... They'd probably sell less, but make more money.
Quite the contrary, I believe...
Bought me PlayMaker today. This, after a couple of years of "scouting" the Asset Store every now and then and not making my mind up... You see, although I have no prior experience as a video game designer, I'm not entirely new to the more traditional board game design; I have one such game to my account –a non-abstract Halma-like strategy/race/transport puzzle hybrid kind of game– and wanted to "port" these ideas into the electronic realm... This
50% off discount was the incentive I needed to finally start prototyping my game.
My guess is Unity 5 is still some time away and a boost in PM sales was needed...