Hello all,
I purchased a game about a year ago. The game has windows/linux downloads available for a base price, but for a mere two dollars more I could also download a copy for Dreamcast and PlayStation One, so I paid the higher price. But now the developer of the game raised the price of the console ports by three dollars (and released updated versions as well) so now I'm only able to access the PC versions. I asked the developer about this and they just said to contact itch.io, but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing itch.io will help with because it's an individual game thing.
My question is what to do now. I did a search on this and it's clearly a known "edge case" with raising a game's price, which doesn't affect ownership of the main download(s). It would be nice if a developer could raise the price of individual items while letting customers that paid more keep access, if they wish to do so. I shouldn't need to pester the developer for a private download link, especially since they seem unwilling to provide any.
If, instead of begrudgingly fighting for my "rights" in this situation, I decide that the developer could use the extra three dollars that they're charging now, is there any way for me to pay the difference? Itch.io, of course, offers to sell me the base game for full price again if I try to buy it.