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New dev blog: NVIDIA Video Card for PLEX Offer

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Fiapo
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#81 - 2012-04-11 21:16:01 UTC
Lady Spink wrote:
From what country will it be shipped? Iceland? US? I need to know this because of the tax i might or might not need to pay.


I`m interested in this as well since they say that the shipment and handling is done by them but we need to pay extra taxes once the card arrives at your destination so it's another headache to deal with.
Dalmont Delantee
Gecko Corp
#82 - 2012-04-11 21:18:59 UTC
Camios wrote:
Buying a 150€ card for 270€ does not sound the smartest thing to do; but on the other hand if you have 10 billions isk you don't need at all (neither for paying your subscription in the future), and you have an old gfx card in your 'puter this offer looks good.

I think that CCP should clarify that these offers are convenient only for those who have a lot of cash ingame and don't know what to do with it.



Personally I think only Morons would think that you buy GTC's convert to plex and then buy the card.

If I had the ingame isk to get one then Iwould.

Personally I want plex for Pizza, but sadly dominos doesn't deliver to the valley I live in up the welsh mountains :P
Olaf4862
Dragoon Industries Limited
#83 - 2012-04-11 21:21:58 UTC
I am going to just say this:
Odds are these cards are going to be gone by tomorrow. I am sure more then enough players have already bought the plexes they need awhile ago to get these cards back when it was announced at fanfest.

So my guess is it takes less then 24 hours, id even lean to them being gone in like the first 20 mins its active on the site, lol.
Visreae
Iskitution Philanderies Associated
#84 - 2012-04-11 22:08:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Visreae
Anyone who participates in this is antipatriotic to eve, including ccp.....

That card is worthless in 2 months, and they'r charging double for it.

Does it come with a cool graphic'd heatsink? maybe a claimable in game statless ship(like in anniversary's and xmas)

Or is this another attempt by ccp to manipulate a finely balanced economy with a bulldozer?

Just, just dumb.... please people buy these cards, you'll have less isk with which to influence my universe with, enjoy grabing your ankles.

-edit-
Also this does not 'support' players, it takes advantage of their ignorance. Keep in mind the in game economy is already pinned to the plex, this can only drive up its price thus leading to inflation on everything else, at first you might say "hey that increases the value of my assets without me doing anything!" You'd be correct untill you adjust for the new inflation and you'll realize it just made the game more expensive to play because some a$$clown bartered away his assets for less than they're worth, thereby reducing what your worth.

I thought this game was touted as an economic simulator, this king of real life interference is unacceptable. Seriously ccp, as stated in my other posts please consult me before making decisions that impact my hobby, because its becoming increasingly clear that you need my help.
ight8
BLACK SQUADRON.
Get Off My Lawn
#85 - 2012-04-11 22:10:29 UTC
I love this idea, it supports players who need better graphics cards and provides an isk sink. There are alot of people in Eve with 10-20 bill sitting in a wallet somewhere or have 100's of billions in crap laying around in stations long forgotten. I think isk needs a solid value marker like RL paper money is to gold. Even Chucky Cheese gives out prizes for tickets.
DeODokktor
Dark Templars
The Fonz Presidium
#86 - 2012-04-11 22:21:27 UTC
ight8 wrote:
I love this idea, it supports players who need better graphics cards and provides an isk sink. There are alot of people in Eve with 10-20 bill sitting in a wallet somewhere or have 100's of billions in crap laying around in stations long forgotten. I think isk needs a solid value marker like RL paper money is to gold. Even Chucky Cheese gives out prizes for tickets.


Do you know what a Isk Sink is?..

This may create more isk flow, but that's not an Isk Sink.
Xenuria
#87 - 2012-04-11 22:25:57 UTC
gfldex wrote:
Quote:
We are proceeding carefully, with a limited stock at this time, to enable us to evaluate any impacts of this unique and innovative offer on the EVE economy, and understand any challenges arising from this form of exchange of game world currency for real world goods.


Read: We are competing with our customers over PLEX and as such driving PLEX prices up. When we did that the last time a statue was damaged in the process, so we a are a more careful this time.

