Shoves Free Low Poly Panda Hat into game. charges 18$

[Kolljak]

Lets just all agree the audacity of micro transaction stuff these days.

[Freaky Norm]

I feel they are overpriced. I won't buy a skin/charm/item pack for $20. Just my own principal. I will gladly support by purchasing battle passes or content even.

I would however purchase multiple complete skins for like $5 to $8. That just feels more reasonable to me. $20 for one outfit? I can't pull the trigger lol.

Like everything, it's personal preference.

[e Zinc]

What's wrong with that? The point of buying skins for a lot of players is to show how much $$$ you dumped lol. If the skin was $0.99 or free it wouldn't be as appealing.

Imagine if Counter Strike knives were $5. I'm pretty sure it would kill the interest of such cosmetics.

[SirDJCat]

What does that title even mean. It's not a free model and it purposely has a low poly look. Prices are a bit much but if you want something cheaper you can buy the battlepass or level up and earn cosmetics for free.

[Kolljak]

Originally posted by e Zinc:

What's wrong with that? The point of buying skins for a lot of players is to show how much $$$ you dumped lol. If the skin was $0.99 or free it wouldn't be as appealing.

Imagine if Counter Strike knives were $5. I'm pretty sure it would kill the interest of such cosmetics.

and who might you try to be impressing by buying a 16$ free asset on a game?

[guska]

Originally posted by Kolljak:

Originally posted by e Zinc:

What's wrong with that? The point of buying skins for a lot of players is to show how much $$$ you dumped lol. If the skin was $0.99 or free it wouldn't be as appealing.

Imagine if Counter Strike knives were $5. I'm pretty sure it would kill the interest of such cosmetics.

and who might you try to be impressing by buying a 16$ free asset on a game?

You'd be surprised. It's no secret that publishers will price cosmetics at a price point that alienates the majority of players, because the whales will see the price and cream themselves over the perceived exclusivity. I think it was someone at Blizzard who outright admitted as much some time in the last couple of months, but it's a very well known tactic. From Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, to BDO, Valorant and now The Finals, it has bene proven to be the most effective pricing structure, and is unlikely to change, since the whales keep whaling.

[Kolljak]

So just because others do its OK to do it too? that's the same mentality that sheep have.

[Blaze Deval]

Yeah, with the price of cosmetics in this game, and the need to buy an in-game currency that never gives you the right amount, I won't ever be buying cosmetics in this game.

[Ih8myjob]

Originally posted by Kolljak:

Lets just all agree the audacity of micro transaction stuff these days.

If people didnt or dont buy it, they will change how they do things, but thats just not going to happen.

Paying anything to play dressup Barbie Adventure in a game is dumb anyway.

[Kolljak]

Its more or less the price vs what is being sold. if someone sold you a small handbag you get for free from the discount isle for 60$ would you be pissed.

no point in arguing with sheep.

[VibroKnife]

I was fully ready to buy skins and support this dev but $20 is ridiculous. Even $15 sounds more reasonable. Can't do it

[Ih8myjob]

Originally posted by |DoS| VibroKnife:

I was fully ready to buy skins and support this dev but $20 is ridiculous. Even $15 sounds more reasonable. Can't do it

If more people thought like that, the prices would be lower. Don't take this as an insult as most do here with everything, but even if you WOULD have purchased EVERYTHING you possibly could, and now wont, they wont miss your purchases, the amount they are making is so substantial a few 100/1000 bucks is a drop in the ocean. Now if 20000 people thought the same way, you'd see change, but as I said before, that wont happen. Too many people don't care what their doll dresses cost, they will buy them because they either don't value money, it's not their money (mom and dads), or they make enough money to really not even care.

[Blaze Deval]

Originally posted by Ih8myjob:

Originally posted by |DoS| VibroKnife:

I was fully ready to buy skins and support this dev but $20 is ridiculous. Even $15 sounds more reasonable. Can't do it

If more people thought like that, the prices would be lower. Don't take this as an insult as most do here with everything, but even if you WOULD have purchased EVERYTHING you possibly could, and now wont, they wont miss your purchases, the amount they are making is so substantial a few 100/1000 bucks is a drop in the ocean. Now if 20000 people thought the same way, you'd see change, but as I said before, that wont happen. Too many people don't care what their doll dresses cost, they will buy them because they either don't value money, it's not their money (mom and dads), or they make enough money to really not even care.

Exactly. The math has already been done, people. Raise the prices to as high as you can expect only 10% of your playerbase will actually pay for and you'll make far more money than lowering the prices down so that 90% of people will pay for them.

[Carl The Costco Greeter]

I feel like I'm having deja vu. I'm seeing the exact same argument that was being talked about whenever valorant released cosmetics.

The pack skins are simiarly priced to that of a COD pack or a single weapon skin in valorant. The finals is a free to play game and they somehow have to make money..

[Ih8myjob]

Originally posted by Dustin THE KID:

I feel like I'm having deja vu. I'm seeing the exact same argument that was being talked about whenever valorant released cosmetics.

The pack skins are simiarly priced to that of a COD pack or a single weapon skin in valorant. The finals is a free to play game and they somehow have to make money..

The children and... young minded people... need instant gratification for as little work/cost as possible, its a thing that unfortunately will never go away.

With that said If they were 5 bucks people would still be here complaining about the same thing.

The company has found a price point that works best for them, the complainers who dont like it will always be the loudest.

[Kolljak]

see i don't mind cosmetics and stuff especially when effort is put into it, but i can give you the sketchfab links to at least 4 of the helmets in this game. its when you take stuff that's free and charge for it it pisses me off. put some love in your product then it is worth it.