Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
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Part of the problem that this won't work is because of the pricing on the items.

The cash shop is so overpriced that even if a very small number of people buy things, it'll be profitable enough to continue to encourage SE to expand the cash shop and its exclusives.

SE is intentionally appealing to "whales" (i.e. a small number of people who spend enough money to be comparable to a lot of people spending a small amount of money) with their pricing. If other people buy, that's just a bonus as they will already get their justified profit. But with the high prices and low development costs of the cash shop, it doesn't take many people to buy to make it worth continuing to expand it.

It's unfortunately a part of modern gaming culture now. Unless the "luxury culture" diminishes in gaming and "whales" start valuing their money more, we'll see this trend continue and get worse.