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Old 12-22-2011, 12:29 AM   #3028
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Originally Posted by XxLady_AthenaxX View Post
Also, both Soulcaster games are 80 MSP each when they are normally 240 MSP a piece, if I'm not mistaken. There may be others, but I only spotted these ones because I was actually interested in buying them (and now they're on sale, sweetness!).

Looks like the drop of those is an experiment on the part of the developer: http://www.magicaltimebean.com/
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One week ago, on December 13, I dropped the prices of my first two games, Soulcaster and Soulcaster II, to coincide with an article I wrote for IndieGamerChick (later picked up by Gamasutra). The short story is that Escape Goat wasn’t selling as well as I hoped, and my hypothesis was that it was because it was priced at 240 MSP instead of 80 MSP. The sales figures are finally in, so I can report what’s happened so far.

Bottom line: the price drop resulted in a staggering increase in revenue.