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Baron Chauman
Dread Phoenix Society Fidelas Constans
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Posted - 2014.03.12 05:43:00 -
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Doubt it. Most of the people who like high plex prices are the ones with plenty of real cash, so they're much less likely to vote in that direction. |
Luke Silver
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Posted - 2014.03.12 07:31:00 -
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Marsha Mallow wrote:Salvos Rhoska wrote:No cause for panic. Everything is as it should be. Posting about plex spikes and ranting a bit is precisely the thing to do, with a variety of possible benefits
- Traders with stockpiles spot the panic and start dumping. Plex is a reasonably popular long term investment for people taking a break so reporting it alerts the unsubbed - particularly if it hits a news site
- People who might have been about to buy RMT ISK decide they get better value for money from CCP
- People who occasionally buy Plex to buffer their funds decide now is when they'll get the most return
- CCP spot the yelling and dump some confiscated Plex to try stabilise things
- CCP rub their paws together and run a discount Plex offer to cash in
- CCP adjust the amount of Aurum available for direct sale (currently 2500 Aur for -ú12.99 vs 3500 from a plex)
- Somerblink finds a few trillion stashed and an inventive way to RMT it for ETC sales
All of those work to drive prices back down, and benefit the playerbase. So - everybody panic - it's for the best. Re the whole plexing vs paying debate - it's really down to how you value your time and enjoy spending it. Pay with real money by all means, buy the odd plex and sell it to me. But please don't do the smug justification of how much you earn ph or pay for cinema tickets irl. If you only have one account in game you're probably playing very narrowly. $10 or -ú10 a month sounds reasonable until you consider many players have multiple accounts - at which point Eve is comparitively expensive. Not everyone grinds NPCs until their fingers bleed for plex subs either - some of us genuinely enjoy the strategic side of large scale ISK making to the point our enjoyment hinges on it. Just the same as #mindless mission runner 7480 - making ISK for no reason at all other than a sense of achievement. At the extreme end of that are people who will unsub if they see inflation as curbing their enjoyment and returning players (on promo return offers) disgusted at inflation without time to find the new faucets. CCP clearly do monitor this or they would never have committed to intervening where required.
You are bang on MM. |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
1062
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Posted - 2014.03.12 07:48:00 -
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I hope PLEX prices will rise to 1B ISK at the end of the year. Business is business. _¦Å-æ-»¦Ñ¦¼-Ä_-¢-å¦ä_-½-»-å¦ÿ-ò-û¦¦ |
Erin Crawford
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Posted - 2014.03.12 07:52:00 -
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This...
Salvos Rhoska wrote:I Love Boobies wrote:Unfortunately... some of us have real life money tied up in real life things and are unable to pay with real life money for subscriptions. Some of us are responsible adults and don't depend on mommy and daddy's credit cards to pay for subscriptions. I see. Thats sad but well if you are unable to free up the necessary funds from something else, then I guess playing EVE, or any subscription MMO for that matter, is beyond your current assets. Are you saying that you do not have the money to buy even one month of game time for one single account? If so, then yes, you should probably focus on getting your IRL financial situation under control, and perhaps even improving it a little so that you can afford the arguably tiny amount it costs to subscribe an account for one month.
and this...
Tyburn Stannis wrote:I Love Boobies wrote: Unfortunately... some of us have real life money tied up in real life things and are unable to pay with real life money for subscriptions. Some of us are responsible adults and don't depend on mommy and daddy's credit cards to pay for subscriptions.
I If, as a responsible adult, money is so tight that you can't afford a tenner a month for a leisure activity but you're so addicted you can't stop playing, not sure giving finance lectures and life advice is your fort+¬... o/
in answer to this:
I Love Boobies wrote:Unfortunately... some of us have real life money tied up in real life things and are unable to pay with real life money for subscriptions. Some of us are responsible adults and don't depend on mommy and daddy's credit cards to pay for subscriptions.
OMG! Sort your real life out first, then start playing little pew pew computer games... really!!! |
Tauranon
Weeesearch Greater Western Co-Prosperity Sphere
841
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Posted - 2014.03.12 08:36:00 -
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Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:Prices are going to top 1 billion. This idiotic skins program has not even started, it is only a pilot program, and we already have wild speculation on the plex market.
Now, this is only one of the factors that are driving prices to insane levels. But it is now a systemic driver if CCP actually continues with "ISK for skins", and ramps up the program.
We also have the one-time spike of more narcissists spending plex to get their words of wisdom buried under a statue for a few decades.
