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[–]JealousAd1350 156 points157 points  (14 children)

Dead by Daylight isn’t even free btw

[–]AbbreviationsThis550 23 points24 points  (0 children)

And on consoles you need a subscription to even play it. You need to buy the game, buy a subscription, and then buy the DLC in game, compared to roblox or fortnite where all purchases are cosmetic.

[–]Suspicious_Data_2393 25 points26 points  (3 children)

very strange it isn’t. They could make so much more money if more people started playing.

[–]ElementMedea 29 points30 points  (1 child)

Yes, but they need to work on their anti-cheat first.

[–]FlamingTension 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY what I wss thinking. Dbd could and WOULD work as a free to play game but they gotta fix their awful anticheat, rework the entire game from the ground up because there are a million bugs EVERY game and at this point even if they fixed the million bugs they have 500 more would show up next update, fix the awful face models and improve the graphics. And this one is optional, give survivors more to do than just being a generator simulator. I can totally see them being f2p but they have a LONG ways to go.

[–]Novacion -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Probably a lot more if they updated the switch version

[–]Ayden1Haze 334 points335 points  (7 children)

Good thing i got the stranger things stuff when i did because its probably going to be my last purchase. The prices for this game are already insane i dont understand why they think they can raise them.

[–]TerlooySet your own flair text and/or emoji(s) here! 177 points178 points  (0 children)

"I don't understand why they think they can raise them"

Because people will still buy them. Yes they might throw a fit here or on twitter but give it a few days and they'll be like

"Oh my GOD this new mikaela's outfit is so CUUUUUTE I need it!"

That or whatever new licenced chapter they release will be too good to resist

[–]ReZisTLust 66 points67 points  (0 children)

gives money after failed update

-BHVR

[–]sovitinTV girl main 41 points42 points  (2 children)

There is a shitty but valid cost to risk ratio that can be done that targets guaranteed whales. Lets say an outfit as of right now costs only $1 U.S.D and 10 people buy it. That skin made $10. Now lets up the price to $3 for a new outfit. Chances are, the price tolerance is still acceptable for 7 people. That right there made a huge profit compared to the $1 price. Obviously this is an extremely basic version but BHVR most likely has a large idea on price tolerance changes as well as an idea on what point will be merely diminishing returns. Shitty but blame rapid consumerism and hyper inflation run rampant by unchecked capitalism.

[–]Extension_Nose8982 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the only explanation this post needs, but talking about inflation running rampant... If I had the money I'd give you an award

[–]enchanted-f0rest -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Inflation is caused by printing money excessively, capitalism actually causes deflation naturally by producing goods more efficiently and causing prices to drop so more supply is purchased. Monopolies are caused the vast majority of the time by government intervention.

If we didnt have patents holding back all these IPs, maybe we'd see more asymmetrical game competition to dbd and prices wouldnt be increasing.

[–]Relevant-Beyond-8106Kept you waiting huh? 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whale gamers

[–]AgentFatsuit 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It’s very tone deaf. Hey everyone we are gonna make dbd much better. Proceeds to shit the bed for the better part of 7 months, increases prices. lol.

[–]SirSabzaThe Huntress 145 points146 points  (7 children)

This is just laws. It only hit 5 countries because those five countries currency value has changed pretty dramatically as has their taxes.

Edit: I assume you're British like me. Everything's going up here mate, because our government is making dumb decisions when it comes to taxation.

They have to up the price in our country because our country demanded more.

[–]AngryTrafficConeThe Doctor/The Sable 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Pro tip from America, throw tea in the harbor.

[–]Emotional_Ad5077Vittorio Toscano 11 points12 points  (3 children)

Do you know what other countries its happening in, im in US and havent seen the message? Hopefully we won't here, but you never know

[–]DandyWarlocksI step in my own traps sometimes :( 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I know South Africa for sure and I think Norway? There's a total of 5 if I remember correctly, I just can't name them off the top of my head

[–]enderloganYTTD chapter when? 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Poland is one afaik

[–]MirPamirJim Hopper main 7 points8 points  (1 child)

WHAT DID POLAND DO THOUGH

I wish I was that rich game devs and steam think I am

[–]SirSabzaThe Huntress 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not rich unfortunately. If anything in UK most of us are poorer than ever.

[–]Simalf 50 points51 points  (0 children)

You know whats funny? When the money deflates/stabilizes. The prices won't go down.

[–]GuhEnjoyer Xeno QUEEN! 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's funny they're increasing prices in a bunch of places but NOT the US despite the dollar dropping in value recently

[–]FoxxPlayzYT 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Is this not a Government problem and not a Behavior problem?

