Cash Shop Overpriced?

[Parz3val]

Sleipnir's price tag would be justified if it came with it's own emote (like Drake Breath) or a free month.

Minion prices are fine.

Old Halloween equips are ludicrously priced.

$1.25 & $2.50 would've been far more appropriate.

Idc what WoW's prices are, if they cost more or the same they're generally overpriced.

[Naria]

The Old Halloween equipment is overpriced, but I feel that they should still be available in game for gil not in the cash shop.

The minions are cute and I love minions, but for the price I feel they should be distributed to all the characters on that account.

Sleipnir is awesome, but just flat out overpriced. Why should I buy a mount that's twice my monthly sub?

Currently, there is nothing I'm willing to pay for in the cash shop. I've seen a few mounts and minions around, but I wonder how much has SE benefited from this compared to the backlash from the community?

[Tupsi]

Sleipnir is awesome, but just flat out overpriced. Why should I buy a mount that's twice my monthly sub?

Easy, you have two options:

1. You want to buy it because you want to
2. You don't buy it because you feel it's overpriced.

So asking 'why?' in that sense is more of a personal preference, not being forced onto you. As for how much they benefited compared to backlash? Look at the DPS queue since NIN released...backlash was only from the small vocal group that said the cash shop would kill the game.

[Yshnal]

backlash was only from the small vocal group that said the cash shop would kill the game.

As far as I know, no one said that. What was said was that it was stupid and not fair for the playerbase/customers, and that it has the potential to get even worse (remember the retainers?), specially if some people keep supporting these things.

[Naria]

Easy, you have two options:

1. You want to buy it because you want to
2. You don't buy it because you feel it's overpriced.

So asking 'why?' in that sense is more of a personal preference, not being forced onto you. As for how much they benefited compared to backlash? Look at the DPS queue since NIN released...backlash was only from the small vocal group that said the cash shop would kill the game.

Currently, there is nothing I'm willing to pay for in the cash shop.

I did not say anything about the cash shop killing the game. Or that I'd never buy anything from the cash shop. Or that I was against it's existence. Considering how much hoopla this has caused on the boards I was only wondering how much money SE is actually going to get from this. Simmer down.

[Gramul]

Well, yeah.
You're paying for a tiny fraction of a 25$ game.
Even at only 1$, it's a massive markup.

[Spawns]

if you really want the Pumpkin heads you'll shell out the money!

[MugenMugetsu]

With hope that SE actually care about what we have to say about the pricing of the Cash Shop items, I also feel that the Sleipnir mount is ridiculously overpriced. 24 dollars doesn't sound like a lot of money, and to some it's not, but when you are the sole provider for your wife and child, in a one income household, it is quite difficult to justify spending 24 dollars on a virtual horse when that money could have went towards paying bills, buying food, buying diapers, wipes, etc. etc.

I feel that a much more reasonable price for an in-game mount would be 10 dollars. So SE, if you're listening to customer feedback, I would ask that you please take this to heart. As a legacy member that has been playing for over 2 and a half years, and paid the sub fee during 1.0 when we had very little to do in-game, but still had to pay to play anyway, I ask that you please consider keeping the cost of items in the cash shop low, and reasonable. Items being more affordable in the Cash Shop will lead to more sales of said items. If more people buy the items at a lower cost there is a significant possibility that the revenue generated from those sales will be greater than the revenue generated from the sales of overpriced items to people who have plenty of disposable income.

As someone stated in this thread previously, if, for example, 1,000 people pay 24 bucks to buy Sleipnir, that's 24,000 dollars. If 10,000 people pay 10 bucks that's 100,000 dollars. 76,000 dollars is a significant difference in profit which could be easily acquired by simply having the Sleipnir mount, and future mounts, more reasonably priced. I'd pay 10 bucks for a Sleipnir mount. I feel that is a fair price. I do not feel that 24 dollars is reasonable in anyway, shape, form, or fashion. To me, asking for 24 dollars for a mount is taking advantage of the playerbase rather than trying to do the right thing and make items more available to the entire playerbase. We aren't all rich, ya know? Those of us who are not fortunate enough to have as much disposable income as others shouldn't be left out by an unfair, and unjustifiable, price for a virtual horse or any other mount that may be added at a later time.

This post is just my 2 gil. I don't need anyone to quote me and tell me how my opinion is invalid blah blah blah. I've read the entire thread and for the most part I think a lot of the back and forth arguing is ridiculous. People have opinions. If you do not share the same opinion then post your own. There's absolutely no reason why anyone should be attacking someone else for having a different opinion than someone else about this particular issue. So what if Soandso says he thinks the Cash Shop will ruin the game, and you feel that the Cash Shop will allow SE to have more funds to better the game. There's no reason to attack Soandso. Just post your opinion and move on. I've played other MMOs with Cash Shops. As long as the Cash Shop never has pay to win items then it will be an innocent and welcome addition that will allow us as players to purchase items that we may otherwise not be able to obtain for whatever reason.

[Jynx]

Anytime I see that slepnir mount...I just laugh and move on.

[Thorne_Bitterclove]

I'm a bit alarmed that event rewards are going to be put in there instead of the events replaying. I might miss out on the All Saint's Wake event because I can no longer pay for my sub with paypal due to the recent change and I really wanted those rewards but there's no way I'll be able to afford to buy them with real money. Good for people who can afford it I suppose but I really wish I could've gotten stuff a different way too especially since I can't seem to pay with Paypal at all for anything on this game right now and that's the only way I can pay personally.

As for the mount I'm more disappointed by the lack of six legs on the model than surprised by the price.