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Wanev 4 DIC 2019 a las 12:04 a. m.
No, the fact that POE is free does not justify the microtransaction prices
Before you start with "well then, don't buy it" or "I guess you just can't afford it,"

1) Rest assured, I don't plan to buy anything... but the prices are absolutely absurd so I certainly will say something about it.

2) I have a very nice job with a really great firm in the financial services industry. So yes, I can afford to buy the supporter packs. That said, I don't pay for things that are clearly overpriced because I value my money.

I hadn't played POE since the open beta and just came back to it. I was shocked to see the prices on the microtransactions. I honestly thought I was looking at a typo at first. Yes, I am aware that the game is free to play. However, with the cost of some of these things, you end up paying the equivalent of a full price game 5 times over. That is insane. They are charging $240 for something that should be $10.

If they want to exploit people who don't mind paying the ridiculous prices, then fine... but at least have some of the dlc reasonably priced. I would have bought some stuff but I could not find a single thing that I wanted that I felt was reasonably priced. They are missing out on sales from people like me who don't treat their money like water and are not kids with mommy's credit card.

Most games don't charge these kinds of prices for DLC that is purely cosmetic. I am all about capitalism and voluntaryism so good on them if their business model is successful. They just aren't getting a dime of my money and I am sure that I am not alone.
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BLANK 10 DIC 2019 a las 8:33 a. m. 
Well then, don't buy it. I guess you just can't afford it.
ThunderSama 10 DIC 2019 a las 8:35 a. m. 
It is a free to play game + they regularly add new content to the game and do that for free as well. Most of the games out there require you to pay for the base game as well as dlcs separately even to complete the original story or access full content, which is greedy in my opinion. GGG has to make money and pay its expenses at some point. Microtransactions has never been cheap at all in PoE, they've been around for same prices since the beginning and they make constant sales on many mtx items. So, I don't really think complaining about it is fair.
Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 10:01 a. m. 
Publicado originalmente por TheThunder:
It is a free to play game + they regularly add new content to the game and do that for free as well. Most of the games out there require you to pay for the base game as well as dlcs separately even to complete the original story or access full content, which is greedy in my opinion. GGG has to make money and pay its expenses at some point. Microtransactions has never been cheap at all in PoE, they've been around for same prices since the beginning and they make constant sales on many mtx items. So, I don't really think complaining about it is fair.

99 % of the armour in the game are absolutely horrendous. The prices are high because that's the only way to get a character that doesn't look like a donkeys ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and people want to look good.

It's an unbeliavably scummy way of doing microtransactions; make no effort to the in-game armour and sell skins for 30+ euroes. For one skin. While having no counterparts for it that can be obtained in the game itself.

Apex legends has godawful skins, it's a free game and they charge a huge amount of money for the skins, Apex's store is considered one of the worst in this microtransaction age. But guess what? You can still earn re-colours and some decent skins by playing the game. That's not something Path of Exile does.

It's just a fact that PoE has one of, if not the, WORST MTX prices/shop in the industry. Tons of different items that "need" their own stash spaces, HUGE items that take up so many slots in the inventory to sell stash spaces and the need to constantly push more orbs/consumables to sell more stashes. There's absolutely no way around this (pay to win games are a separate issue). You can disagree with me, sure, just as you can disagree with me that the sun cold, when it is, in fact, quite hot. Facts don't care about your feelings.

But, considering the community of Path of Exile is also one of the worst I've seen in an online game, almost on par with online competitive games, I'm not surprised the company is defended for their prices. That's also a fact and hence, you can't do crap about it.
Altimely 10 DIC 2019 a las 10:13 a. m. 
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
99 % of the armour in the game are absolutely horrendous.
Exaggerated opinion/random % to make a non-point

get a character that doesn't look like a donkeys ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
exaggerated opinion

It's an unbeliavably scummy way of doing microtransactions
Exaggerated and false. Charging for the game on top of MTX, or Pay2Win would be scummy. Optional cosmetics in a F2P game isn't scummy.

WORST MTX prices/shop in the industry

CAPS DOESN'T MAKE IT REAL, because it's actually false.

Don't *clap* like *clap* it *clap* don't *clap* buy *clap* it


Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 11:10 a. m. 
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
99 % of the armour in the game are absolutely horrendous.
Exaggerated opinion/random % to make a non-point

get a character that doesn't look like a donkeys ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
exaggerated opinion

It's an unbeliavably scummy way of doing microtransactions
Exaggerated and false. Charging for the game on top of MTX, or Pay2Win would be scummy. Optional cosmetics in a F2P game isn't scummy.

