Laughably Priced Gear Bundles

ThisIsMike

Not that I'd be buying them anyway but the gear bundles currently available make me both cringe and laugh.

I'd love to be someone who pulls in 300k+ a year and just spend a stupid amount of money on this game just to see how it goes. Is it even fun anymore if you can just buy all of your progression?

jhbuchholz

ThisIsMike wrote: »

Is it even fun anymore if you can just buy all of your progression?

A lot of folks seem to do it so my guess would be, yes.

taquillasun

They aren't bad prices. And the gear you get is nice. I've bought all the flash sale sthus far and I plan to keep doing so as long as the value TO ME is worth it.

TVF

If you need the gear it's a better deal than the crystal buys.

Baby_Yoda

OP

You know they’re priced high because loads of people still buy them.

Just understand how a business works.

Baby_Yoda

Crazygone510 wrote: »

Baby_Yoda wrote: »

OP

You know they’re priced high because loads of people still buy them.

Just understand how a business works.

This very simple business concept flies under the radar of so many people unfortunately. Why change anything if it continues to work. If you are catching fish left and right with cheap bait why would anyone want to buy the more expensive better bait? That's right, they wouldn't arms I don't expect CG to change any prices any time soon as long as they still gave fish to catch.Common sense

Yeah like,

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

Jarvind

"I dOn'T sPeNd MoNeY bUt iF i dID i wOuLdN't"

Mupper00

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

TVF

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Can I play it for free too?

Jarvind

TVF wrote: »

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Can I play it for free too?

Vendi1983

But you get the game for under a hundred bucks. Period. Not $100 to provide a few upgrades to a few characters within the game, that you'll then have to buy again later to do the next few characters.

It boggles my mind how much money some people can justify spending on this game. But to each their own.

SithVicious

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Apples and oranges really. For one, mobile games can be played anywhere, anytime.
But besides that, console games are like buying a movie, you buy it for a fixed price, watch it right away (or beat the game) and then put it on a shelf. You might watch it (or play it) some other time, but not very often. Essentially, there is an ending.
Mobile games are more like having cable TV. You pay some money every month (or buy packs) and get to watch new shows every week (or get new characters or content). In contrast, there really is no ending until you lose interest.

*inb4 "no new content!!"

Baby_Yoda

SithVicious wrote: »

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Apples and oranges really. For one, mobile games can be played anywhere, anytime.
But besides that, console games are like buying a movie, you buy it for a fixed price, watch it right away (or beat the game) and then put it on a shelf. You might watch it (or play it) some other time, but not very often. Essentially, there is an ending.
Mobile games are more like having cable TV. You pay some money every month (or buy packs) and get to watch new shows every week (or get new characters or content). In contrast, there really is no ending until you lose interest.

*inb4 "no new content!!"

SithVicious wrote: »

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Apples and oranges really. For one, mobile games can be played anywhere, anytime.
But besides that, console games are like buying a movie, you buy it for a fixed price, watch it right away (or beat the game) and then put it on a shelf. You might watch it (or play it) some other time, but not very often. Essentially, there is an ending.
Mobile games are more like having cable TV. You pay some money every month (or buy packs) and get to watch new shows every week (or get new characters or content). In contrast, there really is no ending until you lose interest.

*inb4 "no new content!!"

Or do the OG strat.

Buy the game on the PlayStation store, finish it in 2-3 days, file for a refund, repeat.

I don’t do this but ik many who do

littleMAC77

TheRHOMBUS wrote: »

Crazygone510 wrote: »

Why change anything if it continues to work.

Integrity. Preying on addiction is just as bad as scamming the elderly with robocalls. Pathetic businesses are pathetic.

Baby_Yoda wrote: »

Buy the game on the PlayStation store, finish it in 2-3 days, file for a refund, repeat.

Again... Integrity.

Some have forgotten the face of their father.

Do you rally this hard against the integrity of people who sell alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs, and run casinos/gambling? All of those prey on addiction (or worse, peoples fundamental need for the product to survive).

CCyrilS

Vendi1983 wrote: »

But you get the game for under a hundred bucks. Period. Not $100 to provide a few upgrades to a few characters within the game, that you'll then have to buy again later to do the next few characters.

It boggles my mind how much money some people can justify spending on this game. But to each their own.

The beauty is how everyone else benefits from a few big spenders. Let them have hollow victories while we play a premium game for little or nothing. Who's the real winner?

Baby_Yoda

TheRHOMBUS wrote: »

Crazygone510 wrote: »

Why change anything if it continues to work.

Integrity. Preying on addiction is just as bad as scamming the elderly with robocalls. Pathetic businesses are pathetic.

Baby_Yoda wrote: »

Buy the game on the PlayStation store, finish it in 2-3 days, file for a refund, repeat.

Again... Integrity.

Some have forgotten the face of their father.

In our world, integrity hurts you.

Naw

SithVicious wrote: »

Mupper00 wrote: »

Mobile games are horrific value all round, swgoh is no different. A decent pc game is soooo much better value for example.

Apples and oranges really. For one, mobile games can be played anywhere, anytime.

Except this one as there is nothing to play, just sim a few times.

*inb4 "no new content!!"

Too late.

Ps. If you went to a cafeteria and bought a latte for only 19.99, thinking it's a bargain as a cappuccino costs 29.99, you are the only one to blame.