World of Goo Holds a "Pay What You Want" Sale

Andy Chalk

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World of Goo Holds a "Pay What You Want" Sale


It's birthday time for World of Goo [http://www.worldofgoo.com/] and to celebrate, the folks at 2D Boy are having a special sale: This week only, you can buy the game for whatever price you want.

World of Goo was widely hailed as one of the finest games of 2008 and with good reason: It's funny, challenging, looks great, sounds better and is almost viciously original. At $20, it was also quite cheap, especially given the piles of gameplay it brought to the table. Now, for those unfortunates out there who still haven't discovered the warm, squishy glory of the Goo ball, the developers are making it even cheaper. How much cheaper, you ask? That's entirely up to you!

All three versions of World of Goo - Windows, Mac and Linux - are on sale until October 19 for "whatever you think it's worth." And by all appearances, they mean that quite literally: The "Get It" link at 2dboy.com [http://2dboy.com/games.php] delivers you to PayPal, where the price of the game is nothing but a blank field and the freedom to do with it as you please.

Let me take this moment to encourage you to throw some cash at the 2D Boys [http://2dboy.com/about.php]. The sale is a great way to score some cheap World of Goo, sure, but if you've got a few extra bucks lying around, don't be afraid to pay the regular price for the game, or even more than that if you're the wealthy, philanthropical type. It's a great game and 2D Boy is the kind of studio we should all want to see more of.


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Frybird

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Everyone get this game ASAP!

Bought it as WiiWare for 15 Euros. Worth every single one of them. Really great game.
 

Bungalow

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In between this, fallout 2, freespace 2 and Plants vs Zombies. Looks like i've got a pretty hefty gameplay return on a mere $20.

Hopefully people will not take advantage 'too' much, but good on 2D Boy.
 

Aurora219

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This somewhat rocks the boat, doesn't it? I love it. I've had this game for quite a while, but this kind of attitude practically makes me want it again.
 

Swaki

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GamingAwesome1 said:
Am I the only one who isn't remotely interested in this?
you can buy it for 0.0000000000000(eternity)1 dollars so give it a try.

i tried the demo and didn't think to much of it, but if i can get it on a Wednesday to a weekend deal price im not the one to pass.

edit: the sweet notes and email i got from them made me feel bad about paying 5 euro, damn guilt trips.
 

Nivag the Owl

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I've been wanting to play this for ages but just never gotten around to thinking I want to play it enough for it's price. Perfect opportunity. I hope they appreciate my £1.
 

Frank_Sinatra_

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Nivag said:
I've been wanting to play this for ages but just never gotten around to thinking I want to play it enough for it's price. Perfect opportunity. I hope they appreciate my £1.
Hrmn... I was tempted to pay a dollar/pound what have you, but really don't you think they deserve more than that? Even if it's just £3?
 

Nivag the Owl

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Frank_Sinatra_ said:
Nivag said:
I've been wanting to play this for ages but just never gotten around to thinking I want to play it enough for it's price. Perfect opportunity. I hope they appreciate my £1.
Hrmn... I was tempted to pay a dollar/pound what have you, but really don't you think they deserve more than that? Even if it's just £3?
Oh, I would have totally paid £3 for it if it was a "pay £3 or more" deal. But they decided to make a "pay what you want" deal. I'm just messing with ya, it's definitely worth more but I'm totally broke from buying Christmas presents and music books.
 

Swaki

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Kollega said:
In seriousness,this is what good companies do. What bad companies do is jack up a price to $70,then say it's "reasonable".
i wouldn't exactly call the other companies bad (well okay 70 is evil but 50 is respectable), allot of people are going to exploit this by paying them 0.01 cents, but if 80% of all who played this pirated it i guess its better than nothing, but keep in mind no business can survive by letting the consumers decide the price.
 

Frank_Sinatra_

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Nivag said:
Oh, I would have totally paid £3 for it if it was a "pay £3 or more" deal. But they decided to make a "pay what you want" deal. I'm just messing with ya, it's definitely worth more but I'm totally broke from buying Christmas presents and music books.
I hear ya. Christmas shopping is a *****. :D