You can't complain that this game is costly

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Well I've played AoW and time in dominions is going far over 20x what I played that with modding etc etc I can't imagine you spend as much time on AoW as you are doing on Dom 3 Sombre but if you say so..

I didn't say so or imply so. Did you actually read my post? I said Dom3 is one of my top games, but I am biased. When advising others in terms of game purchases, I would maintain a far more objective view, which is that Dom3 is not great value for money. How much time I spent on it isn't relevant. Hell I don't play AoW at all, but I recognise it's damn near as good as Dom3 at a fraction of the price.

I still think that for pplz into these kinds of games paying about 20 E extra for dominions compared to nearly all other games will give them MUCH more value for their coin.

Except that Dom3 costs more than an extra 20E over a huge number of excellent games.

Im not sure if this is the type of game which would make a really big jump in sales based only on the price. The number of players which would enjoy a game like this seems fairly fixed. Maybe if it was "prettier" by new game standards you could sell quite abit based on cost alone.

Well I just gave an example of people who would probably buy it if it was cheaper. My friends. Again, I'm not trying to tell Shrapnel how to do their job. I'm just unwilling to ignore topics like "You can't complain this game is costly"

I find the 'if you can't afford 50 bucks you're a joke' attitude in here pretty silly too. For one thing, it's far more than 50 bucks for a lot of people. I ordered dom3 when I was in China. Not only did it cost more than 50 bucks total, it also cost me a substantial chunk of my wages. Plenty of people won't spend 50+ on a game when there are far cheaper alternatives available, regardless of the 'just skip going out one night of the week' BS you spoiled students are coming out with. If you're going to compare it with the cost of other things, make them comparable eg. other strategy games that have been out as long as dom3 (or have other similarities).