And lastly, and the biggest one, is that cfc, pl, and their renters are now in total ISK grind more. They are creating more null sec ISK than ever seen before in the game, with 75% of sov null blue to one another. These people will not be needing to dump a plex on the market, but are instead drowning in ISK. What they can't spend on skins, or in other real life methods, they are using to plex all their accounts. When cfc and pl are not deployed, they don't have much else to do but to make ISK. That is driving plex demand through the roof, and at the same time driving down supply.
Put it all together, and you have a real mess on your hands for the casual player that tries to grind enough ISK every month for a plex or 2.
Dinsdale. Assets can drown a game. Believe it or not, virtual currency will not drown a game.
The blue donut you are complaining about, just exploded several trillion isk worth of assets. PBLRDs manage to lose 250b of assets a month. Those incidents are all better for the game than masses of people grinding up assets to buy a plex.
I also am doubtful that renters contain a particularly large volume plex for account type players. Most of us are just a harder bitten more realistic version of a carebear (ie people that accept that spaceships need to get blown up iin a game about spaceships with guns), who want their isk balance to go up. I only know of a couple of mining fleets here that might fit the latter case. ie in 3000 characters, probably 75 are them in the mine->plex->mine cycle. I
ultimately I don't mind paying my gewngeld, because gewngeld ultimately buys assets that get blown up in the process of blowing up other peoples assets. |
Salvos Rhoska
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
234
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Posted - 2014.03.12 10:25:00 -
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I dunno what the trillionaires are up to, but Id expect that investing a substantial % of surplus income into buying up PLEX is very wise and safe, after all your other needs are covered, especially now that it is reasonable to expect PLEX will become more in demand as a way to derive AUR as CCP expands the shop.
This because in other commodities you are competing with other players on ingame terms. But on PLEX, you are leveraging against CCPs set IRL price for PLEX/AUR/Gametime which are fixed costs and which are extremely unlikely to depreciate. In other words, CCP ensures that your PLEX will ALWAYS retain its value. Its like having God backing your investment. And the more of them you buy up, the more you raise demand, further appreciating your stock.
Its a bubble though, as at some point it becomes a real problem for people with tons of accounts to generate the ISK they need to maintain their account time. Im not sure where the theoretical tipping point for that is. Id imagine most people are prepared to deactivate 1-3 accounts in order to focus on their main activities with the remainder. Their love of the game will prompt them to adapt by simply focusing on what they enjoy with less toons.
But when you get this super rich, there is another kind of ingame asset that retains its value, increases in value directly related to investment, is emminently useful ingame and is directly tied to PLEX. That asset is Characters. The higher you can push up PLEX cost, the more people consolidate into their main toons and sell their expendables, the cheaper you can buy those up, PLEX them from your stock to make use of them and to increase their value with another months worth of SP. Because there is no way to purchase SP from CCP, characters are "PLEX converters". Every PLEX you invest in one is directly converted into a permanent increase in value and usefulness.
Thats what I would be doing if I was super rich. Buying PLEX and converting that into a stock of advanced useful/sellable Characters. Hell, CCP even ensures the Character Bazaar, so once again, as in PLEX value, your assets are backed by the Gods themselves. These are the real capital in EVE, and the fundamental means of production, in owning them you become a true capitalist in the traditional sense of the term.
Heh, might be fun to setup an Amarr toon with a specific long term plan to build such a capital base, and roleplay him as a Slaver who cultivates and sells his own stock of clones.But my ambitions exceed my means. First I need a 75% nullsec donut! |
Arsine Mayhem
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
149
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Posted - 2014.03.12 10:59:00 -
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Icarus Able wrote:Im guessing its to do with the ship skins coming out soon. You can convert plex to aurum to pay for them which would drive up the price anyway so maybe someones just getting ahead on the action.
One useful answer out of so much stupid. |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:13:00 -
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Perhaps a ridiculous question, but if all of you "leet" players and sov null gurus are "paying" for your subs through PvE generated ISK, is that not actually creating a non-sustainable revenue model for CCP?
The only people actually paying cash to play EVE then are those who pay subs (which is, reading this thread, apparently no one but me) and the very few that buy PLEX from time to time to inject the ISK necessary to subsidize their play style, whatever that may be. They are actually paying for you to play.
If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
Or perhaps PLEX prices in game actually need to go through the roof, just to deter those who have been using in-game ISK to pay their way. |
March rabbit
Federal Defense Union
1323
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:21:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:Perhaps a ridiculous question, but if all of you "leet" players and sov null gurus are "paying" for your subs through PvE generated ISK, is that not actually creating a non-sustainable revenue model for CCP?
