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‘Factorio’ studio facing backlash after £140 price increase in Russia

3 pointsby donpottalmost 3 years ago

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donpottalmost 3 years ago
&gt; The Factorio price in Russia has long been £7.70 (₽520). However, on July 14, the price rose suddenly to £147.99 (₽10,000). This price increase came without any notice or acknowledgement from Wube Software.<p>Interestingly, they have recently (maybe on the same day?) also increased the price in the UK from £21.00 to £25.00, and also without any notice or acknowledgement... [1]<p>I find this surprising, coming from a company that takes particular pride in not running sales, and where their rationale for this is that they don&#x27;t want different people to pay different prices for the same game [2, as I commented on another HN discussion here]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steamdb.info&#x2F;app&#x2F;427520&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;steamdb.info&#x2F;app&#x2F;427520&#x2F;</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30469755" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30469755</a>
superb-owlalmost 3 years ago
I wonder if this has anything to do with volatility in the Ruble, and was just an algorithmic glitch