Why points are so damn expensive?

[Flying_Dutchman]

Am i the only one who find the prices of points are way too high? I am living in Turkey and i wanted to buy an armor skin for my newly created warrior. The set i want costs 420 points and to buy it i roughly need to spend 50 dollars. Converting it to Turkish lira, it is more or less worth an AAA game. Yes i know it is just a cosmetic and it is stands there to support the devs. But the price is ridicilously high for an item that stands there for some sort of "donation". Not to mention, supporter chests goes up to 480 dollars.

[MAGNUS SwellWand theShaftSwinger]

cuz GGG are greedy

[nozwizard]

Armor Skin sets must be exquisite. so it is normal to be expensive, because they are niche items.
thats my two cents.

[Prinzip]

Armor sets are not mandatory for gameplay.

[Sweetovski]

Well this is typically the free to play model. A few people spent thousands of dollars so that the others can play for free or almost for free. If they would reduce the price, then they would make less money because most poor people won't ever buy a cosmetic item while the ones that would pay the high prices now pay fewer money.

Seriously the most you really need is a few stash tabs which cost 10-15$.

[az4a3l]

To get your money/point worth buy supporter packs not points alone. The cheapest supporter pack would let you get the currency stash for example, buy stashs only during sales.

[Lagwin1980]

The points are average in price, you are just getting pissy becuase you think you get more in other games (which usualy work out close to the same just add an extra zero on to points and what you can purchase with them)

That and since the game dose not fall back on the main stay of "free" games...i.e. freemium trash it needs to price it near total cosmetic only MTX higher

[Edward Elric]

PoE is the poster child of freemium trash games that are placed on the market.

[Flying_Dutchman]

Originally posted by 80,154.65:

Originally posted by Sweetovski:

Well this is typically the free to play model. A few people spent thousands of dollars so that the others can play for free or almost for free. If they would reduce the price, then they would make less money because most poor people won't ever buy a cosmetic item while the ones that would pay the high prices now pay fewer money.

Seriously the most you really need is a few stash tabs which cost 10-15$.

your logic needs some improvement, if prices were cheaper more people would buy things which would equal to more things over time because they are cheaper for each item seeming less to a buyer
earning GGG more profit

Thats right. I would buy two armor sets for $15 each or perhaps even more armor sets in a longer time period. I probably spent more than $100 to War Thunder, but not all of it at once. Now i wont be buying anything cosmetic from PoE. Perhaps stashes, if i continue playing it.

[NixBoxDone]

Two things, really.

One - they're completely optional items and the only way for GGG to receive any money at all. Traditionally, people either buy cosmetic items or they don't, regardless of how cheap or expensive they are.
This means that there is less of an advantage in making cosmetics cheaper than there would be in something like stash tabs, which has a very clear use.
The fact that they're cosmetic only also means there's less backlash for a higher price - after all, you're not gimped if you don't buy that skin, so you don't really lose out.

Two - one of the big draws of having cosmetics is showing them off to people who don't. This perk immediately loses in value if you introduce very cheap skins (think of it like the legendary skins in other games, buying one shows you really care or have a bunch of disposable income :P).
This is the same effect as buying a really fancy racecar in a country that doesn't allow no speed limits, a rare painting or that diamond encrusted Rolex that doesn't tell the time significantly better than the dollar store version - just showing that you can afford items of that nature has value.

[Meat Sweats]

Originally posted by Flying_Dutchman:

Am i the only one who find the prices of points are way too high? I am living in Turkey and i wanted to buy an armor skin for my newly created warrior. The set i want costs 420 points and to buy it i roughly need to spend 50 dollars. Converting it to Turkish lira, it is more or less worth an AAA game. Yes i know it is just a cosmetic and it is stands there to support the devs. But the price is ridicilously high for an item that stands there for some sort of "donation". Not to mention, supporter chests goes up to 480 dollars.

yeah, i will agree that i feel the prices for cosmetics can be expensive. espeacially if you dont wait for a sale. but at the same time they are running a business and im sure they have done alot of statistical examinations to know what they need to keep there game powering forward. judging by many of the other games i have seen they have done a good job over the years of putting the funds they make from the game to good uses. but yeah i would wait for a sale on the stuff you want. everything goes on sale at some point or another.

[ciry]

Originally posted by Edward Elric:

PoE is the poster child of freemium trash games that are placed on the market.

Wow talk about entitled, PoE is the biggest f2p game at least I've heard of, suberb quality ARPG with zero P2Win crap and you want more. Get real, moron.

[PSYCH0ИAŪT (all mute)]

Please grow up and earn some money instead of crying everywhere. I live in a country where the most of the salaries are less than 500$ and the prices ar as high as in London and I was still able to support my favourite game. Lol it's so pathetic that people still whine about a free game, which is literally free and only gives some cosmetics and comfort about your stash if you support their great work. Do you also go to the mall and whine that they sell clothes for the prices you can't afford and tell them that other people dresses better than you? What is wrong with you if you have time to play games and maybe find some time to earn some money for things that you want to get you crying pu**y

[Flying_Dutchman]

Originally posted by PSYCH0NAUT:

Please grow up and earn some money instead of crying everywhere. I live in a country where the most of the salaries are less than 500$ and the prices ar as high as in London and I was still able to support my favourite game. Lol it's so pathetic that people still whine about a free game, which is literally free and only gives some cosmetics and comfort about your stash if you support their great work. Do you also go to the mall and whine that they sell clothes for the prices you can't afford and tell them that other people dresses better than you? What is wrong with you if you have time to play games and maybe find some time to earn some money for things that you want to get you crying pu**y

The point wasnt really about me whining about prices, jackass. I am just saying that the more people would be able to buy them if cosmetic items reduced to more reasonable prices (me included). I spent way more money on another games. As long as i get reasonable stuff for the price i am paying, its fine. So you would be fine if they want 100 dollars for a cosmetic item?

[PSYCH0ИAŪT (all mute)]

There was a sale a week ago where you could get like about 10 sets, every one of them for about or less than 30$. Or you just can buy mistery boxes, even I believe you can win some at the events. I was playing this game for like 3 months (approx: ~200 hours) and I was doing good without a penny spent on this game, even though maybe I was lacking space in my stash. Anyway I donated 30$ this month to get the beta key for the expansion and spent my 250 points on mistery boxes and found some interesting looking items there. And thinking to buy some more after some time, as well as upgrading my stash tabs. I don't see the prices more higher than other free games which suggest you to buy cosmetics (like dota2, league of legends, cs:go, etc.). What I'm trying to say is that 2 weeks ago you could get a whole good looking set for 190 points which is not even 20$. For example if you want to play diablo 3, you will pay more just for giving a try to play it and now you're complaining about the prices of the things which are not even mandatory to expierence the full enjoyment of this awesome game.

[Flying_Dutchman]

Too bad i missed the sale. Would have grabbed some stash tabs and a set.