Manywhelps: Thanks for the well thought out answer. Seems very reasonable, to me. That being said, yes more info/content is coming, but I think it's going to be tough over the next few months because the $51 isn't really about the current game, so much as it is about 1.0. That's going to mean that it might not be worth $51 to many players until 1.0. Unfortunately, as you'll see next week, there's not a lot we can do about that.
Marioface5: I'm glad I could be helpful. Even if the game doesn't really match the $51 price until release, I honestly think that's fine at this point. From what I've read, the "Life in Technicolor" update is the last one before 1.0 anyway, so it doesn't matter too much if you increase the price when that update releases versus waiting until 1.0 to do so. Maybe that would be the better option, to wait until the full release to increase the price, but it sounds like you have your reasons for pulling the trigger on it a little early and we'll all hear more about that on the 16th. I'm glad that you decided to give everyone a fair warning about this last chance to buy the game before the price goes up. I think that sits better with people and, in my case, it caused me to finally try the game and I have to say I'm impressed with it so far. I'm excited to see what happens with the "Life in Technicolor" update and whatever news comes out on the 16th.
Just for a little positive feedback, what stands out to me the most about the game from what I've played is the story. The "Story Mode" isn't even in the game, but what elements of it are seen in the Sandbox really took me by surprise. The prologue/tutorial is very well done, the player character (even if he does repeat himself a lot) is well-voiced and likeable, and it feels like there's a lot of stuff going on that isn't explicitly tracked by the game but is still worth thinking about. I feel like the game allows you to make a lot of moral choices without shoving them in your face or even making note of them, and I really appreciate that. It might mostly depend on how the Story Mode turns out, but I think We Happy Few could turn out to be something genuinely special. Thank you for bringing it to GOG.
Yeah, we have a pretty much "we are required to do this" reason for the pricing. Thanks for being patient.
And thank you. We're really proud of the story so far because it is different. Hopefully it'll be really GOOD different, but it's definitely different.
Manywhelps: We thought about that, but that's not actually allowed by Steam or GOG. It's because they believe it's illegal in the UK, so don't allow it worldwide. I'm not so sure that it's illegal but hey, we don't get to argue those points.
That being said, it's a little unrelated - the rest of your post made a lot of sense.
mechmouse: I don't know if its something that happens elsewhere but we used to have companies (normally sofa retailers) which were always having sales.... "which must end soon". Sofa's with a RRP of £1000 on sale for £250, but you must act quick this sale will end soon.
But they never did.
At no point were the Sofa's ever sold at the massively over priced RRP. I'm fairly sure it was considered misleading and outlawed. Depending on how the law is written (most likely saying item must be at full price for x months a year), it is most likely this law that's stops publishers from saying this game will be £39.99 at release but is £29.99 during dev.
Yup exactly. It's also to prevent issues that affected Steam in the past, where publishers would have a game at $60, then raise the price to $70, have a 10% off sale, and surprise, surprise, it's the same price. That practice should rightfully be stopped - that's one of the most anti-consumer practices out there.
MarkoH01: I would call it a second best solution I give you that. It's also pro consumer that you are taking all this and still post here to at least try to defend your decisions. Maybe when I finally hear the reason on 16th my opinion about your choice will change completely - but I still doubt it. However your feedback here is much appreciated be assured and I will reevaluate this on the 16th. Thank you for the dialogue.
Yup. It's a shit position. Well have a few more before we're done, but I'll be here to answer why.
Thanks for your feedback too - it's definitely helped me understand better, believe it or not. Sometimes you spend so much time thinking about your own situation that it's difficult to keep perspective.
