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Posted April 04, 2016
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Maighstir: I agree.
GOG tried, though. It was one of their base ideas to have lower base prices instead of extremely heavy sales. Didn't work, people said "<game> is only 50% off at GOG (with a 10$ base price) so I'll buy it at Steam where it's cheaper because it 75% off (from a 20$ base)".

Eventually, they realised that final price doesn't matter whatsoever, only the sale percentage does.
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PookaMustard: So lemme get this straight. People think that a higher discount percentage = cheaper, even if the final price after the discount is the exact same? Or am I misunderstanding?
What, you've never heard of the "illusion of a discount"?
Posted April 04, 2016
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JudasIscariot: What, you've never heard of the "illusion of a discount"?
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vicklemos: Say what?
Not. For. Beginners ;(
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing didn't happen in the U.S. or other countries. Shadiness is an international thing...
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JudasIscariot: What, you've never heard of the "illusion of a discount"?
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PookaMustard: After all these replies, yes, I heard of it right now :/
Sorry, wasn't trying to dogpile or anything :)
Post edited April 04, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted April 04, 2016
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JudasIscariot: I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing didn't happen in the U.S. or other countries. Shadiness is an international thing...
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vicklemos: For sure, but in here.. oh boy, what a scam. Next year: BAM. Same thing.
Following year? There you go, champ ;(
In fact, two easters ago I saw a dude buying the exact (exact... the E-X-A-C-T: package, made in HUEzil) same easter chocolate egg in friggin' NAGOYA,Japan and paying something like 70% less than us. Tough one to beat, huh?
The "70% less" part...isn't that something to do with Brazil's local taxes? I heard from unreliable sources that yall's import taxes can be killer...
Posted April 05, 2016
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JudasIscariot: The "70% less" part...isn't that something to do with Brazil's local taxes? I heard from unreliable sources that yall's import taxes can be killer...
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vicklemos: You heard right. These taxes are something out of this world that no one understands. For me, it's a killer (in the most baddest of bad ways) since I began to play on both pc and consoles. Yup, nothing in sight to at least ease this pain ;(
Aren't consoles so ridiculously expensive over there that it's cheaper to fly to the U.S. buy one there and come back?
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