The Mormans could learn a thing or two from you, the way you spread the gospel of OdysseyD
It's 'mer-man'.
'Mer-man!!'
Why is Frontierstore Odyssey full price yet Steam is 40% off?
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It's 'mer-man'.
'Mer-man!!'
'El que no pide no recibe'
Wife bought it as a Xmas present for between £10 and £15, but that may have been on eBay.
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You mean Santa. SANTA gave it you as an Xmas present.
I thought I recognized a certain pair of totally rad parachute pants I parted with in '81
I don't think it works that way. The publisher has full control on how much discount is given on Steam.
Yeah. I think the style is what people don't like about it the most. Took me awhile to get used to it, but I enjoy odd extraterrestrial life as well.
Thats cool and all, but you are literally talking about $5. Not that its my business, but if a fiver is such a huge deal to you that you spend a year tossing and turning about whether to spend it or not on a game you've spend hundreds of hours on maybe there are external issues more important than the quality of EDO. No offense, but you;ve literally spend more than a year weighing up the pros and cons of a purchase the average person spends on a burger on a friday night when they aint that hungry.It's about value, apples-to-apples, games-to-games, DLC to DLC (why everyone compares video games to steak and eggs is beyond me). Of course that's very subjective, because I'm sure you value Odyssey way more than I believe I would, so I would encourage you to buy it at full price. I paid over full price for my first copy of Horizons on PS4 - the "Gold Sidewinder" preorder, because I anticipated it would be well worth the cost, and I was right, it was. I don't feel the same about Odyssey. But if it drops to $15, then I might give it a go. Either that or there's a revolutionary update that fixes everything I personally deem wrong with the DLC to warrant me paying a higher price. It's more about voting with my dollar than being rich or poor or frugal.
The Mormans could learn a thing or two from you, the way you spread the gospel of Odyssey
I don't even care about the pricing. I'd be even be paying monthly fees if it meant ED getting content at anywhere close the pace NMS does. I couldn't get into that game due to the lack of a BGS/PP feature there. Imagine if they put that level of effort into these...
I'd guess his judgement is based more about the product itself rather than the price. I personally wouldn't get EDO even for free because, well, I simply don't play ED anymore. On the other hand, when I found ED I didn't hesitate to buy it (and Horizons) instead of waiting for a discount.
A lot of the effort in ED goes into getting the physics right, once you abandon caring about those then you can progress a lot faster. I mean look at all the flack they got about getting atmospheres and lighting right and the amount of time they have spent fixing it. Getting content the same pace as NMS would basically mean abandoning any attempt at realism, and don't get me wrong, that's not a bad thing for the right game, but not a good thing for ED
Consoles and Horizons got dumped and ED still delaying at the same pace.
You understand that makes little difference to the amount of work required to maintain the simulated physics to high degree, they can now put more people onto Horizons and Odyssey for PC true, but I'm not sure where you go the idea that Horizons has been abandoned, they will still get the new planetary tech once they are ready to release it, maybe just not on consoles.
Just started playing again after about four years (hi everybody) and noticed this myself. £30 is about $60 for me, which is a little steep for DLC I'm dubious I have the PC grunt to actually run. The sale price would be palatable though.
The main thing I'm wondering now is if it's possible for a non-Steam user to redeem a Steam key through the "product access key" page on frontierstore.net for a non-Steam copy of Odyssey. Various legitimate Steam key stores like Fanatical or Humble etc regularly have it on sale as well.
The main thing I'm wondering now is if it's possible for a non-Steam user to redeem a Steam key through the "product access key" page on frontierstore.net for a non-Steam copy of Odyssey. Various legitimate Steam key stores like Fanatical or Humble etc regularly have it on sale as well.
Yes. As has been said on this very thread. And several others
To answer the OP :
I would imagine the reason the game gets discounted on Steam & Epic is simple - Steam and Epic will get fdev extra players buying the game at a discount - they have far greater visibility with players (which is why publishers take part in discounts - the volume makes up for the lower price). There is no way that a discount on their own store would net many new players, so they don't do it as often. Just economics.
Feel free to keep waiting - the forums is full of people waiting for fdev to change rather than work with what we have. And at least they did attempt to run a discount recently - which is more than has happened for a few years, so maybe they will do it again ... one day
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That may have been true for the launch game................ but ED:O....... ? It is FDs baby and it is up to them how much they invest in different areas but getting the physics right is not something FD have taken seriously imo when it comes to the new on foot content in ED:O, it was largely ignored.
Because unlike Frontier, Steam is in it for the money.
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