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DLC skin prices are out of control (PUBG)
- Thread starter CozMick
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Those are some good temps you're rolling with, man.
(Yep, that licence DLC cost. Any other examples though in PUBG? I'd imagine crossover stuff would be the outlier.)
(Yep, that licence DLC cost. Any other examples though in PUBG? I'd imagine crossover stuff would be the outlier.)
Somehow more expensive than a 4K copy of Suicide Squad.
(Which provide more value is give or take...)
(Which provide more value is give or take...)
People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
And i take this over more expensive games or games split into 3 dlc:s
Crazily overpriced.
Some people will buy it anyway, folks will say it's fine and the next round will be $30 because fuck you pay me.
Some people will buy it anyway, folks will say it's fine and the next round will be $30 because fuck you pay me.
And it looks like utter shite. I mean, just look at that face. It looks like they've plastered the woman's face onto the man's. Unless that's the point? Either way, looks like utter crap.
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Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.
Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.
This is a ridiculous take. This is just pure greed plain and simple. There's plenty of other games that sell skins directly for far, far less than 20 dollars
That's expensive.
I also think a lot of DLC skins/costumes are expensive in general. I wouldn't pay $25, $20, $15, or $10 for a single skin. I don't think I'd pay $5 for a single skin either.
The only costumes I remember buying were for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and I only bought it because it was Metal Gear. I wanted to have everything in the game. It was part of a bundle and the costumes individually cost $1 I think. I don't remember using the costumes much.
I won't make that mistake again with any game.
I also think a lot of DLC skins/costumes are expensive in general. I wouldn't pay $25, $20, $15, or $10 for a single skin. I don't think I'd pay $5 for a single skin either.
The only costumes I remember buying were for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and I only bought it because it was Metal Gear. I wanted to have everything in the game. It was part of a bundle and the costumes individually cost $1 I think. I don't remember using the costumes much.
I won't make that mistake again with any game.
This is what happens when people keep saying "but [anti-consumer thing] really isn't that bad, you're overreacting" for long enough. They'll just keep pushing the envelope further and further. Can't wait to see what people will be defending on here 5 years from now.
Basically. Still kind of wild that it's in a game you have to buy, but it is what it is.
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How far we've come from horse armor.
We just get desensitised more and more.
Nah, I'm just not entitled enough to think I can decide whats fair for a developer to charge. Especially crossover content in a $30 game.
Don't like it, don't buy it. It's not a necessary component of the game.
I should be upset, but I'm not. People buy overpriced, pointless add-ons for their cars all the time, etc. (yes, that's me) I don't really see how things like this are that much different. I'd rather it cost more and just outright be purchasable vs. being locked behind random lootboxes. It's why I'll pay $20 for that Pokemon full art card vs. a bunch of booster packs and risk getting a bunch of crap I don't want and maybe luck out and get something I do.
In 30 years people will pay more for virtual bullets than for real ones.
What weakness is it preying on exactly? The customer knows the price, they know exactly the product they're getting (in their local currency, no less), and they're free to walk away at any time.
You already concede that cosmetic microtransactions are not fundamentally immoral, so there is nothing inherently predatory about this practice. We're just haggling about the price at this point.
I guess Era is just 4chan now.
Exactly this, which makes the whole premise of the discussion utterly pointless given that price will largely equate to perceived value on a per-consumer basis, which is an entirely subjective metric.
This seems like a bad take. Not having money wouldn't necessarily exclude people from buying this sort of thing.