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The "Things that cost less than CCP's microtransactions" game!

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Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-09-17 17:33:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Cyprus Black
As the title says, this is the official "Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions" game!
This is all in good fun. Feel free to contribute.

Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions:

Real life clothing.
Weekly food budget.
Filling up my gas tank.
My monthly electric bill.
An oil change.
A family night out at the movie theater.
Four and a half large pizzas.
Anything on Steam.
Mailing a package to Australia from the United States.
A hotel for two nights.
A dinner date at an expensive restaurant.
Doctor Who season 5 on DVD.
The EvE Online game itself.
A night out at the bar with friends.
A three month course at Austin Community College.

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Sumos Tigerclaw
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-09-17 18:30:11 UTC
Good list. Other great games with no monthly subscription should be #1 on the list.
Feligast
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2011-09-17 18:33:04 UTC
Cyprus Black wrote:

Filling up my gas tank.


You obviously don't live in Britain Sad
Nyio
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-09-17 18:38:17 UTC
Mmm PizzaAttention

Yup, this could be a long list. *goes to get some food*

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#5 - 2011-09-17 18:47:26 UTC
I know one thing that doesn't - the monthly cost to commute in Stockholm! Lol

But I'll contribute with... my cellphone bill.

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Archy Mayaki
Doomheim
#6 - 2011-09-17 18:49:34 UTC
I always though that NEX stuff could be acquired through PLEX / in-game currency.
quickshot89
Drama Llamas
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#7 - 2011-09-17 18:58:37 UTC
Archy Mayaki wrote:
I always though that NEX stuff could be acquired through PLEX / in-game currency.


It can, people just dont seem to understand this concept.
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#8 - 2011-09-17 19:00:04 UTC
Cyprus Black wrote:
Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions

Well, let's see... I can't sell ISK for cash (not without risking a ban), but I can buy AUR with it (indirectly), and I have craploads of ISK.
So... CCP's MTs cost me... a whooping ZERO.
Not much else is that cheap.

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Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#9 - 2011-09-17 19:09:39 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Not much else is that cheap.

I'm cheaper.

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NUXI7
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2011-09-17 19:24:19 UTC
Cyprus Black wrote:

Filling up my gas tank.


Luck you, I have a 19 gallon gas tank...
Joe Skellington
Sarz'na Khumatari
#11 - 2011-09-17 20:08:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Joe Skellington
Akita T wrote:
Cyprus Black wrote:
Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions

Well, let's see... I can't sell ISK for cash (not without risking a ban), but I can buy AUR with it (indirectly), and I have craploads of ISK.
So... CCP's MTs cost me... a whooping ZERO.
Not much else is that cheap.


It seems painfully obvious that CCP's target audience is with "NEW" players. Buying PLEX with real money does matter since most new players will have low skills and need to spend money on PLEX to buy this **** in the first place.

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Bane Loppknow
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2011-09-17 20:36:23 UTC
Aurum CAN be paid for with nothing but isk, which CAN be earned through sheer diligence.

However, they can also be purchased with real money, giving them a dollar equivalent. Just because it's irreversible doesn't mean the equivalent ceases to exist.


re: OP

My car insurance!
RougeOperator
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2011-09-17 20:41:53 UTC
Bane Loppknow wrote:
Aurum CAN be paid for with nothing but isk, which CAN be earned through sheer diligence.

However, they can also be purchased with real money, giving them a dollar equivalent. Just because it's irreversible doesn't mean the equivalent ceases to exist.


re: OP

My car insurance!



At some point to get NEX money someone had to spend IRL cash to convert to Aur.

When you buy stuff from the nex store it costs IRL cash money one way or another. It might not be you that paid CCP the money but that plex has a definite cash value associated with it.

If someone does not put up the money to begin with there is no access to the nex store.

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Taedrin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2011-09-17 20:47:40 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Cyprus Black wrote:
Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions

Well, let's see... I can't sell ISK for cash (not without risking a ban), but I can buy AUR with it (indirectly), and I have craploads of ISK.
So... CCP's MTs cost me... a whooping ZERO.
Not much else is that cheap.


tsk tsk, Akita. I'm was certain that you of all people would be talking about opportunity cost (that whole "minerals I mine are free" thing).
Joe Skellington
Sarz'na Khumatari
#15 - 2011-09-17 20:55:39 UTC
RougeOperator wrote:
Bane Loppknow wrote:
Aurum CAN be paid for with nothing but isk, which CAN be earned through sheer diligence.

