I disagree, even if you go with the special edition the Coaster Head Club+Pre order option is a full £5 cheaper than the Early Bird package. Why should that come with access to something that is more expensive? Up to 9 months of early access to a game most definitely has value.
What I'm stating is the exact opposite. A non-merchandise Coaster Head top up to the Early Bird package which merely grants access to the paywalled section of the forum.
No no and no ! You are wrong.
I know this is a new trend to sell an alpha/beta more than the full game (thank you big video games studios like Ubisoft, EA and others).
But a complete polished game has more value than an unfinished game (alpha). Period !
The final game is 26,99 €, when the early access is 67,99 €.
Since when an Early access is more expensive than the game itself ? In what world ?
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Early Access is, on average (you can check on steam) between 10 to 30 €
When a final game is between 40 et 60 € (Something like 59,99 € for the last fallout for exemple)
Here : the final game is the cost of an early access, and the early access is more expensive than the final product itself.
What's wrong with the marketing team ?
So, compared to the PC market price :
- The "Early Access" is far too expensive (between x2 to x3)
- The "Pre-order" is not enough expensive (between /2 to /3)
- The "Coaster Head" is ... incomprehensible and should not exist (the forum access should be obviously included in the Early Access price, and the merchandise/physical goodies should be included in a "
Collector Edition" which are priced between 90 and 150 € on average (in conclusion : the forum access is incredibly overpriced, the goodie may cost more , but it is for collectors)
I love many thing with this game (in fact, everything... for now), but the price policy is just INSANE !
It's even the only thing so far, that makes me angry.
And of course, not to mention the fact that nobody (exept us, on this forum, because we have learned) understands anything about different available "packs" (one member even been forced to create a "summary table", which is just crazy, and should have been an indicator)
Prices are wrong, and nothing is clear.
I do not know which is the marketer who designed this strategy, and I know that the truth hurts, but it's the first bad move.