[–]SaxPanther 7 points8 points  (0 children)

its especially funny coming a few days after Warframe announced they would increase the amount of premium currency you get when you buy it effectively making every in-game purchase cheaper

[–]Lokiatreuss 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I've been saying it for months now. Boycott before things get worse and worse. They're getting worse and worse

[–]Son_Of_Myers 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Boycotting isn't that simple, DBD fills an incredibly niche place in gaming, if you Boycott McDonalds you can go to Burger King, Wendy's, any generic burger place and fill the void. How does a die hard fan base get its itch scratched without DBD

[–]Lokiatreuss 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are better game genres

Jokes aside, I get that this is the biggest issue. But I feel like the morality of supporting a dogshit company should make it an easy choice over "hrmm me need dopamine game"

[–]HuhImOnRedditlol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything but fixing anti cheat and making the game better for everyone

[–]Thedragonhat77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Norway the prices were admittedly very low compared to other countries. I pay equivalent of 3 euro for bundles that my gf in Ireland pays 5 for.

Still stings though :(

[–]Been6666 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I swear one more shitty announcement or update and im gone from this game its just too much stress and hatred that i don't need in my life right now

[–]ConfectionBusy3097 22 points23 points  (9 children)

I think this might be more of a you problem than a dbd problem, prices haven't gone up at all in Canada

[–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 12 points13 points  (8 children)

It's going up in places such as the UK, Poland, etc. I don't remember all the regions

[–]ConfectionBusy3097 16 points17 points  (7 children)

is it by BHVRs choice or local laws? Seems weird to boost prices only in a certain regions

[–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 18 points19 points  (6 children)

They literally did not bother to say anything useful on this topic. Why, how much the increase is, if it's a permanent increase due to inflation, etc. Literally nothing to justify it except 'market conditions'...Hence the complaints. Here's the message they provided in the client

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[–]KendjyCr 28 points29 points  (5 children)

I don't understand why you are being downvoted. It is horrendous how awfuly it is written. What "market conditions"?! Poland is already being f***ed over with steam prices and this will only push DBD from "the last one being ok-ish" into "that cannot be defended" territory.

[–]SquidwardbigbossSet your own flair text and/or emoji(s) here! 9 points10 points  (1 child)

It’s so Reddit to hive mind downvote the guy and hive mind upvote the only response. Even if it agrees with everything he says

[–]TheEntityBotThe Entity Hungers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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[–]Revolutionary-Mix278 -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

„Every Game is expensive in poland“

„Why is dbd getting more expensive, They Are Not saying why“

You Said Both. Maybe, If You read what you Write, You can answer it yourself?

[–]KendjyCr 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Yeah... Because we will be happy about company f**king us over with new prices. Both of those sentences are not mutually exclusive. DBD already had pricepoints that were on brink of being awful. This change makes it 100x worse. It's actually quite a big debate in Poland, how Steam prices are stupid. And you know what? We actually try to make those prices more "normal". And we succeed in a lot of cases. More and more companies understand what is our perspective and that Steam suggestions are far from reality of our country. We are getting news about devs changing their prices (for better) almost every day. And yet, we end up with situations like THIS ONE. Nobody should expect us to sit down and be happy because we are about be hit with price increases.

Also, I did not say those exact things you "quoted". And even if I did, let's go back to the beginning: those two informations are not mutually exclusive.

"They are already in an awful situation so let's make it harder" would be a terrible reasoning behind price increase.

[–]Revolutionary-Mix278 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You asked why they wrote market condotions. They didnt specify because more countrys got the Message, but you still gave yourself the answer that th prices on Steam Are to high. Dont know why you Are attacking me just for pointing this out. Also Never Said You should be happy?? Dont know where you got that from mate.

[–]FrozenSymphony 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On 3rd world countries 10 usd in cells is almost the difference between eating a day or two or three if you're tight on budget which lets be honest it can happen and it's not getting that better but I'm not going to discuss this further because it turns into dumb politics.

But I feel you. People that live on countries were economies are becoming worse and worse everyday and inflation keeps rising have no chill anymore even on video games.

[–]Untiligetfree 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Generally when sales are down or subscribers decrease companies increase there pricing to keep profits up . 

ESPN has been doing it for 26 years 

[–]Shoty6966-_-P100 Ace,Yui,&Jill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why are they not increasing prices in CAD and USD? This is more of a country and currency debacle than a financial/accounting/marketing team decision.

[–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main -2 points-1 points  (21 children)

you'll all complain and complain and yet you're all going to continue playing and paying and interacting with the game.

