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Spectre Divide Reduces Cosmetic Skin Price from $90 to $70 After Backlash (insider-gaming.com)
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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can buy Baldur’s Gate 3 for less than 70 usd. So, why on earth are they charging 70 usd for a skin? This is unacceptable even if the game is free to play.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's actually on sale on Steam at the moment, too.

[–] lapping6596@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Also on sale at GoG

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago

Valorant has skins that can only be acquired in their $80+ bundles too. Following the valorant trend, they know some people will keep paying, no matter the price.

[–] haywire7@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No cosmetic items should cost more than £10/$20 imho £50/$70 is a full game for crying out loud.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Besides buying out all the DRG cosmetic packs because I'm a whore for coffee stain and ghost ship, the best DLC cosmetic I've ever bought is the dumb piglet Saltzpyre wears on his head in Vermintide 2. It's got a little wiggly butt and floppy Lil legs and it's adorable. Best $5 I've ever spent.

[–] PlatDrone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a fellow whore for coffee stainI kinda wish coffee stain had something similar for Satisfactory (but I'm also glad there isn't) , but since they don't I took to buying the game 9 times (gifted them to friends) and bought merch over the years. It's so refreshing to have such insanely good communication between the devs and the community.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly never got into satisfactory (besides watching silly runs on youtube) but I absolutely fell in love with goat Sim. Nothing beats that damned goat when it comes to a happy, silly reset for the burnt out gamer.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I would consider even that obscenely expensive.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

What a steal...

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing inside a video game should cost real money.

The difference between this abusive horseshit and any cheaper example is quantitative - not qualitative.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is nothing wrong with charging something in the order of the production cost of the item divided by the expected sales number for it.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nonprofit gacha. That's a new one.

Still no.