The only people actually paying cash to play EVE then are those who pay subs (which is, reading this thread, apparently no one but me) and the very few that buy PLEX from time to time to inject the ISK necessary to subsidize their play style, whatever that may be. They are actually paying for you to play.
If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
Or perhaps PLEX prices in game actually need to go through the roof, just to deter those who have been using in-game ISK to pay their way. PLEX is 15USD/EUR 1 month is 9USD
So who pays more for game time? The Mittani: "the inappropriate drunked joke"
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:26:00 -
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March rabbit wrote:Bael Malefic wrote:Perhaps a ridiculous question, but if all of you "leet" players and sov null gurus are "paying" for your subs through PvE generated ISK, is that not actually creating a non-sustainable revenue model for CCP?
The only people actually paying cash to play EVE then are those who pay subs (which is, reading this thread, apparently no one but me) and the very few that buy PLEX from time to time to inject the ISK necessary to subsidize their play style, whatever that may be. They are actually paying for you to play.
If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
Or perhaps PLEX prices in game actually need to go through the roof, just to deter those who have been using in-game ISK to pay their way. PLEX is 15USD/EUR 1 month is 9USD So who pays more for game time?
People who use in-game ISK to purchase in-game PLEX to pay for game time are paying *nothing.*
This leaves CCP reliant on people spending real-life money on PLEX to keep the revenue up. If CCP dump plex into the market, for any reason, that is not new revenue, it is revenue they already recognized. Which is a problem.
The relevant question (which I do not know the answer to) is whether the current model generates more or less RL revenue than making everyone pay subs. I suspect (but again, lack the data to prove) that making everyone pay for subs/GTC's would generate a more sustainable revenue stream. But I accept I may be wrong.
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Ciba Lexlulu
Stay Frosty.
39
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:29:00 -
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To reduce PLEX prices, I propose CCP to start paying its developers with PLEXes. As pilot program, lets start with CCP Rise and CCP Fozzie. I am sure this will result in PLEXes to flood the markets as they need to convert them into ISK for food/lodging etc..
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
19876
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:38:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:People who use in-game ISK to purchase in-game PLEX to pay for game time are paying *nothing.* GǪbut the PLEXes they buy still cost $17GÇô$20 so that's still the revenue the PLEXers generate for CCP.
Quote:If CCP dump plex into the market, for any reason, that is not new revenue, it is revenue they already recognized. Which is a problem. It's not really any more of a problem than letting people log in. All they're doing is delivering a service someone has paid for.
Quote:I suspect (but again, lack the data to prove) that making everyone pay for subs/GTC's would generate a more sustainable revenue stream. But I accept I may be wrong. It may be a bit more predictable, but the sustainability is no different. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Rashnu Gorbani
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
17
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:39:00 -
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Tyburn Stannis wrote:I Love Boobies wrote: Unfortunately... some of us have real life money tied up in real life things and are unable to pay with real life money for subscriptions. Some of us are responsible adults and don't depend on mommy and daddy's credit cards to pay for subscriptions.
I If, as a responsible adult, money is so tight that you can't afford a tenner a month for a leisure activity but you're so addicted you can't stop playing, not sure giving finance lectures and life advice is your fort+¬... o/ It's so comfortable to be born in the luckier parts of the world. Also entitles you to be a smug apparently. And a lot of people don't just pay 1 accounts, they have more. 1 is ok, but last time I payed more than 100$ for 3 60 day gtcs, well... you can do lots of things with 100$, for some people that's money. Most people don't make 3-5k a month. |
embrel
BamBam Inc.
131
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:42:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote: If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
and the CFO would tell you: NoNoNo, who TF did employ you anyway and what for, sure not for ******* up our revenue stream, but to clean the toilets!
and why would he say that?
A wants to play Eve. He either subscribes now and pays now or he buys a PLEX in-game with ISK and activates the PLEX.
In the first scenario, CCP gets their money now in the second they already have the bucks for quite some time already.
As 10 bucks you received ten years ago should be worth more today than ten bucks you receive today (interests), the second scenario is far better on a company valuation point of view.
All the PLEX being stored in hangars or in market orders is cash CCP already earned and that potentially will never be used for game time.
basically they got almost kinda free lunch thru PLEX.
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Erin Crawford
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:44:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:March rabbit wrote:Bael Malefic wrote:Perhaps a ridiculous question, but if all of you "leet" players and sov null gurus are "paying" for your subs through PvE generated ISK, is that not actually creating a non-sustainable revenue model for CCP?
