EVE General Discussion

It doesnt make financial sense for CCP to do this. People would sell them on ebay for a low price and therefore CCP wouldn't get money for them. Basic economics tells you this is not going to happen enless CCP are feeling really generous. But even then it stinks of RMTing and I cant see CCP supporting that.

Plain wrong, (nearly) every PLEX exists because someone paid CCP for it to exist. If the CE costs 12 PLEX, CCP get to despawn 12 PLEX (and thus despawn the obligation to accept it as payment for 12x 30 days of game time). Even if someone is bad enough to eBay the CE for 10$, CCP would have been still paid in full for every CE in existence.

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Fixed that for you!

Even after they sold graphics cards for PLEX?

WTB 1 Rifter USB dock for 3 plex.

Every CE that is sold on ebay has already been purchased from CCP using £££. Even when someone buys it with plex, someone had to buy that plex from CCP for it to be sold. If the plex cost of the CE was greater than the value of the RL money offer, say 12 plex: (using current plex offers for optimal price) = £180 for 12 PLEX

An extra £30 from the flat fee of £150. Not only is that an extra £30 CCP has made through someone buying the PLEX to sell on the market but the person buying the CE with plex is paying for more despite paying less £££. And CCP know that every PLEX this person loses is also a month of game time. 12 plexes = a year of game time. So in reality a CE purchased with (12) PLEX costs 360 days game time and if 30 days = £15 then that is 15 (pounds) x 12 (months) = £180

So let's say the guy who bought it using 12 PLEXES then lists the CE on ebay. Bearing in mind this product has already been purchased from CCP for £180 in the form of PLEX. They would have to sell it less than £150 to be competitive with CCP's prices and compete against others doing the same thing. OK let's say Bob sells his CE to Joe for £100.

What the individual gains

• Joe is happy because he got the CE for £100 paying £50 less than retail
• Bob is happy because he now has £100 for something he paid £180 for through digital currency
• CCP is happy because they still made £180 from a single product that other people are buying for £150 at their store and know that Bob no longer has a CE or 360 days game time.

What could Bob spend that £100 he earnt on? Well if he spends it on anything EVE related he is going to be kicking himself in the backside because at max he would only be able to afford 7 months of game time. When he originally had 12 before he turned it in to a CE.

What the individual loses

• Joe is out of £100
• Bob is out of a CE/12 months game time/The billions of ISK he used to pay for the PLEX to be turned in to a CE
• CCP is out of Joe's custom but doesn't care because at the end of the day they made an extra £30 off the same product

Of course if the cost of a CE via plex was greater than 12, then CCP's profit is only going to increase. This is obviously ignoring plex offers, as no doubt CCP would always have the CE at a price that always generated profit, regardless of sales.

CCP still get paid though, you're missing the point that plex have to be purchased, a plex thats purchased but not credited in to gametime is the same as someone buying the item for cash, CCP would lose exactly zero from there being a plex purchase option

You realise that CCP Spitfire has already confirmed that the Collectors Edition WILL be Limited right?

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So I really don't foresee the CE becoming available for PLEX.

I read it. I merely wrote it for others who share(d) your initial opinion.