Does supply and demand just change the prices in a narrow band?

[lee1026]

I have noticed that even if supply is massively greater then demand, the price will level off after a while, and the supply will continue to be massively greater then the demand. Is this WAD, or is that a bug? And if it is WAD, what is the best way to mod it out?

 

[unmerged(45977)]

Yes, it's in a band. I've been thinking about this and making the band broader might be a good idea. At the game start for example there is a chronic shortage of iron. Having the price go up more would be a good idea as it'll force unprofitable operation out of business, removing some demand.

BUT. Your stockpile doesn't care about price. So if you'd build a factory you could suddenly buy iron at a price you were not willing to pay for it.

 

[Pjoo]

And it would be nice to have demand as # of units needed by pops who can pay. I had 90 demand and 20 supply for luxury furniture, but my lovely factory was only managing to sell around 10% of the production.

 

[RoboCzar]

I believe it's hardcoded.