Are you aware of the fact that 2000 PLEX is more then there is on stock in Jita?



Yes... That is the whole point and I think it is an awesome idea. Plex will actually be worth something for once and buying plex with real money will actually become practical.

CSM 12 Candidate
Piwat King
Piwat Explorations Enterprises
#88 - 2012-04-11 22:27:09 UTC
I'm laughing right now at all of you thinking this is about benefitting the guys with lots of iskies in EVE,

Boy you sure are a clueless bunch of little sheep.

This is about selling more plex! (proof is in the fact they've had 2 plex "sales" so close together and now this!)

Think about it nooblets.

The majority of plex sales come from a core group of people who buy plexes on a regular basis.

in the last 6 months CCP's been losing subscriptions because they haven't been fixing thier broken game. (that and RMT groups in 0.0 have been getting removed by the playerbase causing more sub losses)

to recoup some of those losses they advertise some little trinket for sale that you can buy with plexes.

Plex prices go up, making it a better time to purchase plexes to sell for isk so the plex buyers are essentially getting bigger bang for thier buck.

Some people get a new GFX card for well $0 and the regular plex buyers get more isk.

Pretty simple. Just how many people fall for it..... well we shall see. I bought 18 bil worth of plexes @ around 500 mil each. I'm hoping to make a tidy profit off this deal myself.
DeODokktor
Dark Templars
The Fonz Presidium
#89 - 2012-04-11 22:33:19 UTC
Also...
I would like to know.
Are these units going to be tagged with serial numbers, and any turning up on ebay resulting in the purchasing accounts getting banned.


After all, Isk -> $$$ = ban..
No?
Karah Serrigan
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#90 - 2012-04-11 22:42:11 UTC
Piwat King wrote:
I'm laughing right now at all of you thinking this is about benefitting the guys with lots of iskies in EVE,

Boy you sure are a clueless bunch of little sheep.

This is about selling more plex! (proof is in the fact they've had 2 plex "sales" so close together and now this!)

Think about it nooblets.

The majority of plex sales come from a core group of people who buy plexes on a regular basis.

in the last 6 months CCP's been losing subscriptions because they haven't been fixing thier broken game. (that and RMT groups in 0.0 have been getting removed by the playerbase causing more sub losses)

to recoup some of those losses they advertise some little trinket for sale that you can buy with plexes.

Plex prices go up, making it a better time to purchase plexes to sell for isk so the plex buyers are essentially getting bigger bang for thier buck.

Some people get a new GFX card for well $0 and the regular plex buyers get more isk.

Pretty simple. Just how many people fall for it..... well we shall see. I bought 18 bil worth of plexes @ around 500 mil each. I'm hoping to make a tidy profit off this deal myself.


So what youre saying is, the people who just want a GFX card for $0 profit, the people who sell plexes to get isk profit and CCP profits from it too? I can totally see how this is an evil move by ccp.
Selestte
State War Academy
Caldari State
#91 - 2012-04-11 22:56:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Selestte
What is the Warranty of these cards 2-3 years or Lifetime limited from or to which ? Blink
Piwat King
Piwat Explorations Enterprises
#92 - 2012-04-11 22:58:50 UTC
Karah Serrigan wrote:
Piwat King wrote:
I'm laughing right now at all of you thinking this is about benefitting the guys with lots of iskies in EVE,

Boy you sure are a clueless bunch of little sheep.

This is about selling more plex! (proof is in the fact they've had 2 plex "sales" so close together and now this!)

Think about it nooblets.

The majority of plex sales come from a core group of people who buy plexes on a regular basis.

in the last 6 months CCP's been losing subscriptions because they haven't been fixing thier broken game. (that and RMT groups in 0.0 have been getting removed by the playerbase causing more sub losses)

to recoup some of those losses they advertise some little trinket for sale that you can buy with plexes.

Plex prices go up, making it a better time to purchase plexes to sell for isk so the plex buyers are essentially getting bigger bang for thier buck.

Some people get a new GFX card for well $0 and the regular plex buyers get more isk.

