Key Points:
- Developer has no plans to reveal the price of Manor Lords until its Early Access launch on April 26.
- The decision aims to prevent regional pricing misunderstandings and deter gray market key resellers.
- Publisher assures the game won’t have triple-A pricing and will likely offer an Early Access discount.
- No pre-orders or special editions are planned, promising a fair pricing model.
As the highly-anticipated city-building game Manor Lords nears its Early Access debut on April 26, fans are eager to learn about the title’s pricing, but the developer has decided to keep the cost under wraps until launch day.
Manor Lords’ Regional Pricing Concerns Cited for Secrecy
According to Gamesradar, In a recent post on the Manor Lords subreddit, Tim Bender, CEO of the game’s publisher Hooded Horse, explained that revealing a single price could lead to “misunderstandings” due to Steam’s regional pricing model.
“Manor Lords, like all other games on Steam, will not have one price. It will have regional prices that distribute across the world,”
Bender stated.
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Deterring Gray Market Resellers
Another reason cited for withholding the price is to prevent unauthorized gray market key resellers from attempting to sell non-existent pre-order keys.
“They don’t have any keys, and they aren’t going to be getting any from us. But they are attempting to capitalize on the hype,”
the CEO warned.
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Manor Lords Pricing (why we are sharing at launch, and what to generally expect)
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Promising Fair Pricing and Potential Discounts
While the exact pricing remains a mystery, Bender assured fans that the game won’t carry a premium triple-A price tag. “I don’t think people should be worried about price” since Hooded Horse has never set $60-$70 pricing and “has no current plans to do so.” He also hinted at a potential Early Access discount, a common practice for the publisher.
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No Complicated Editions or Day-One DLC
Addressing pricing concerns, the CEO stated,
“We’re not trying to squeeze every last dollar out of people. We won’t be putting up five editions with a spreadsheet needed to understand them or locking up content into Day One DLC or any of that crap. There’s going to be a fair price there at launch with a fair discount.”
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