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STO Now $39 at Steam

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The game has been released for less than 1 month and it's now for sale $10 less. What's up with that??
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    It's following the normal path of just about any other software game prior to it? I think I paid $40 for Wrath of the Lich King expansion when it was released and I bet you can get it for $20 or less now. I guess I don't understand what you're getting at. *shrugs*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    edit: nevermind
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Wrath of the Lich King was $39 at release. You can bet it wasn't $29 20 days after it released! Games -- especially with a popular IP like Star Trek -- don't drop $10 in only a few weeks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    edit: nevermind

    Um... but it's $39 at Amazon and Gamestop too. :eek:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Well, after sales tax I guess the $39 would end up around $42...

    So now I must ask: what is the magic number of days that must pass before the price can go down? Inform or discuss for us please.

    I bought NHL 09 the day it was released for PC by EA Sports and a week or two later it went from $50 to $20. It happens. The world is still revolving as far as I can tell. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Its only in US. In EU its same price.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I'm posting in a troll thread.

    "LOOK! LOOK! STO IS LESS MONEY!!! OBVIOUSLY ITS A FAILURE!!!!!" -_-

    still 49.99 retail at best buy, wal-mart, and D2D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I guess my only advice is this: if you feel cheated that the price went down, you have no one else to blame but yourself and your impatience. If you MUST have it NOW NOW NOW, you can suffer to pay more like the rest of the world. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Pliskin wrote: »
    I'm posting in a troll thread.

    "LOOK! LOOK! STO IS LESS MONEY!!! OBVIOUSLY ITS A FAILURE!!!!!" -_-

    still 49.99 retail at best buy, wal-mart, and D2D

    Um... actually it's $39 at Amazon US, Walmart, and D2D.

    http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Online-Pc/dp/B002673XJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1266803221&sr=8-1

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Trek-Online-Walmart-Exclusive-w-Bonus-Skill-Points-PC-PC-Games/13313731

    http://www.direct2drive.com/promos/star-trek-online/

    Maybe everyone's running a deal right now? Still seems a little soon for a deal of this magnitude.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    You have to pay $10 more for the priviledge of being a Beta tester.
    That's how all MMOs work no?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Steam discounts everything like mad.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    It's a limited time sale that ends the 25th. Learn2read
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bedlam66 wrote: »
    It's a limited time sale that ends the 25th. Learn2read

    But reading is hard! I didn't even read your post, I just wanted to get it out there!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Bedlam66 wrote: »
    It's a limited time sale that ends the 25th. Learn2read

    D2D is the only place that says it's a limited sale. Who cares whether it's a limited sale anyway? That's not the point. I know it's hard... but Learn 2 Think. Why are they having a sale like this the same month people who paid $49 are still playing the intro month? $10 is almost the price of the monthly fee.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    D2D is the only place that says it's a limited sale. Who cares whether it's a limited sale anyway? That's not the point. I know it's hard... but Learn 2 Think. Why are they having a sale like this the same month people who paid $49 are still playing the intro month? $10 is almost the price of the monthly fee.

    Maybe to attract some more customers who might give it a try due to low prices?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Obviously the price was fair and equitable to those who paid it 20 days ago... how all of a sudden it isn't anymore to someone who paid for it already is beyond me. I still don't understand the argument. :p Perhaps you should have waited for the price to go down instead of getting it on release? Lesson learned perhaps?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Its called a buddy incentive. A very good marketing method is to draw an initial crowd of people. Let them show a friend what they are enjoying. For them to then see the project at a reduced rate for a limited time increases the incentive to buy.

    For a MMO box sales typically cover the development cost. Subsciptions sustain it. Hence any method to pull in more people is beneficial.
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