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		jonny_eh on July 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable o... The cost per unit is 0. Once they’ve sold a game at full price to anyone that will pay, they can lower the price to near 0 to capture any remaining demand along the curve.

33W on July 4, 2023 [–]

Yup! The term is marginal cost: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_cost

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