Bro i can but i saw on youtube that a game on sale gets more views than a free game that's why i put my game on 100% sale , there is nothing like being idiot here
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If you're not being an idiot, then you may be a liar.
Using discounts to lure people into thinking this is a limited offer is plain right cheating and decieving players and fellow game developers that post their game for free correctly, like how your game should be according to what you already said.
And not just that, you could potentially be doing something illegal as you were already told.