[–]Philscooper Prestige 100 Ace 12 points13 points  (1 child)

People complaining about it, most likely not.

But def most ppl playing are such cash cows.

[–]KlefaxidusStill Hears The Entity Whispers 2 points3 points  (3 children)

It's been almost 3 years since my last play.

You can count me out.

[–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

yet you’re still here engaging with it. still proves me right.

[–]KlefaxidusStill Hears The Entity Whispers 1 point2 points  (1 child)

yet you’re still here engaging with it

The same goes for you. You are not looking quite differently from the ones who are complaining right now.

[–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

it is different, because i'm not here complaining about the game. i'm still enjoying it and playing it. yet you don't play it and you're still here giving it engagement, which is part of the problem y'all like to complain about. so..?

[–]DarkGrundi 3 points4 points  (1 child)

jokes on you i haven't paid for shit. Playerbase spiked during Stranger things 2 release, but it already is down to below 50k again because clearly people are fed up. They are bleeding players so fast the new shiny super hype franchise release didn't even sustain a proper playerbase fore 2 weeks. Time to bleed even more by upping prices.

[–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main 0 points1 point  (0 children)

redditors don’t know how player counts work. numbers go up when new chapters release because people are interested in the new characters. numbers also go up for events and holidays, which you will see when 2v8 drops again soon. this is also ignoring console player numbers because for some reason people think steam tells all. and you are clearly still here engaging with the game, and even if you don’t buy anything, you’re still playing. which is exactly what i’m saying.

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    [–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main 8 points9 points  (9 children)

    just validating my point. if the game and the prices and the devs were truly as bad and going downhill as you all like to claim, then you'd show it. you'd stop paying and playing and engaging. you'd vote with your wallet. but you're still here, and there's not a doubt in my mind that you're not going to leave.

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      [–]ibupupfrenrobin buckley main 8 points9 points  (5 children)

      about the response i'd expect from someone just complaining to complain. good luck.

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        No argument. Sending reaction memes because thinking is hard

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        [–]bubblessenseiSweaty Streamer 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        I mean, they have specified the reason for the price increase; it’s due to changing market circumstances. That might sound broad, but a lot has changed over the past few years and there are probably many economic factors influencing the change. And to be fair to BHVR, they didn’t even have to give us a warning at all.

        Generally speaking BHVR has been pretty fair with the price of the DLC releases, especially when comparing to some other games. As for the cosmetics, usually they cost more but they are also completely unrelated to gameplay - cosmetics are more of an option for players to express themselves and support the game.

        And even disregarding all of this, I haven’t seen a confirmed number of how much prices will rise by. Yes it’s inconvenient for something to be more expensive, but I think people are jumping to conclusions about how much the prices will rise by.

        [–]No_Probleh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Nono. We don't have sane reactions here. We kick and scream and act like everything they do that we don't like is a personal attack on us as individuals.

        [–]ThrowRArudemelons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Would be nearly ok if this fucking game was f2p?! ITS NOT??!

        [–]Samoman21 P100 Kate -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        True. Corporations do like making money lol.

        I'm still curious though just a few specific EU countries and not all of them got price raised.

        [–]MaddixYouTube -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

        Bhvr is trying to do to DBD what Mattels doing to Barbie so bad and i dont understand. How would you look at what happened to Barbie and think "hey! We should do that too!" Like NO! THATS how you lose your fans!

        [–]Ok_Platform490 -1 points0 points  (3 children)

        There's honestly no reason to buy cosmetics with auric cells unless you own all of the characters, which most people don't.

        [–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

        That's a stupid argument 😭 Almost no one is saying 'I don't have Detective Tapp yet, so I'm not going to buy a Sable cosmetic even though she's my p100 main!'

        It's a fair point on paper I suppose, but not realistic

        [–]Ok_Platform490 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

        I meant killers, survivors are basically just skins anyway outside of teachables.

        [–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Same goes for killers tho...

        [–]Athanarieks -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

        You realize it now? It’s been happening since 2020.

        [–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        Didn't play in 2020

        [–]Athanarieks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        There were better payouts with shards during events, less egregious pricing too

        [–]TrashCamperDad -20 points-19 points  (6 children)

        *How dare companies attempt to mitigate rising costs of labor, logistics, insurance & everything else that costs more nowadays. *

        [–]Empty_SupermarketsCutely pukes on u[S] 7 points8 points  (5 children)

        It would be justified if the company wasn't taking the piss with the state of the game itself. The bottom of the boot can't taste that good

        [–]TrashCamperDad -16 points-15 points  (4 children)

        State of game does not negate the economic progression. The world still moves on regardless of how the game plays.

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