Pretty simple. Just how many people fall for it..... well we shall see. I bought 18 bil worth of plexes @ around 500 mil each. I'm hoping to make a tidy profit off this deal myself.


So what youre saying is, the people who just want a GFX card for $0 profit, the people who sell plexes to get isk profit and CCP profits from it too? I can totally see how this is an evil move by ccp.



Evil? I wouldn't call it that. A money grab would be a better term. In otherwords..... business. They are in this to make as much cash out of us as possible. Hilmar once believed in making EVE a game for the players, he changed from that belief once EVE became successful (over 300k subs) and went striaight into greed mode which has been ruining this game.

And it's been costing them subs all over the place. I used to pay for my accounts, now I plex them. Sure someone is paying but it's not me, and when I can't make isk to plex accounts I'll just stop playing and move on.
Ispia Jaydrath
Reib Autonomous Industries
#93 - 2012-04-11 23:08:18 UTC
Piwat King wrote:


Evil? I wouldn't call it that. A money grab would be a better term. In otherwords..... business. They are in this to make as much cash out of us as possible. Hilmar once believed in making EVE a game for the players, he changed from that belief once EVE became successful (over 300k subs) and went striaight into greed mode which has been ruining this game.

And it's been costing them subs all over the place. I used to pay for my accounts, now I plex them. Sure someone is paying but it's not me, and when I can't make isk to plex accounts I'll just stop playing and move on.


tl;dr you're a poor who isn't willing to work 5 hours a month to play for free.

#wearethe99percent
XIRUSPHERE
In Bacon We Trust
#94 - 2012-04-11 23:22:53 UTC
Sell antiquated card for more than a 100% markup = profit
Standardize legal RMT = profit
Prop up plex market due to falter from hyperinflation = profit
Clear out old stockpiles of plex = profit

It reeks in a multitude of ways, it's pretty low down and dangerous for the game, but it's better than thinking you can turn a profit from space barbies and fashion shills that would be better suited as bin men.

Offer up something of tangible value without empowering the hordes of speculators and you might just have found a new golden egg to squeeze out of your goose, but as of now it's still transparent garbage.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one can enjoy the same good things for the first time several times.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
Ronin Delavega
The Grudgebringers
#95 - 2012-04-11 23:24:54 UTC
GTX 560 can be picked up for less than $200.
Cost of 20 PLEX is about $350.

Can I exchange a GTX 560 for 20 PLEX? Lol
Don't Panic
Utopian Research I.E.L.
#96 - 2012-04-11 23:51:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Don't Panic
I can't find offer in my Accaunt Management site. Do i will see it after 16:00?
Also can anyone drop a link to NVIDIA video card model description?
Drew Solaert
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#97 - 2012-04-11 23:57:34 UTC
Isn't this just CCP sanctioned RMT?

"Hey look I have a crap ton of ISK, why not buy this card with plex, and then sell it straight away for £/$"

I lied :o
Djakku
U Subbed M8
#98 - 2012-04-12 00:25:25 UTC
dat waistcoat...
Akturous
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#99 - 2012-04-12 02:06:17 UTC
Aside from this being about twice as expensive as real cash (not important for space rich peeps), isn't offering a direct trade for a game currency to get something of real value basically creating a currency and aren't there certain ahem legal ramifications with doing so?

Just saying.

Vote Item Heck One for CSM8
Zim Katharsis
Shameless Sins
#100 - 2012-04-12 02:36:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Zim Katharsis
I hope it will be GTX 560 Ti -448
like this:

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=012-P3-2066-KR&family=GeForce%20500%20Series%20Family&sw=

It would at least come close(r) to the Plex value, still with a nice profit. If it's a vanilla GTX 560 (no "Ti", no 448 CUDA cores) worth 150 $ it would be a total ripoff and legaly highly disputable (according to german laws at least, if not even european laws -> usury, since ISK becomes a real world currency with this trade). Not to mention that a vanilla 560 has the performance of a gtx 275, just with directx 11.

A "little" more information from CCP on what exactly they are selling would be helpful.

- Zim