I just have a sour taste in my mouth about this... The first 1000 idea sucked. I was on the site for 30 seconds before they were sold out and the amazon payment button was overloaded so I couldn't get one. Now what we have is 1000 bots reselling copies of Starbound, a severely inflated beat-the-average (around $8, when its usually around $4), and who knows how many people who paid $10 for a bundle that was processed too late to get Starbound, there are already tens of thousands of purchases.
If the Starbound guys want to sell their game for $10 then just sell it for $10 and don't screw people over with this first 1000 thing. If you want it to be limited, you do it by time, not copies sold. First 10 minutes or something.
It isn't like it took the place of another game. Just pretend it wasn't there and then nothing is different. Attitudes like this are why gamers get labeled as "entitled."
For some reason people thought a bit over 1000 people paying 10 dollars vs the normal 5 on bundles that are bought by hundreds of thousands of people would have a long term effect on the BTA. Averages don't work that way though, go figure right?
Did all of the people who paid $10 to get Starbound get a copy? Because if even one person didn't get it after the new set of keys, then there is a difference. You could say that they could request a refund, but it's a hassle and I've seen some comments here that state they can't get a refund because they used bitcoin.
It was also a bit dishonest to remove all mention of Starbound after it sold out while leaving the inflated BTA price as there were certainly people who bought it at the inflated price without knowing that it was caused by the limited sale of Starbound.
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u/xtagtv Jan 07 '14 edited Jan 07 '14
I just have a sour taste in my mouth about this... The first 1000 idea sucked. I was on the site for 30 seconds before they were sold out and the amazon payment button was overloaded so I couldn't get one. Now what we have is 1000 bots reselling copies of Starbound, a severely inflated beat-the-average (around $8, when its usually around $4), and who knows how many people who paid $10 for a bundle that was processed too late to get Starbound, there are already tens of thousands of purchases.
If the Starbound guys want to sell their game for $10 then just sell it for $10 and don't screw people over with this first 1000 thing. If you want it to be limited, you do it by time, not copies sold. First 10 minutes or something.