Steam has a new rule for games that want to be on a discount
Prices of games on Steam and other digital stores today are falling faster than ever. This is partly because of the lower sales in general, and partly because publishers know that players during discount buy also what they otherwise would not, because its hard to them if they miss due to a good discount. Last year we saw situations where games will show up to -50% discount just a month after the release. However, most games do not practice such discounts, and as the portal PCGamesN reveals, to some discounts are not allowed.
Namely, on Steam right now the rule is that the game can not be discounted within 30 days of release - only if it has already been launched with a discount. This means that game developers, especially those of independent producers, have to smartly choose the release date of their games, because for example they might be left out of the Steam Big Discount List. In other words, the game is not smart to launch too close to the season's discounts, as well as too far away from it, because the players will not have the money for it since they have spent it on discounts.
Tagged with: Discounts and Discounts, Steam