The only people actually paying cash to play EVE then are those who pay subs (which is, reading this thread, apparently no one but me) and the very few that buy PLEX from time to time to inject the ISK necessary to subsidize their play style, whatever that may be. They are actually paying for you to play.
If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
Or perhaps PLEX prices in game actually need to go through the roof, just to deter those who have been using in-game ISK to pay their way. PLEX is 15USD/EUR 1 month is 9USD So who pays more for game time? People who use in-game ISK to purchase in-game PLEX to pay for game time are paying *nothing.* This leaves CCP reliant on people spending real-life money on PLEX to keep the revenue up. If CCP dump plex into the market, for any reason, that is not new revenue, it is revenue they already recognized. Which is a problem. The relevant question (which I do not know the answer to) is whether the current model generates more or less RL revenue than making everyone pay subs. I suspect (but again, lack the data to prove) that making everyone pay for subs/GTC's would generate a more sustainable revenue stream. But I accept I may be wrong.
As I understand it; PLEX exists because some players have to buy it first with RL money. In other words, if every PLEX available in game was bought using ISK and nobody bought any new PLEX using RL money then the PLEX 'well' would dry up quite quickly.
I guess another way of looking at it is if said 'leet' players are getting their game time, not by spending RL money, but by grinding/generating in game ISK and using that to purchase PLEX which someone else had to spend RL money to get into game and spend.
So 'leet' players are playing at the expensive of others RL money - when using PLEX that is. |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.03.12 11:59:00 -
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Erin Crawford wrote:
As I understand it; PLEX exists because some players have to buy it first with RL money. In other words, if every PLEX available in game was bought using ISK and nobody bought any new PLEX using RL money then the PLEX 'well' would dry up quite quickly.
I guess another way of looking at it is if said 'leet' players are getting their game time, not by spending RL money, but by grinding/generating in game ISK and using that to purchase PLEX which someone else had to spend RL money to get into game and spend.
So 'leet' players are playing at the expensive of others RL money - when using PLEX that is.
What I keep thinking:
An entertainment service business model that relies on one group effectively "subsidizing" another will not work for very long, once the group doing all the paying works out how stupid it is to do so and/or works out themselves how to "play for free."
I don't give a rip about cybernetic arms, tattoos or paintjobs for ships. But that's what we get in terms of "new developments" from CCP. And they engineer it so PLEX is the way to obtain said perks.
Again, this seems to indicate the lack of a sustainable business model rather than some brilliant one.
Maybe this is why they are recruiting a "director of monetization"...
I can only use my own experience as an example: I started playing, decided PVP was my "thing", bought some PLEX with RL money to jump-start my PVP experience. Now I can do what I want and no longer buy PLEX. So who is buying it? New players, for a limited amount of time, who then stop.
Suggests CCP better be focused on keeping large numbers of new "casual" players rolling in, since the "hardcore" players are generating no revenue at all for the company. That or change the business model to get money directly out of those "hardcore" people.
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Salvos Rhoska
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
238
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:01:00 -
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Erin Crawford wrote:So 'leet' players are playing at the expensive of others RL money - when using PLEX that is. No.
A player pays CCP money for the PLEX. Other players then pay ISK to that player for the PLEX.
Its not at anyone's "expense". Everyone gets what they want. |
Pew Terror
Green Associates
114
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:14:00 -
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"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons." |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
19877
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:14:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:What I keep thinking:
An entertainment service business model that relies on one group effectively "subsidizing" another will not work for very long, once the group doing all the paying works out how stupid it is to do so and/or works out themselves how to "play for free." It's only unsustainable if everyone cares about GÇ£playing for freeGÇ¥ and can be bothered with the grind required to do so. The good news is: they don't and and can't and never will.
In the meantime, those who can spend cash spend cash; those who can spend time spend time; and everyone involved get more out of it than they otherwise would. GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skill plan 2.1. |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
14068
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:15:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:Perhaps a ridiculous question, but if all of you "leet" players and sov null gurus are "paying" for your subs through PvE generated ISK, is that not actually creating a non-sustainable revenue model for CCP?
The only people actually paying cash to play EVE then are those who pay subs (which is, reading this thread, apparently no one but me) and the very few that buy PLEX from time to time to inject the ISK necessary to subsidize their play style, whatever that may be. They are actually paying for you to play.
If I were in CCP's shoes, I might just remove PLEX from the game entirely and force everyone back to paying RL money for subscription/GTC's to play. Sure, some people will leave. But the revenue needed to keep in business might be more stable.
Or perhaps PLEX prices in game actually need to go through the roof, just to deter those who have been using in-game ISK to pay their way.
