Merch store

[PYRACOR]

I loved Tynan for Rimworld but every time theres a merch plug I support this dude less and less. You want more money? Make more content. This isnt a clothing store, this is steam.

[MadArtillery]

I could do with some Rimworld merch. The pins and mechanoid queen were just plain too expensive though.

[PYRACOR]

Originally posted by MadArtillery:

I could do with some Rimworld merch. The pins and mechanoid queen were just plain too expensive though.

The items arent even good quality. Look at the hoodie... It looks like middle schooler clothing. Not just the vague design of a frowny face but also the quality. Ive heard the plushies arent good quality either. It is one thing if the clothing is coming out the same time as a DLC release, but this is just riding an IP to make money through clothing and stuffed animals. It would be fine if it wasnt popping up on my news feed. It is just a blatant attempt to milk the playerbase for money. Disgusting.

[WildStargazer]

Items look much more cheap than they are priced, so it is understandable that people notice this and get angry. Simply don't buy if you don't like.

[PYRACOR]

Originally posted by solitarystargazer:

Items look much more cheap than they are priced, so it is understandable that people notice this and get angry. Simply don't buy if you don't like.

I have a principle issue with attempting to get your player base to purchase merch and using your steam platform as an advertisement website for not game things. Clearly Tynan views his community as paypigs.

[apud.harald]

A merchstore is an attempt to milk the playerbase BY DEFINITION. You don't get to complain about a wolf being a carnivore, that is the nature of the thing. The same goes for complaining about a merch store milking for money. It is the very nature of the thing.

'' Clearly Tynan views his community as paypigs.''
What, pray, did you think customers are?

[PYRACOR]

Originally posted by apud.harald:

A merchstore is an attempt to milk the playerbase BY DEFINITION. You don't get to complain about a wolf being a carnivore, that is the nature of the thing. The same goes for complaining about a merch store milking for money. It is the very nature of the thing.

The issue that this is not a merch store it is a steam update page that links a merch store. I dont want updates on my steam page to include some developer trying to squeeze cash from his consumer. Unless it is specifically video game related. IE a new release or DLC.

[WildStargazer]

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

I have a principle issue with attempting to get your player base to purchase merch and using your steam platform as an advertisement website for not game things. Clearly Tynan views his community as paypigs.

I am sure there are people for whom price of this merch doesn't matter and they would buy it even if it had double or triple price, this merch is made for them, not for us.

[PYRACOR]

Originally posted by solitarystargazer:

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

I have a principle issue with attempting to get your player base to purchase merch and using your steam platform as an advertisement website for not game things. Clearly Tynan views his community as paypigs.

I am sure there are people for whom price of this merch doesn't matter and they would buy it even if it had double or triple price, this merch is made for them, not for us.

It is predatory and gives me an icky feeling. Thus making me not want to support Tynan on his future endeavors.

[WildStargazer]

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

It is predatory and gives me an icky feeling. Thus making me not want to support Tynan on his future endeavors.

That's nothing, actual predatory practices are all kinds of lootboxes mechanics that resemble casinos teaching kids from young age to gamble.

[PYRACOR]

Originally posted by solitarystargazer:

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

It is predatory and gives me an icky feeling. Thus making me not want to support Tynan on his future endeavors.

That's nothing, actual predatory practices are all kinds of lootboxes mechanics that resemble casinos teaching kids from young age to gamble.

It doesnt have to be an extreme thing to be considered predatory. Besides the point of making a post against this practice is to attempt to deter others from supporting it and also vocalizing that the community doesnt want this. If you do go buy it but I guarantee the vast majority of gamers dont want to see a clothing store in there game news feed. The alternative is to do nothing.

[apud.harald]

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

Originally posted by apud.harald:

A merchstore is an attempt to milk the playerbase BY DEFINITION. You don't get to complain about a wolf being a carnivore, that is the nature of the thing. The same goes for complaining about a merch store milking for money. It is the very nature of the thing.

The issue that this is not a merch store it is a steam update page that links a merch store. I dont want updates on my steam page to include some developer trying to squeeze cash from his consumer. Unless it is specifically video game related. IE a new release or DLC.

Oh God, there is no end to such things on Steam. It goes with the platform. Every thing you ( or your children ) ever set gaze upon even ONCE must be brought to your attention on every occasion. I wish I could figure out how to disable steam notifications - full stop, so I can sympathise to some extent. Meanwhile, I simply ignore all the little hailing horns.

If I want to buy smt, I will find it. And I never permit ''sales'' to influence the decision to buy.
#declareBlackFridayaCapitalOffense
#lynchalltelemarketers

[WildStargazer]

Originally posted by PYRACOR:

It doesnt have to be an extreme thing to be considered predatory. Besides the point of making a post against this practice is to attempt to deter others from supporting it and also vocalizing that the community doesnt want this. If you do go buy it but I guarantee the vast majority of gamers dont want to see a clothing store in there game news feed. The alternative is to do nothing.

I am personally not interested in any of these merch items, only in new DLCs.

[Steelfleece]

Oh NO there's merch in my news feed.

Seriously, boo hoo. Nobody's forcing you to buy it. Won't provide any advantages in-game. It's just something cute if you have the money to toss around. I don't have the money and space for it this moment but if I did damn straight those'd be on a shelf behind me.,

Lots of remotely successful games do this. It's just what they've done for years. Every news piece from Terraria includes stuff to buy. Some games like Final Fantasy XIV and Phantasy Star Online 2 and World of Warships, every damned news article they put out is some crossover with fun new stuff to buy for usually in-game rewards and in WoWS's case often with excessive price tags.

On a side note, every time there's new content or even a little patch to fix something, people complain that it broke this mod or that mod or something that was added was remotely similar to some mod of piece of fiction. Or, sometimes complaining that it isn't *enough* like said mod or piece of fiction.

[Nova]

touch grass OP

[Public_Enema]

A lot of games on my steam library announce merch drops on the steam update page. How is this new?