However, they can also be purchased with real money, giving them a dollar equivalent. Just because it's irreversible doesn't mean the equivalent ceases to exist.


re: OP

My car insurance!



At some point to get NEX money someone had to spend IRL cash to convert to Aur.

When you buy stuff from the nex store it costs IRL cash money one way or another. It might not be you that paid CCP the money but that plex has a definite cash value associated with it.

If someone does not put up the money to begin with there is no access to the nex store.


That's another very good point.

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Archy Mayaki
Doomheim
#16 - 2011-09-17 21:27:23 UTC
RougeOperator wrote:
Bane Loppknow wrote:
Aurum CAN be paid for with nothing but isk, which CAN be earned through sheer diligence.

However, they can also be purchased with real money, giving them a dollar equivalent. Just because it's irreversible doesn't mean the equivalent ceases to exist.


re: OP

My car insurance!



At some point to get NEX money someone had to spend IRL cash to convert to Aur.

When you buy stuff from the nex store it costs IRL cash money one way or another. It might not be you that paid CCP the money but that plex has a definite cash value associated with it.

If someone does not put up the money to begin with there is no access to the nex store.



Everything has a definite cash value associated with it. Your time has cash value through your "labour force" hence we could say that you'r paying CCP for playing EVE In addition to your subscription. But you're not considering the definite value associated with the cash. Money is a medium for exchange of both tangible and intangible assets. Exchange takes place when both parties consider the marketed asset worth it. Once the exchange has taken place the object happens to have a new owner and it's detached from the previous one. Someone didn't spend IRL cash to convert to Aur, but he exchanged his "labour force" to acquire an asset that is worth it through the exchangeable good that the money is.
Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#17 - 2011-09-17 22:20:08 UTC
You're playing the game wrong. Sad

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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#18 - 2011-09-17 22:22:59 UTC
Joe Skellington wrote:
Akita T wrote:
Cyprus Black wrote:
Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions

Well, let's see... I can't sell ISK for cash (not without risking a ban), but I can buy AUR with it (indirectly), and I have craploads of ISK.
So... CCP's MTs cost me... a whooping ZERO.
Not much else is that cheap.


It seems painfully obvious that CCP's target audience is with "NEW" players. Buying PLEX with real money does matter since most new players will have low skills and need to spend money on PLEX to buy this **** in the first place.


I'm uncertain low skills have anything to do with the desire to buy a monocle.

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#19 - 2011-09-17 22:29:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Taedrin wrote:
Akita T wrote:
Cyprus Black wrote:
Things that cost less than CCP's Micro Transactions

Well, let's see... I can't sell ISK for cash (not without risking a ban), but I can buy AUR with it (indirectly), and I have craploads of ISK.
So... CCP's MTs cost me... a whooping ZERO.
Not much else is that cheap.


tsk tsk, Akita. I'm was certain that you of all people would be talking about opportunity cost (that whole "minerals I mine are free" thing).


I did mention the opportunity cost Twisted - it just happens to be practically as good as zero in this particular case.

Joe Skellington wrote:
It seems painfully obvious that CCP's target audience is with "NEW" players. Buying PLEX with real money does matter since most new players will have low skills and need to spend money on PLEX to buy this **** in the first place.

Odd. To me the exact opposite seems painfully obvious - that the main target of NEX items is the oodles of ISK-rich players that have nothing to spend it on (and the side-effect of kaboominating PLEX in the process benefits CCP).

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#20 - 2011-09-17 22:36:48 UTC
Taedrin wrote:
tsk tsk, Akita. I'm was certain that you of all people would be talking about opportunity cost (that whole "minerals I mine are free" thing).


Let's play a silly little game.

Pretend I'm on a salary in excess of $1M/year. I own my house. In fact, I own many investment properties. I have shares in multiplexes. I have a beach house on both coasts, a villa in Italy, a few nice cars, plenty of clothes and staff to cook, clean and care for me.

So what do I do with my spare cash? I could buy more houses. I could buy more clothes. I could hire more staff. But I have enough of all those - any more and I'd never actually use them.

So I spend money on bling instead.

Now let's say you're a capsuleer with billions of ISK lying around. You make more ISK than you spend. What do you do with the spare ISK? You could give it away, but why? Instead, why not spend it on bling?

Finally, let's all get over the use of the word "micro transaction" to describe the Noble Exchange which is a "virtual goods" store. It's not meant to be cheap, in fact it's intended to cater to the obscenely rich. Not you, not me, just the obscenely rich.

Akita T is spot on, as usual.

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