EVE General Discussion

That's pretty much all I'm getting from your post. As for "undercutting" you apparently don't seem to know how PLEX works so let me explain. Each one is bought, with real money, from CCP. Meaning if CCP were to allow you to buy the CE with PLEX it would take PLEX out of the game, PLEX CCP already got money from. If someone were to then turn around and sell the CE for less than CCP well CCP already got money from that CE and the original buyer doesn't have one anymore and will have to buy another if they want one for themselves. It would ostensibly lead to more CE sales than less.

I know for a fact that if the CE would be purchasable with PLEX I'd get one right now, but since its not I will not be getting one. That's a lost sale right there and I wonder how many other people feel the same. Well from all the forum posts apparently its quite a few.



CCP let you buy NVIDIA graphics cards for PLEX when they were first overhauling all the models to V3.....it is that simple.

As for the "distortion" of the PLEX prices, if you can barely afford PLEX as it is now then there is a big problem with what you're doing to make ISK.

Sounds sensible.

If you allow it to be purchased via PLEX, people with billions of ISK will buy lots of PLEX with ISK and use it to buy the collector's editions. This will distort the PLEX market and push up PLEX prices. Higher PLEX prices mean that people buying them with ISK to sub their accounts will be unable to do so and may stop playing, harming the game in the long run.

It is also an issue as it just distorts the PLEX market too much which advantages or disadvantages people trading PLEX for profit in game.

Another side effect will be that people will sell the collector's editions and assets that they buy with PLEXes which will make it less special and, be undercutting CCP selling it. This will be a big 'screw you' to people who already bought it full price. It is also a giant real-money-trading opportunity.

CCP: please don't sell it for PLEX or, if you do, just let people use PLEX for part (say half) of the purchase. If you do decide to sell things like this for PLEX in the future, announce that that will happen well in advance.

Man, I have more than enough ISK to PLEX my account lol but I still wouldn't buy the CE via PLEX...

To me a collectors edition should be bought with real money...

But like I said in my OP I'm only giving my opinion and stating that others should also voice theirs so I can get what other peoples views are. This isn't a winge thread mate. Just having a friendly debate...

Also people seem to be under the impression I think its a limited edition... I am aware that as of yet, there is no limit on how many can be bought. But if everyone bought the collectors edition, it stops being a collectable...

money is money... a person has to actually initially purchase a plex for rl money... so it makes no difference bettween plex or credit its all money in ccp eyes.

It's not like it would be shipped before October anyway, if they came out with a 'statement of Yes it will be available for PLEX', people have like half a year to purchase it via PLEX as a pre-order, and all the time in the world after that without the pre-order swag. It's not as if it was a 5 minute window that would cause every PLEX ever to be bought up.

The RMT worries are by far less significant than with something like a GFX card. Hundreds of millions of consumers are potentially interested in purchasing graphics cards. How many do you think would like a 150 € collectors edition of an Internet spaceship game? Probably more than 0, but worrying about 'CCP being undercut' makes no sense, because they've been already paid for the PLEX.

Pokemon cards, sports cards, Pogz., stamps, those cards you used to get in cigarette packets.. even money! All mass produced but all collectable. Sure, some are crap (depending on who you're talking to) but much of it is worth a lot of money.

If this is about wanting something unique that lets you say "Look at this, I have this but many people don't", you're missing the point of having an item to celebrate ten years of EVE.

Don't be fooled by "Collectors Edition", everything becomes "valuable" in time.. except maybe Madonna.

She may have money but that doesn't make her valued

interesting.

Waah, somebody aquired some box of needless stuff via a different monetary method than me and I cant TAKE IT!!!111.

Your Mum might care but no-one else does. Please shut up.

CCP would actually make more by selling the CE for PLEX.

For me that's neither here nor there, though. What I want is to be able to cover the insane shipping cost with PLEX.

Mr Epeen