Is GGG struggling??

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Tsayah#4713 wrote:

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girng#7675 wrote:

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ShadyC#1006 wrote:

Is that why armor packs alone are $42.00 or more?

Seems weird to me. I mean, if these prices were like 1/5 of what they are, I could see myself spending more money (than the $0.00 I'm spending now). I could see myself throwing $100, right now, if I felt like it got me far.

But it doesn't.

It's not like they have to keep producing these assets. They already did that part. Now they're just having an automated system send people the lines of code to enable using those assets on their character. Some of these skins and effects are nice, but there's no way they're multi-million dollar assets. If you wanted to kit out a character with skins and spell effects, it would cost you about $500, maybe more.

Nobody finds this crazy? Or is this a popular topic?

When you realize dragon platebody ornament kit wasn't introduced until 2010. Also using RS3 graphics

At least there was an effort, kinda

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Tsayah#4713 wrote:

I understood the point in the meme. I enjoy pointing out failures.

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BaumisMagicalWorld#0673 wrote:

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ComfyGangsta#5968 wrote:

Cosmetics have always been priced this way.

Well, that's just false.

2013:

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Granted, there were some outliers back then, yes, but GGG have since doubled down on the pricing. It's when they started adding armour sets is when the prices started skyrocketing. Even back then, a full set was like $42. Pretty much every new weapon effect since is now $18 minimum. Even adjusted for inflation, they are a little more expensive today. Though the quality has also gone up, to be fair.

The ridiculous prices for some things, like the Lightning Scorpion, were for the mega whales, same as we have them now. Problem is, the average cost of MTX has gone up by quite a bit, because people keep buying them.

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arknath#4740 wrote:

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RennyThomas#0309 wrote:

Tencent took over and microtransactions got more aggressive. its that simple

That's just a flat out wrong statement... Good job


To the OP that thinks they already have the assets for mtx and that it is just a some line of codes to enable them; No, they can't just do this with lines of code. They have to be adjusted(both looks, quality), in some case completely remodeled then rigged to all starting classes. And then through quality control before implemented. It takes time and right now other things clearly takes priority. For performance you don't want to add in too many things until the game itself is more stable. It makes it far easier to avoid unforseen issues.

The prices for mtx have always been high. It is what covers the cost for the entire company. It has to be like this. If a certain amount of people struggle to buy the smallest packs it is pretty clear that they don't rely on those people to pay for the game from league to league, nor do they want to? Nor do we want to. It wouldn't be sustainable. It is far better that that group can play for free and that the top half or even the whales pay for everything.

You ask for lower prices but fail to realise the impact it would have. It would mean less devs, less content, less f2p players, less everything. You might think that lower prices would mean more customers but no, there is a limit to the amount of MTX a player would buy. At one point you would realise those customers will stop buying since their characters feel fancy enough. Maybe except the top 0.0001% that are completionists xD

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SkilloSkillo#0062 wrote:

Not entirely accurate. You are ignoring borderline mandatory stash tabs which make the game much less stressfull, which is almost a guaranteed sale for every player that stays. You can't even sell your gear through the site without premium tabs lol