Wow, Prisms are expensive.

[Glurb]

I get that the goal is probably to get people to buy the battle pass and that for most it will not be a real issue, but out of principle this is pushing it too far. I've been pretty happy with the amount of content, communication, and QoL stuff that the team has been putting out, but this is a lot guys. We do not need to push the boundaries of how much companies are willing to charge for skins, $20 skins were already WAY too expensive, especially in a game where there are dozens of heroes. The price of a AAA game in the year of 2024, 10 dollars more than Baldur's Gate 3, for a single (fully customized to be fair) skin is mind boggling, even if they're mainly intended to be earned by playing in the battle pass. $40 for a base skin is too much. I get that you don't want these to be priced the same as legendaries, but find a better medium ($30 would have been more acceptable). $10 for one level of customization is crazy. I hope you reconsider these changes, as the greed of publishers does not need to be pushed any further and I don't want this to be a precedent that is set.

[Walter White]

I've actually lost it when I saw that a full mythic costs 70$. lmao
The fact that you can't choose which customization you actually want to buy is just pure scam.

[Glurb]

Originally posted by Walter White:

I've actually lost it when I saw that a full mythic costs 70$. lmao
The fact that you can't choose which customization you actually want to buy is just pure scam.

Yeah. I think this was a huge miss. I like being able to choose my mythics when I complete the pass, but every other aspect of it is really disappointing and highkey greedy. Which may not be the fault of the actual team but of the C-suite. It would have been better if they couldn't be purchased at all, because I have a hard time believing these will sell well. It's a real shame because since Bobby left, it's felt like the team has made some pro-consumer changes, like adding coins to the pass, making all heroes free unlocks, doing trials for new modes and heroes, ditching weekly challenges, and a lot of other stuff that I've generally liked, but this feels like a step back in a lot of ways.

[Vudash]

You can get a full mythic skin with only 1 BP that cost 10$ or 2 FREE BP what are you talking about? clowns

[Psychoglot]

they aren't even entertaining, just an llc

[Psychoglot]

Originally posted by Walter White:

Originally posted by Sugarcrash Kitsune:

"An option to buy"
You said it.

The fact that this option even exists is disgusting.
70$ for ONE skin is insane

we've reached the point where half of america dgaf about murdered children on the daily, they surely won't care about open scams

[Glurb]

Originally posted by Vudash:

You can get a full mythic skin with only 1 BP that cost 10$ or 2 FREE BP what are you talking about? clowns

Yes. I know. I acknowledged this. But if this option exists and there isn't backlash, more companies will get ideas and hey, y know what, maybe we should charge $30 for legendary skins instead of $20. Some developers want to start charging $100 for the base price of games. We as consumers need to stop these goalposts from being pushed. Obviously the intention is to buy the battle pass as I said, but the fact that they value a single maxed skin at the price of a AAA game is pure insanity, even if it's optional. Just because it's just optional doesn't mean it's okay.

[Saana]

i do not see the problem. BP levels can also be bought and they're very expensive. i don't hear anyone complaining about it because unlocking levels is so easy. BP is easy to complete, and the option to pay up for prisms is just there to catch up if You want all the Mythic skins. But honestly, most of them after Kiriko's are mid, so yeah the problem is more the quality than the price.

[Glurb]

Originally posted by Saana:

i do not see the problem. BP levels can also be bought and they're very expensive. i don't hear anyone complaining about it because unlocking levels is so easy. BP is easy to complete, and the option to pay up for prisms is just there to catch up if You want all the Mythic skins. But honestly, most of them after Kiriko's are mid, so yeah the problem is more the quality than the price.

But battle pass level skips have been a thing since the battle pass was created, and they're expensive in every game. This is truly pushing the boundaries of skin pricing for the worst. Again, right now it may be mythics or just be an Overwatch thing but if we normalize this then other people get ideas, and suddenly every skin in every game is $40. Games were $60 until one publisher decided to put a game up for $70, and now that's the standard. It's the principle of asking for $70 for a skin.

[im lazy]

it's blizzard, they want to make as much money as possible, deal with it

[Nelots]

Originally posted by Saana:

i do not see the problem [with a single skin costing $70]

Really?

[Saana]

Originally posted by Plorg:

But battle pass level skips have been a thing since the battle pass was created, and they're expensive in every game. This is truly pushing the boundaries of skin pricing for the worst. Again, right now it may be mythics or just be an Overwatch thing but if we normalize this then other people get ideas, and suddenly every skin in every game is $40. Games were $60 until one publisher decided to put a game up for $70, and now that's the standard. It's the principle of asking for $70 for a skin.

If this is what You are worried about, then i have news: Valorant has already done a similar thing.

[LeanivBirb]

Originally posted by Vudash:

You can get a full mythic skin with only 1 BP that cost 10$ or 2 FREE BP what are you talking about? clowns

yes,force me to play your game in order to unlock skins by paying and not because i like playing it. Maybe you skipped the part when publishers started to hire behavior analyst in order to make people get addicted to FOMO and other bs

[Valore]

Originally posted by LeanivBirb:

yes,force me to play your game in order to unlock skins by paying and not because i like playing it. Maybe you skipped the part when publishers started to hire behavior analyst in order to make people get addicted to FOMO and other bs

I think you have a bigger problem if you:

1. Feel obligated to own skins for a game you don't like

2. Are so easily influenced, especially knowing the shady marketing practices that exist. That's like saying you're going to rob a store because they tempted you buy putting stuff you like but can't afford in a display window, but it's really their fault for tempting you.

[Glurb]

Originally posted by Jingler:

it's blizzard, they want to make as much money as possible, deal with it

I don't understand why you felt the need to comment this. I'm not exactly making a fuss about it, I'm respectfully voicing constructive criticism and concerns. Obviously I recognize that the company wants money and will probably not go back on this, and I don't care that much either way.

[Glurb]

Originally posted by Saana:

Originally posted by Plorg:

But battle pass level skips have been a thing since the battle pass was created, and they're expensive in every game. This is truly pushing the boundaries of skin pricing for the worst. Again, right now it may be mythics or just be an Overwatch thing but if we normalize this then other people get ideas, and suddenly every skin in every game is $40. Games were $60 until one publisher decided to put a game up for $70, and now that's the standard. It's the principle of asking for $70 for a skin.

If this is what You are worried about, then i have news: Valorant has already done a similar thing.

Forgot about that. Valorant is even worse. I've always hated that.