50 Cent Pricing Error Thread - 3079

Hey guys,

I want to be straight with you guys -- there was a 50 cent pricing error with 3079 on Desura. The game was always meant to be $12.49, and I'm not sure why or how long the game has been listed at $12.99 incorrectly. It has always been $12.49 on BMT Micro and GamersGate, as intended for the stable version. The BETA version included a 28% discount (which brought the price correctly from $12.49 to $8.99), so I'm not sure why it got listed as $12.99 sometime after the 28% discount was discontinued.

I can't see a way to issue 50 cent refunds within Desura... however, if you did purchase 3079 for $12.99, and you really want the 50 cents refunded to you, send me an e-mail at phr00t -at- gmail -dot- com. I may be able to look you up in Desura records to see when it was purchased, and we may find a way to get the 50 cents back to you (paypal, perhaps?). This is a manual process, so it might take some time to figure this out :-\

I sincerely apologize!
- Jeremy

Edited by: Phr00t

Aw what the hell, that's just my luck. Still, I don't want my 50 cents back, I want this game to not die! Keep up the good work

So that's what 50 Cent has been up to lately? Making pricing errors. Far cry from making rap albums and violent video games.haha

Seriously though, I would be with Raiden if I had just bought the game. I would say keep my 50 cents.

Found the culprit... I set the price to $12.49, and it went back up to $12.99. Apparently Desura needs prices rounded up to the nearest "99 cent" mark... So, 3079 will be $12.99 on Desura. I'll see that 3079 is worth that extra 50 cents

You owe me 83.33% of a coke!

... though I'll take extra content too

Edited by: TheMcWopper

Have you tried getting 3079 onto GOG.com?

I have, this was their response:

"We’ve taken a good look at 3079, it sounds like an interesting mix of genres all in one game.

Unfortunately we are a bit concerned as to the sales potential of such a game amongst our userbase who are generally focused on RTSs, Adventure games and old-school RPGs such as Baldur’s Gate and the Might and Magic series.

Additionally we are looking at a very tight release schedule for 2012 and we have many great games waiting for release."

Edited by: Phr00t

Phr00t wrote: I have, this was their response:

"We’ve taken a good look at 3079, it sounds like an interesting mix of genres all in one game.

Unfortunately we are a bit concerned as to the sales potential of such a game amongst our userbase who are generally focused on RTSs, Adventure games and old-school RPGs such as Baldur’s Gate and the Might and Magic series.

Additionally we are looking at a very tight release schedule for 2012 and we have many great games waiting for release."

People don't recognize great games when they see them, do they?

That sucks. :\

Phr00t wrote: "Unfortunately we are a bit concerned as to the sales potential of such a game amongst our userbase who are generally focused on RTSs, Adventure games and old-school RPGs such as Baldur’s Gate and the Might and Magic series.

Additionally we are looking at a very tight release schedule for 2012 and we have many great games waiting for release."

Well, that's just a flat out lie.
What about duke nukem? painkiller? Blood? Postal f*cking 2? I had no idea Postal 2 was considered an Adventure game.

Not really sure what other games being released has to do with anything either. Maybe they don't want to run release ads for 3079 in place of other games' ads?

Edited by: TheMcWopper