• fckreddit@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    You can buy Baldur’s Gate 3 for less than 70 usd. So, why on earth are they charging 70 usd for a skin? This is unacceptable even if the game is free to play.

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    3 months ago

    Valorant has skins that can only be acquired in their $80+ bundles too. Following the valorant trend, they know some people will keep paying, no matter the price.

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    3 months ago

    No cosmetic items should cost more than £10/$20 imho £50/$70 is a full game for crying out loud.

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      3 months ago

      Besides buying out all the DRG cosmetic packs because I’m a whore for coffee stain and ghost ship, the best DLC cosmetic I’ve ever bought is the dumb piglet Saltzpyre wears on his head in Vermintide 2. It’s got a little wiggly butt and floppy Lil legs and it’s adorable. Best $5 I’ve ever spent.

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        3 months ago

        As a fellow whore for coffee stainI kinda wish coffee stain had something similar for Satisfactory (but I’m also glad there isn’t) , but since they don’t I took to buying the game 9 times (gifted them to friends) and bought merch over the years. It’s so refreshing to have such insanely good communication between the devs and the community.

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          3 months ago

          Honestly never got into satisfactory (besides watching silly runs on youtube) but I absolutely fell in love with goat Sim. Nothing beats that damned goat when it comes to a happy, silly reset for the burnt out gamer.

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      3 months ago

      I would consider even that obscenely expensive.

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    3 months ago

    Nothing inside a video game should cost real money.

    The difference between this abusive horseshit and any cheaper example is quantitative - not qualitative.

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      3 months ago

      There is nothing wrong with charging something in the order of the production cost of the item divided by the expected sales number for it.

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        3 months ago

        Nonprofit gacha. That’s a new one.

        Still no.