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[Jyrii]

Cheers OP

 

[Shard]

Seems to be a special promotional price for the next two days.

 

[TMC]

Bought. Thanks OP!

How long is this game? Wondering if I can knock it out quickly to avoid it sinking into my backlog.

 

[Ventara]

Man, can't even log into Steam.

 

[Azure Dream]

Is it immoral to buy this if it's on sale as a mistake? Will the devs get less than they should?

I look at it this way: I wasn't going to buy Ori for some time, until a big sale anyway. Now they have my money for sure, months sooner. It's a sale that may not otherwise have happened.

They can probably get more out of sales by slowly staggering out the discounts, I'm sure they have a plan for it, but maybe we shouldn't worry too much for them suddenly getting a bunch of buzz and unexpected sales on a digital product, even if they aren't getting as much out of it as they would at normal price.

 

[YuriLowell]

Buy this as a gift to keep in your inventory and ask a refund for the one bought two weeks ago (if you haven't played it or for less than 2 hours).

Just did this. Thank You!

 

[FloatOn]

annnnd bought

thanks OP

 

[Deleted member 245925]

Thanks OP, bought it. Would have waited for a similar price anyway before buying it, so I don't have to feel bad if it's really a price error.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

gotta get a pc that can play it but for 4.99 why not.

 

[Sordid]

Ori is awesome, everyone should buy it! I paid full price on the Xbone and it was totally worth it.

 

[FF Seraphim]

Is it immoral to buy this if it's on sale as a mistake? Will the devs get less than they should?

My thoughts go like this:

I wasn't going to buy the game until much later (2016 Summer sale) but this price is too good to pass up, so instead of not getting my money until down the road (or never) they are getting it now.

 

[PerfectFlaw]

Amazing game that is worth much more than $5. It's quite the steal.

 

[~~Hasan~~]

not sure if its a pricing mistake or not but I wanted to play this since it came out and I no longer have an xbox one console.

for 5$. I just bought it.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Is it immoral to buy this if it's on sale as a mistake? Will the devs get less than they should?

Of course it's not immoral.

The company is offering a good for a price. You agree to price, you receive the good.

If a company fails to perform its diligence in checking the price before putting it for sale, that is the company's own failure, and says nothing of the morality of a consumer being willing to accept that offer of sale.

Agreeing to an offered price is not immoral. It's commerce.

 

[Moobabe]

Maybe my GOTY so far - pick this up guys!

 

[Goldmund]

Killer price! I still can't believe how good this game looks.

 

[Bluforce]

Bought! Thank you

 

[Ark]

Thanks for this PSA. Picked it up

 

[FrsDvl]

Damnit, of course, PayPal is being a bitch. Shitty echeques. Oh well, I guess I'll get this some other time.

 

[Wingus]

Thanks for the heads-up. So bought!

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

OP - You are the fucking BOSS! Thank you. I just had exactly 5 Euro left on my credit card!

 

[KarmaCow]

Is it worth it to buy another copy and try to get a refund on a copy bought during the Summer sale? It's been more than 2 weeks and I played it for 6 hours (completed it once).

edit: I can't even find the dialog choice for refunding it because it was cheaper.

 

[Ambition]

Damn it

 

[maxcriden]

Thanks for your thoughts, all. Certainly curious to hear what Thomas has to say.

In the meantime, assuming the sale is intentional and still live this evening, am I correct in thinking I can play it on a Mac w/ Bootcamp? Is there any other way?

 

[santi_yo]

Bought it, thanks OP. I've been waiting for a price drop

 

[Palette Swap]

Buy it, people. There's a lot of worse things you can do with five bucks.

 

[Enigmatic Rainbow]

Thanks OP, just bought it.

 

[Davidion]

Paid steam sale price (~$11/12, IIRC). No regrets.

Run, not walk to get it at this price.

 

[wrowa]

Okay, just found a post from two weeks ago by Thomas Mahler saying that Ori won't go lower than 40% for the rest of the year. So, yeah, this definitely looks like a pricing error.

 

[Erebus]

Great this happens now that I cannot buy anything due to the capital controls in Greece.

 

[YuriLowell]

Steam must be getting hammered. I haven't gotten emails for purchase or refund requests.

 

[Delstius]

Forgot to get it during the sales, thanks OP.

 

[RE_Player]

I just bought it on Xbox One... I bought it again on Steam just cause this is probably a price error.

 

[Struct09]

One of the best games released this year, $5 is an illegally low amount to pay for it

 

[~~Hasan~~]

Okay, just found a post from two weeks ago by Thomas Mahler saying that Ori won't go lower than 40% for the rest of the year. So, yeah, this definitely looks like a pricing error.

or there is a mind change due to poor sales maybe ?

 

[Ourobolus]

Steam must be getting hammered. I haven't gotten emails for purchase or refund requests.

Yeah, no email for me either, but it shows up in my Steam Account page.

 

[tolkir]

Just bought. Thanks OP.

 

[wrowa]

or there is a mind change due to poor sales maybe ?

Sales are in the 300k range on PC alone according to Steamspy, so I kind of doubt that they've got financial problems.

 

[The Omega Man]

Well, bought, there is no maybe or I'll wait in this kind of situations.

 

[DirtyLarry]

I seriously was looking at picking it up finally for the One about 2 hours ago and held off.
Perfect timing OP. Thank you.
Hope my 660 Ti plays it decently. If not will check it out when I build my new PC later in the year.

 

[Nzyme32]

Okay, just found a post from two weeks ago by Thomas Mahler saying that Ori won't go lower than 40% for the rest of the year. So, yeah, this definitely looks like a pricing error.

Shovel Knight devs said something similar and went back on it multiple times. It is entirely possible that this is something they want to do rather than a mistake. Equally so, it could be a mistake

 

[SJRB]

Game is on my Wishlist, just noticed the price. Totally picked it up.

 

[Bronetta]

Everybody buy this its perfect and one of the best game of 2015.

Bought it for $14 and it was worth every penny.

 

[Sinatar]

or there is a mind change due to poor sales maybe ?

Owners: 318,017 ± 12,763

Pretty damn good for an indie platformer.

Will be interesting to see what that number is in a couple of days to see how many folks jumped on this deal.

 

[Viridian6]

Thanks OP.

 

[TI82]

Thanks, got it

 

[YianGaruga]

This is definitely a mistake unless the devs like throwing away money. You don't go from 25% straight to 75%

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

It's still up. How long does it take them to fix pricing mistakes? Could it be intentional? The timing makes it a great FU to Microsoft and the X1 sale. Awfully convenient.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Is it worth it to buy another copy and try to get a refund on a copy bought during the Summer sale? It's been more than 2 weeks and I played it for 6 hours (completed it once).

edit: I can't even find the dialog choice for refunding it because it was cheaper.

That's a really shitty thing to do.

Tell me you're kidding.

 

[Adnor]

Yeah, no email for me either, but it shows up in my Steam Account page.

Same.

Thanks OP!