Your plan improve stability by reducing CCP's revenue by about 30% is interesting. Can you explain how definitely earning $700 per month is better than earning ~$950-$1050 per month?
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Good Posting
Posting with my Mind
119
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:21:00 -
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You guys should thank Bael Malefic because he buys plex and we can play for free!! Thanks man. |
Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
718
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:40:00 -
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I don't care if a PLEX costs 3 billion ISK.
CCP will never receive another RL penny from me. Not today spaghetti. |
Salvos Rhoska
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
239
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:43:00 -
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Sexy Cakes wrote:I don't care if a PLEX costs 3 billion ISK.
CCP will never receive another RL penny from me.
I can sell you as many PLEX as you like for 3bil/ per.
How many would you like? |
Tauranon
Weeesearch Greater Western Co-Prosperity Sphere
843
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Posted - 2014.03.12 12:44:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:
Again, this seems to indicate the lack of a sustainable business model rather than some brilliant one.
IMO plex is the best method for controlling RMT without destroying the internal currency market. Not convinced that you are offering a convincing argument as to why its not sustainable - not going beyond the horizon of current MMO designs, EVE seems closest to sustainable to me.
Reality is, people like to decorate spaceships, more than they like to decorate space barbies, and that will probably be reflected by better monetization results, simply because this game collected 300,000ish spaceship pilots, minus a bunch of alts. |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:12:00 -
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Salvos Rhoska wrote:
How exactly then at this moment are you acquiring gametime for your character/s? Also, how exactly are you ISK funding your characters activities and losses?
I pay for subscription and I make enough ISK in game to pay for all the ships/whatnot I want.
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Salvos Rhoska
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
240
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:17:00 -
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Bael Malefic wrote:I pay for subscription and I make enough ISK in game to pay for all the ships/whatnot I want.
Ok then.
Then you are a concrete example of the fact that no changes are needed. |
Markku Laaksonen
EVE University Ivy League
379
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:18:00 -
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If only there was a subforum specifically for market discussion. If such a place existed, we could eve go so far as to call it Market Discussions. DUST 514 Recruit Code - https://dust514.com/recruit/zluCyb/
EVE Buddy Invite - https://secure.eveonline.com/trial/?invc=047203f1-4124-42a1-b36f-39ca8ae5d6e2&action=buddy
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:23:00 -
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Malcanis wrote:
Your plan improve stability by reducing CCP's revenue by about 30% is interesting. Can you explain how definitely earning $700 per month is better than earning ~$950-$1050 per month?
I don't know what the proportion of CCP revenue derived from PLEX sales is vs. paid subscriptions or what the revenue impact would be of switching PLEX over to subs.
If that is indeed the case, and switching all accounts to paid subscriptions would in fact reduce the revenue stream by 30%, then perhaps the current model is the best one possible for the time being. In that case I'd simply wonder how to sell more PLEX and hope the pubbies keep buying them.
Sometimes I forget that these forums are actually all about flames/trolls. I shall refrain from trying to make any constructive comments in future and stick to snarky comments aimed at other posters. After all, this is EVE. |
Scrimtar
Aliastra Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:32:00 -
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Knights Armament wrote:I just don't see the point in allowing plex prices to climb un-regulated, your average 2 month old character isn't going to spend 2.5 billion on a plex.
Your right most 2 month old toons will be on a plex for extra ingame isk via ccp. sub and will only buy plex for ingame isk via ccp. So your point is what you cant afford it so you want ccp to interfere with a free matket . |
Aralyn Cormallen
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
214
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Posted - 2014.03.12 13:40:00 -
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I get what some people are trying to say, the existance of PLEX does front-load the system, since people paying money for PLEX are going to be the same people paying for a subscription (because I like to think no-one would be dumb enough to buy PLEX for money, then use them for their sub), while the people buying PLEX for isk to sub their game, aren't going to be buying them for money too.
So in effect, half the players are paying for all the subscriptions, making the game less resistant to a sudden outflux of players (since people playing for free have no reason to stop their subs if temporarily unhappy with the game, so any outflux is going to be in the paying half, and cause double the hit). That said, since a PLEX bought today doesn't have to be used on a sub for months or even years in the future, CCP is getting their hands on a large chunk of sub-money early, and assuming they treat it as that (and don't just spend it as "free money"), the price and abundance/scarcity of PLEX on the market can give an early-warning system to CCP that something is amiss. If people stop buying PLEX, CCP can react before the supply dries up, using these "early paid subs" as a safety net to buy them time to correct whatever caused the outflux. |
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