SirManBoy wrote:As a high school teacher of macroeconomics, I find this situation especially amusing due to its correlation to one of the most basic tenets of the subject: demand.
First, the law of demand expresses the negative relationship that exists between price and the quantity of a good demanded. That is, as the price of a good decreases its quantity demanded increases, and as the price of a good increases its quantity demanded decreases. For me, had the Omega booster returned to the market at its most recent price of 36K AUR, I would have purchased at least six, but at its current price of 65K AUR, I will be purchasing none. Furthermore, my decision not to buy the Omega booster is also affected by my ever-decreasing overall demand at all price levels, which is most notably influenced by the diminishing returns I experience from skill points in general. As a 23+ million SP vet, I no longer experience the same gains from SP that I did as a 3 million SP or even 10 million SP player. Moreover, I'm sitting on over 120 days of standard passive SP boosters and I have an unused inventory of four standard active boosters with more than a week remaining on the one that I currently have activated. With so much potential SP wrapped up in the boosters I already have, nothing short of an attractive price is going to motivate me to make a purchase.
Clearly, I don't need Omega boosters right now. However, had the price been right for my current levels of overall demand, I would have purchased several without hesitation. Unfortunately, the price simply isn't right for my situation, but I honestly can't envision a point in my Dust career when such a price would have ever appealed to me. Simply put, it's just too damn expensive at all levels of demand. On what analysis did you base your pricing strategy, CCP? Or did you arrive at this figure arbitrarily?
Well **** teach. Couldn't have said it better. At 14mil Sp. I don't need boosters either. But I would have spent $20 not play this game. (passive omega)
You have a game that is below average NOW. with a meta critic rating of just 60. And a small player base that could fit into KZ pocket. At what point ccp is this game NOW worth the price for boosters?
I've talked with devs of garbage games. (one of them having worked on that area 51 game. tho he got a break after getting hired to work for rockstar) and they would be the first to say that (maybe not with open doors) "****, I know this game is bad." lol