WORST MTX prices/shop in the industry

CAPS DOESN'T MAKE IT REAL, because it's actually false.

Don't *clap* like *clap* it *clap* don't *clap* buy *clap* it

Ah, my point proven! Thank you for coming, hope to see you again!
Altimely 10 DIC 2019 a las 11:29 a. m. 
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
I don't have an argument that doesn't revolve around exaggerating my opinion so i'll say I'm right!

:steambored:
Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 12:31 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
I don't have an argument that doesn't revolve around exaggerating my opinion so i'll say I'm right!

:steambored:

Are you a Path of Exile player or you just can't read..? Oh wait. I recall my post had something related to the community...
Altimely 10 DIC 2019 a las 12:57 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:

:steambored:

Are you a Path of Exile player or you just can't read..? Oh wait. I recall my post had something related to the community...

Apparently it's pretty rough for you if someone disagrees with you and calls out your bad arguments. No one's telling you to pay for 100% optional cosmetics or telling you how to play the game. You're the agitator here.
davidb11 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:03 p. m. 
People like him will literally never learn. :P
Not now, not later, not ever.

The Terminator is more easily stopped then they are. :)
Última edición por davidb11; 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:03 p. m.
Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:19 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:

Are you a Path of Exile player or you just can't read..? Oh wait. I recall my post had something related to the community...

Apparently it's pretty rough for you if someone disagrees with you and calls out your bad arguments. No one's telling you to pay for 100% optional cosmetics or telling you how to play the game. You're the agitator here.

Hey, if you have studied the marketing and "manipulation" of consumers in the gaming industry, do feel free to have a discussion about it, because that's the premise I'm coming from. What about you?
Altimely 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:23 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:

Apparently it's pretty rough for you if someone disagrees with you and calls out your bad arguments. No one's telling you to pay for 100% optional cosmetics or telling you how to play the game. You're the agitator here.

Hey, if you have studied the marketing and "manipulation" of consumers in the gaming industry, do feel free to have a discussion about it, because that's the premise I'm coming from. What about you?

Please, go find a GACHA forum if that's what you want to crow about.

It's just a fact that PoE has one of, if not the, WORST MTX prices/shop in the industry.

You don't know very much about the industry then, lol.
Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:37 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:

Hey, if you have studied the marketing and "manipulation" of consumers in the gaming industry, do feel free to have a discussion about it, because that's the premise I'm coming from. What about you?

Please, go find a GACHA forum if that's what you want to crow about.

It's just a fact that PoE has one of, if not the, WORST MTX prices/shop in the industry.

You don't know very much about the industry then, lol.

As I said; point proven.
Exilius 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:38 p. m. 
I think the MTX are to cheap
Altimely 10 DIC 2019 a las 1:48 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:

Please, go find a GACHA forum if that's what you want to crow about.



You don't know very much about the industry then, lol.

As I said; point proven.

Yes, again you've proven that you don't have an argument. You've given one subjective percentage. If you want to say "I don't like the mtx's" then go ahead. But you don't have an argument for them being "the worst in the industry".
Cyseal 10 DIC 2019 a las 2:12 p. m. 
Publicado originalmente por ¯\(°_o)/¯:
Publicado originalmente por Mikaelion:

As I said; point proven.

Yes, again you've proven that you don't have an argument. You've given one subjective percentage. If you want to say "I don't like the mtx's" then go ahead. But you don't have an argument for them being "the worst in the industry".

Hey, if you can't read, that's your problem, not mine.

But let me throw some examples for you from better microtransaction shops; Apex Legends, Heroes of the Storm, even Smite, Paladins, League of Legends. That's just to name a few, but probably the most known free-to-play games with a shop.

And since you can't read, I'll say it again; Pay to win games are a different matter, so most mobile games are out and a ton of korean mmo's as well.

Do you know what's in common with the games mentioned above? The prices are more or less the same as in Path of Exile, so it's not that they're cheaper. It's because the game gives you skins for free. Path of Exile doesn't. All of the games above get regular content updates, same as Path of Exile. They're all completely free, same as Path of Exile. That's the biggest reason why the shop is one of the worst in the industry BUT! What sets PoE apart from the rest even more is the absurd amount of currency that could easily fit other stash boxes, but they decided to make a new one, and a new one. And a new one. That's borderline predatory and an incredibly scummy way of milking the customers. That is a fact; there is zero need to have so many different kinds of stashes. That's coming from a game developer perspective.

But, I know you can't read anyway and since the community is what it is, they're more than willing to pay the money and not think of the consequences.
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