tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post7168402764518660053..comments2023-10-18T08:34:32.335-07:00Comments on Banana Pepper Martinis: The Perpetual Value MachineKirk Battlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-62994048499595278022023-03-14T15:59:56.895-07:002023-03-14T15:59:56.895-07:00Are you having a hard time managing your finances?...Are you having a hard time managing your finances? Are you struggling to make ends meet and looking for more ways to <b><a href="https://gearnet.click" rel="nofollow">make money</a></b>?<br /><br />Your financial future is uncertain and it's becoming more difficult to make ends meet. You need to find a way of earning extra income, but don't want to risk your hard-earned money on risky investments.#ToBigMoney / How to make money online? How to make money fast? How to make money from home? How to make extra money? - ways to make money, mostly as extra income. Ways of earning high and less riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108242523647490721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-81088110662995440042010-01-06T06:18:07.710-08:002010-01-06T06:18:07.710-08:00Hard to say. There are a couple of really bad scen...Hard to say. There are a couple of really bad scenarios that come to mind. They might end up in a price war of attrition by seeing who can charge the lowest and still survive as a business. STEAM will not win that one against Rupert Murdoch's IGN backed service. There's also the fact that a lot of those games are old and out of fashion, no matter how cheap you make them. I don't see anyone going on about Jade Empire despite the awesome sale it had.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are some games like Modern Warfare 2 that if you don't buy it at release, the multiplayer will be too brutal in 6 months for a beginner. <br /><br />If I had to guess, what Valve stumbled upon is a way to sell games that are constantly updated and expanded on like Team Fortress 2 or maybe a Madden title. Possibly an MMO as well.Kirk Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826783898962653229.post-49588852600210660212010-01-05T17:46:32.652-08:002010-01-05T17:46:32.652-08:00A little ways back I wrote a piece for The Escapis...A little ways back I wrote a piece for The Escapist on my bargain addiction, but it was only about half of what I'd originally planned (which proved to be too unwieldy an idea). But the question I wanted to explore was whether there was going to a long-term cost for operating Steam the way Valve does.<br /><br />I don't necessarily believe this is how it works in a significant number of cases, but here's what I'm curious about: Steam sales work so beautifully because we all have anchor prices to which we refer. I'm a lifelong PC gamer, so I used to think "Game = $40-$50". So when I saw something for $30 or $25, it was like winning a jackpot.<br /><br />But Steam and the other distributors have started playing this game so well, and playing it so often, that my price anchor has dropped through the floor. Unless it's a relatively new game or something I'm really interested in, I'm not even going to consider it for anything more than $20. Hell, in this last sale I started turning up my nose at $10 games. "I'll wait until it hits $5 or $2.50." The other problem is that I think we've all been conditioned to wait.<br /><br />I'm not complaining, because it works well for the consumer and I think it will probably work out for the producer and vendor as well. But I do wonder sometimes if they haven't created an inflated expectation of the value gamers feel entitled to when they buy from Steam.Rob Zacnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563148977565672591noreply@blogger.com