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[Proposal] PLEX Prices
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Carmine Comprachicos
Knight's Cloning Company
#1 - 2012-12-28 16:30:48 UTC
TLDR; Lower RL PLEX prices, Increase Revenue/Happiness!

So I was looking at PLEX prices compared to Monthly subscription rates. With "Monthly" you pay from 10.95 to 14.95 depending on the increment. PLEX on the other hand are 17.50 per, unless you buy one at which point they are 19.99. (Prices are in USD)

Firstly, I am going to ignore the whole "CCP IS SCREWING US QQQ!!!!" line, they are a corporation. Their goal is to make money. The problem is that PLEX are very elastic. If someone is buying them we can assume they are also paying for their account, so they really have no need for it. They can always go out and farm ISK or not lose as many ships during that paycheck.

On the flip side, I have friends in game who are playing from PLEX to PLEX and if anything it takes the fun out of it. One of the appeals to newer players is that you can pay for EVE using in game cash. However when it turns into a second job to keep your account up and you have to spend more time farming for your PLEX then actually playing the game. This is also the bittervets, god help the poor noobie running lvl 3s in a myrmidon.

My proposal is simple, just lower the price of PLEX to be more in line with monthly payments and make it more beneficial to buy more of them, the same way it works for monthly. Honestly, even just lowering the price of the multipacks would help. Why buy a six pack when you can buy three packs of two at the same price? This also helps those of us with low resistance to impulse buying wreck our wallets more often. Lower prices means more PLEX sales for CCP, cheaper PLEXs for players, easier accessibility to EVE and general better lives for everyone.
iskflakes
#2 - 2013-01-03 04:07:38 UTC
Seems sensible to me. Why should PLEX be the most expensive way to pay for the game...

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Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-01-03 08:06:46 UTC
iskflakes wrote:
Seems sensible to me. Why should PLEX be the most expensive way to pay for the game...


Because it is functionally different than just paying for a sub. It can be used in multitude of ways and even traded for goods and services within the game. It's a superior product from player perspective in every way, which justifies the larger price tag.
Kinis Deren
Mosquito Squadron
D0GS OF WAR
#4 - 2013-01-04 08:54:29 UTC
Nope, not supported.

PLEX prices are subject to the player driven economy, excluding impact from the release of siezed PLEX by CCP or by increased supply from CCP offers in exchange for RL cash.

Note that according to a recent article on noseygamer's blog, there appears to be a direct correlation between the success of RMT operations and low PLEX in game prices. So, in this respect high PLEX prices kick RMTers in the gonads - something that I hope everyone welcomes.

Also, I hate grinding missions (or whatever) for ISK so for players like myself, a high PLEX ---> ISK exchange rate is very attractive.
Teckos Pech
Hogyoku
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2013-01-10 21:06:59 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
iskflakes wrote:
Seems sensible to me. Why should PLEX be the most expensive way to pay for the game...


Because it is functionally different than just paying for a sub. It can be used in multitude of ways and even traded for goods and services within the game. It's a superior product from player perspective in every way, which justifies the larger price tag.


This.

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