This exactly. It's their prerogative if they want to increase the cost of their games going forward. But to retroactively increase the price of all their games is sleezy. Right? Prices are meant to go *DOWN* on already released stuff, not UP. smdh Not sure what they were thinking. I can buy their excuse for games going forward costing more, but increasing the price of every other game they already released is just greed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaderboards Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) I think they figured out you guys buy these games because of the easy plats since you guys want to be the next Hakoom lol. Edited February 3, 2018 by Trophy Huntress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Devils Reaper Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 27 minutes ago, Trophy Huntress said: I think they figured out you guys buy these games because of the easy plats since you guys want to be the next Hakoom lol. Lol not all of us have the ability to have godlike profiles such as yours Trophy Huntress. Only few possess the skill to stack Life is Strange. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaderboards Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Demon--Prototype said: Lol not all of us have the ability to have godlike profiles such as yours Trophy Huntress. Only few possess the skill to stack Life is Strange. LMAO Finding those bottles ain't easy! @Demon--Prototype Edited February 3, 2018 by Trophy Huntress 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_Mystery Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Well, good thing I bought all of their old titles when they were $10! I was going to buy Shantae Half-Genie Hero as well as Secret of Mana but it looks like the former is going to go on the back burner until March! (I bought Disgaea 5 Complete and didn't want to waste all of my food money.) At least it's only a $4 increase. I'm willing to buy those new games at $15 if I have to because I want to finish the stories they tell. I mean, if they are getting more prosperous, then they will have to increase their prices a tad to make up for extra staff salaries. It's unfortunate that Mundi titles are no longer on the cheap game slot in my life but as long as it doesn't become $24.99 every title and they ship new titles for the PS4, I am okay with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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