This is just appalling

[Bourne_Endeavor]

SE is a business! As such, they respond to sales - and ploys that lead to poor sales don't get repeated. This doesn't cross the mind of the Balmung or the Idyllshire crowds, however, who'd buy the glamour sets if they cost £20 just to have the newest items to stand around and AFK in. And because of this, we're now at the point where we're being charged higher prices for half an outfit and a re-vamped existing emote. Congratulations, you've surely shown us grouchers!

This isn't how businesses generally work. If people chose not to buy the items, they wouldn't abruptly release them for free. They just wouldn't make any of them, period. It's the same with DLC in other games. Due to the exceptional costs involved with game design, publishers have looked for other avenues to earn profit. Granted, I certainly wouldn't excuse greed being a factor but don't presume you would get all this stuff if "people would just stop buying it!" Sadly, we wouldn't.

[Ama_Hamada]

This isn't how businesses generally work. If people chose not to buy the items, they wouldn't abruptly release them for free. They just wouldn't make any of them, period. It's the same with DLC in other games. Due to the exceptional costs involved with game design, publishers have looked for other avenues to earn profit. Granted, I certainly wouldn't excuse greed being a factor but don't presume you would get all this stuff if "people would just stop buying it!" Sadly, we wouldn't.

Why not make them a reasonable price so they actually make the sales they want? Why bet on a few that will pay 20-30-40-50-60-70 dollars:
https://youtu.be/WXA559KNopI?t=36
instead of saying 5 so more people buy it? Sure maybe 100 people buy it for 18 but what about 10000 buying it for 5 dollars? 18 dollars for a glam needs to be account wide. It does not cost them a thing to adjust the price to make it appealing to more people, how do you have a "shortage" of supply on digital content?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Why not make them a reasonable price so they actually make the sales they want? Why bet on a few that will pay 20-30-40-50-60-70 dollars:
https://youtu.be/WXA559KNopI?t=36
instead of saying 5 so more people buy it? Sure maybe 100 people buy it for 18 but what about 10000 buying it for 5 dollars? 18 dollars for a glam needs to be account wide. It does not cost them a thing to adjust the price to make it appealing to more people, how do you have a "shortage" of supply on digital content?

"If we players keep proving we'll willing to buy $70 monocles, the industry is going to keep selling it to us."

One glance at the Mogstation trend and it clearly shows more than enough people accept the prices, whether grudgingly or otherwise. Someone did an estimation on Sleipnir a while back. It sold over $650,000. Dare I even wonder how much the Eastern Garb attire given the sheer amount of people who have it. More than enough people just don't care, thus the items are valued where they are.

[Ama_Hamada]

"If we players keep proving we'll willing to buy $70 monocles, the industry is going to keep selling it to us."

One glance at the Mogstation trend and it clearly shows more than enough people accept the prices, whether grudgingly or otherwise. Someone did an estimation on Sleipnir a while back. It sold over $650,000. Dare I even wonder how much the Eastern Garb attire given the sheer amount of people who have it. More than enough people just don't care, thus the items are valued where they are.

I know that, and I am making a stance not to be part of the problem. Also I really think they would make more money from getting more sales if things are cheaper. How come this never seem to cross their mind?

[Ama_Hamada]

"If we playerskeep proving we'll willing to buy $70 monocles, the industry is going to keep selling it to us."

One glance at the Mogstation trend and it clearly shows more than enough people accept the prices, whether grudgingly or otherwise. Someone did an estimation on Sleipnir a while back. It sold over $650,000. Dare I even wonder how much the Eastern Garb attire given the sheer amount of people who have it. More than enough people just don't care, thus the items are valued where they are.

I know that, but why cater to those that can pay obscene prices? They are only hurting themselves in the long run. If someone is buying something but the high price leaves a bad taste in their mouth, you are going to be losing a customer eventually. These high prices are self destructive in the long term, like the video points out later. Also where is the research? Why not find out what the happy medium is? If something is cheaper more people are going to buy it, so why focus on a few large sales and not a large amount of sales at a lower price?