What's up with all the $99 games with a 95+% discount on Steam? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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So I was browsing SteamDB.info looking at the various games on sale when I noticed there were a bunch of games (usually from the publisher Hede, but there's quite a few others) listed as having a discount in the high nineties, yet still costing in the neighborhood of 30-50 dollars. Even odder when I go to the game's Steam, it's not listed as being on sale and costs the... "normal" price of $99.99.

I'm just wondering A) What the scam is here, B) How a SteamDB.info is getting $99.99 dollar game as costing 30-ish dollars when it's 97% off but at the same time it's apparently not actually on sale?

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[-] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago

It's a psychological trick where people tend to view discounts by how much they're saving than what they're actually spending

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That kinda breaks down at some point though. At the very least I don't look at a mixed review hidden object game and think "Sweet! It's only $2 rather than the hundred dollars it normally sells for. What savings!"

And that's ignoring all the weirdness with the third party sale tracker somehow thinking a 98% discount on a $99.99 game is $46.20, when the game is still full price.

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