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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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Just guessing but it’s probably the same age old scam of the permanent sale people like to think they are getting a deal also I think you can list games by discount percentage same as all the Amazon prime day “deals” where they jack up the prices then put them on sale for the normal price
Who would ever look by discount percentage? Why should I care what the price used to be?
Bro balance out your privilege. I only buy games under 3 dollars if they also have 90% discount.
It's a psychological trick where people tend to view discounts by how much they're saving than what they're actually spending
That kinda breaks down at some point though. At the very least I don't look at a mixed review hidden object game and think "Sweet! It's only $2 rather than the hundred dollars it normally sells for. What savings!"
And that's ignoring all the weirdness with the third party sale tracker somehow thinking a 98% discount on a $99.99 game is $46.20, when the game is still full price.