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

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London
Center for Advanced Studies
#81 - 2011-09-20 17:39:17 UTC  |  Edited by: London
Bit-tech.net recently did an article, "The Microtransaction Investigation"

Check out where Eve falls under The average cost of an in-game microtransaction, by game... yikes! Straight
Lord Ryan
True Xero
#82 - 2011-09-20 17:52:16 UTC
I pay with ISK, quit using $ when they started banning me.

Do not assume anything above this line was typed by me. Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Obsidian Hawk
RONA Midgard Academy
#83 - 2011-09-20 18:01:38 UTC
London wrote:
Bit-tech.net recently did an article, "The Microtransaction Investigation"

Check out where Eve falls under The average cost of an in-game microtransaction, by game... yikes! Straight



Also notice that they only reviewed very few games on that list.


Who else has MT?

until a more full list is made that investigation is the tip of the iceberg.

Why Can't I have a picture signature.

Also please support graphical immersion, bring back the art that brought people to EvE online originaly.
Bloodpetal
Tir Capital Management Group
#84 - 2011-09-20 18:55:25 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.



Average cost of ONE NEX item on the store are around 350M ISK in PLEX to AUR Value Conversion.


This is the average wallet of the average EVE Player according to a 2010 EVE EQN.


So, to the average EVE Player, even when paying with ISK, it's their WHOLE wallet in ISK to buy one item. Or a 1/2, or a 1/3 of their wallet. That's not "Zero".


TO anyone who doesn't have the in game ISK to buy the NEX Items, it costs them real money. That's not "Zero".


Having to spend a 1/3 of your ISK on a NEX Shirt is stupid. The Precision Boots have already shown there is an interest in trading the NEX items but not at the current prices. So their Value is Greater than Zero and Lower than 100M ISK.



Where I am.
Poastmortem
#85 - 2011-12-05 21:45:04 UTC
CCP Zulu wrote:
A sock puppet!


How expensive are your sock puppets? And... what in the hell ... never-mind.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#86 - 2011-12-05 22:01:48 UTC
Bloodpetal 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.



Average cost of ONE NEX item on the store are around 350M ISK in PLEX to AUR Value Conversion.


This is the average wallet of the average EVE Player according to a 2010 EVE EQN.


So, to the average EVE Player, even when paying with ISK, it's their WHOLE wallet in ISK to buy one item. Or a 1/2, or a 1/3 of their wallet. That's not "Zero".


TO anyone who doesn't have the in game ISK to buy the NEX Items, it costs them real money. That's not "Zero".


Having to spend a 1/3 of your ISK on a NEX Shirt is stupid. The Precision Boots have already shown there is an interest in trading the NEX items but not at the current prices. So their Value is Greater than Zero and Lower than 100M ISK.





If you don't have enough ISK on a monthly basis to pay for your sub and then some...you are playing EvE wrong.

If you can't afford a PLEX with ISK to buy NEX items...you are playing EvE wrong.

If you can't afford the 40mil ISK for the stupid pants in the NEX store...you are playing EvE wrong.

If you use any real money for anything in EvE at all...you are playing EvE wrong.

In short...you are playing EvE wrong.

Bounties for all! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2279821#post2279821
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#87 - 2011-12-05 22:04:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
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.


The person that put up that money to buy the PLEX got what they wanted out of it the moment you purchased it. They received the equivalent in ISK, courtesy of YOU. That transaction for cash is done at that point, what you chose to do with the PLEX is seperate and completely up to you.

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