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.

[Mimilu]

The items in question are from the Chinese and Korean Servers, they had to pay for them to obtain them as well/they were limited time availability. SE can't just turn around and say, well the JP, NA and EU servers get it for free, but the Chinese and Koreans, they have to pay.

That's the business standpoint they were working from, if they just make it free here, they create strife with those who paid to obtain those items because they look at the other servers and go "Hey why are these free?". So of course you have to charge for them.

The Fuga Attire and the Eastern Stretch aren't from the Korean or Chinese severs though... >x>

[OpheliaHeartilly]

This thread was clickbait. Sad panda.

[Arutan]

The question that always made myself think hard without an answer is: why THAT expensive? I mean, it's litterally virtual items, you pay the cost production once and then you make endless money from it as long as people buy it. So, why? The creation of an outfit surely isn't $1000 and even if it was 100 people buy it and it's profitable with the actual price, but since we are millions it could be far cheaper.

[ErryK]

These posts about prices are getting old. Just consolidate all of it into one post so I know which thread to avoid so I don't have to hear people complain about optional stuff they don't need to buy, thanks.

[SenorPatty]

There are some completely objective complaints, the chief one being we are getting less for more. Forget the price debate; the growing trend from SE's part seems to market products as little as possible for more money and possibly see if their predicted income target succeeds.

Considering they have displayed which glams in the mogstation are the best selling by ranking, I'd say not only they are doing well and since a business typically follows the "don't fix what's not broken" formula, I'm persuaded that they will continue the trend of selling less for more until it doesn't work.

A solid win-lose on the financial scale.

[Arutan]

There are some completely objective complaints, the chief one being we are getting less for more. Forget the price debate; the growing trend from SE's part seems to market products as little as possible for more money and possibly see if their predicted income target succeeds.

Considering they have displayed which glams in the mogstation are the best selling by ranking, I'd say not only they are doing well and since a business typically follows the "don't fix what's not broken" formula, I'm persuaded that they will continue the trend of selling less for more until it doesn't work.

A solid win-lose on the financial scale.

It totally feels like an abuse of power by abusing the fans of the franchise lol.

[storm]

yeah, the $18 glamours are a joke. They don't even have new hairstyles. I've bought the Y'schtola scholar outfit and even then felt it was a bit steep, but I'm not buying any of the $18 ones.

[Neophyte]

The question that always made myself think hard without an answer is: why THAT expensive? I mean, it's litterally virtual items, you pay the cost production once and then you make endless money from it as long as people buy it. So, why? The creation of an outfit surely isn't $1000 and even if it was 100 people buy it and it's profitable with the actual price, but since we are millions it could be far cheaper.

xD

For 100 bucks you might get an half-assed requirements list.


Also as others have said, it's like DLC. They won't give it for free when they could just not lose a word about glams outside of the regular updates.

Nobody would quit this game because he didnt got something he didnt knew of, right?
Nobody would open a thread and say something like 'Se, give us please Yshtola glamour or I will leave the game'.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

Could have easily been in game as a glamour before Doma. But why do that?

I half expect all good glamour and hairstyles to be out in mogstation these days. We only get one glamour set for free, two if they're generous.