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PC: Ori and the Blind Forest 75%off - 4.99$ @Steam (possible price mistake)
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lol, what? How is it a shitty thing to do? Valve will know which copy was from when. What's the harm is trying and seeing if they okay it?
Chance Hale
Member
Why would they put it on sale for 13 dollars during the biggest sale of the year but then put it up for 5 2 weeks later while it's on sale for 15 on the Xbox One. Obviously a price mistake.
Would be a pretty drastic change of heart in only two weeks if they went from "no further than 40% off for the rest year" to "75% off two weeks later", though. Shovel Knight was just 33% off for a day or so?
sixteen-bit
Member
Thanks for the heads up.
CosmicQueso
Member
He played the game for 6 hours and finished it.
YianGaruga
Banned
No it's not. That's actually one of the intended ways to use Steam refunds, it's right in the FAQ
I don't think they would let you do it.
It isn't really a shitty thing to do, nor is it a contentious issue for Steam Refunds which specifically states it doesn't see doing so as abuse of refunds. It's completely up to the individual on whether it is shitty. If I was really low on funds and had bought the game less than 14 days ago, I probably would refund it and pick it up at the lower price
In that case - yeah probably shitty from my perspective
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No, it's not an intended use of the system to buy a game, play it to completion, and then a month later when it's cheaper in a price error, try to refund your purchase.
CosmicQueso
Member
Yeah. And it's a really shitty thing to do.
It barely been 2 weeks and a half since it summer sale discount.
But granted given it a price mistake for sure now.
Oh, lol. Okay. Yeah, that's kinda not nice. No way is Valve refunding him.
Side note. Kinda disappointing the game is only 6 hours, but I guess quality over quantity is what I'd prefer with my huge backlog.
Already clarified in my above post. Didn't read that he'd finished it - in which case there really is no point, and it is out of the usual terms for a refund anyway
Delusibeta
Banned
It's been an hour. You'd have thought they would have changed the price by now if it wasn't intentional.
^ welp, that's me told. Still bagged a copy, though.
^ welp, that's me told. Still bagged a copy, though.
Might be a rush run, since it seems like the average run is like 10-11.
GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
Not sure whether to bite on this or use my Xbox gift card and get it on Xbone. Would my laptop with a GTX 850M, an i7, and 8GB RAM be able to run it better and nicer looking than the Xbone?
SEGAvangelist
Member
You can easily get more than 6 hours out of a single play through.
I got an 80-100% run (can't remember) and beat it in like 6 hours. Didn't really rush.
Pegosaurus
Banned
is there any way they can charge us more if we already bought the game?
i'd probably just refund it at that point.
i'd probably just refund it at that point.
When I bought it during the Summer sale I thought it wouldn't get cheaper until the Winter sale. It's been ~3 weeks since I bought it and it's now available for almost a third the price I paid for it. I'm not trying to claim any moral highroad but I don't think it's egregious either if this is not a price mistake.
edit: Turns out it's a price mistake and I couldn't even find the proper options to request a refund anyway so it's moot.
CrunchyFrog
Member
This is really trashy, regardless of the fact that you're already over the 2 hour playtime refund limit and ineligible.
Nope.
Well it is a price mistake, so yeah. Steam needs to get onto it quickly heh.
Pegosaurus
Banned
excellent.
Didn't think Valve could make the error without breaking multiple products. Almost all the time, price errors are on the developers / pubs who have the access to adjusting the pricing.
Regginator
Member
Got a reminder mail from Is There Any Deal. Looks visually stunning and gameplay looks solid, apparently it has a great story to boot. Anyway, didn't pull the trigger at the summer sale, but I have now. $5 seems like a good deal.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Definitely a price mistake on Ori, developer sent out a message last night Ori was going to go on sale today 40% off.
Erdnuckel01
Member
Thank you for the heads up, bought.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Bought, thanks
Dreams-Visions
Member
thanks, OP.
LOL I just realized your user name.
FF Seraphim
Member
Damn and its a Top Seller right now too, I wonder how long it will take them to fix it.
thomasmahler
Member
This definitely isn't intentional, guys. So I'm happy for everyone who got Ori at that price... but goddamn, I hope we'll be getting paid for this mess-up 
Bought and downloading
I'd hope Steam would compensate for lost earnings, but then they'll likely not want to give the additional dollars for 100% of purchases as they'll argue that not all of us would've bought it at the correct price.
This definitely isn't intentional, guys. So I'm happy for everyone who got Ori at that price... but goddamn, I hope we'll be getting paid for this mess-up
I'd hope Steam would compensate for lost earnings, but then they'll likely not want to give the additional dollars for 100% of purchases as they'll argue that not all of us would've bought it at the correct price.
bennywhatever
Member
This is the best new game I've played in the last 3 years. Well worth it even at full price.
So good, and the soundtrack is amaaaaaaaaazing.
So good, and the soundtrack is amaaaaaaaaazing.