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fragmede · 2024-10-27T00:59:54 1729990794

Factorio doesn't go on sale. The author's reasoning being it's disrespectful to those who paid full price for it.

Edit: official forum link stating thus: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=159626#p159626

mdaniel · 2024-10-27T01:05:21 1729991121

I'm sorry, you're right, I misread https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/info/ without checking https://isthereanydeal.com/game/factorio/history/ which shows it was cheaper but only goes up over time

fragmede · 2024-10-27T01:10:22 1729991422

No worries. It's an interesting moral stand for the author to take, so it's one of those random facts that just sticks out of my brain.

ClassyJacket · 2024-10-27T03:01:02 1729998062

I can certainly say I'm an example of someone who hasn't bought it because it hasn't been on sale, but 50 dollars for a good game is entirely reasonable anyway and I admit I will probably still buy it one day.

ClassyJacket · 2024-10-27T02:59:44 1729997984

It's funny I came across this thread. Just yesterday I was looking at buying it, but it's 50 AUD. I went to add it to my wishlist to wait for a sale, but it was already there. I realised it must have been on there for a long time.

I was wondering if I somehow missed it going on sale, or it never had.

Glad I know it isn't likely to any time soon.

EspadaV9 · 2024-10-27T11:07:25 1730027245

Yeah, it stings. I did buy 2 copies on launch day for myself and my son (8) though. We have spent a lot of time on Factorio together though and I prefer it much more than Minecraft (although we have probably clocked up many many more hours on that).