celador said: That one game free deal gets less effective every year |
It's because these fire sales and free game deals being done with such frequency is devaluing their product. It's the same reason why some game franchises can't hold a $60 pricepoint for more than like a month, because they've soon consistently thrown their price off a cliff after the first month that no one will buy them at 60 after a very brief window. It's the same reason most companies don't pull a Gamecube and drive their prices down to the floor as fast as possible. Cause it trains your consumer to wait and not buy, to expect cojstant bargains, deals, and pricecuts. And the more you do it, the more expected it becomes and therefore the more it loses that "hot deal" appeal.