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Rebellion Against Big Irreversible Dinks
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Posted - 2010.09.13 05:08:00 -
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While these are an enjoyable read most in this thread are wrong...
Two things to remember
1) Plexs that enter the game cost real life money. So people who have less money are not buying GTC's/PLEX out of game and converting them. They are done almost exclusively by people who can afford it.
2) People that buy PLEX have one of two mind sets.. a) I am playing for free by buying a PLEX with money I have spare. b) I can't afford a real cash to fund my game time.
People who have the mind set "I play for free" are people who can generate a PLEXs worth of income without making it seem like a task. I can easily afford a PLEX a month with my simple market is one example. Those that can't afford real life cash and play to play for free find it a task, often have to spend HOURS in missions daily to cover the cost.
School Kids.. They can't afford real life cost, but have a HEAP of spare time and enjoy playing games. This increases demand on PLEX hence raising the price.
Adults with Jobs can just buy GTS, and those who are well off just buy to convert to ISK because it saves them from having to farm. This lowers the demand on PLEX but has a limit on how much they will get. Notice here I said "People with Jobs" as the economy goes down and people lose their jobs PLEXs start to decrease in supply hence raise the price. If you have spare RL Cash, why farm in game when you can just spend a few bucks, get to play and have spending money... This floods the market with PLEXes hence lowering the price.
Adults without jobs or low income jobs usually have lots of uninterrupted time usually have ISK coming out of their nose, and can generate hundreds of millions if not billions a month ease. These people do not care how much PLEX price is because they can make it back within days. So in a crappy economy there are more of these people, putting demand on PLEXes, hence raising the price.
Crappy Economy + School was out = Increase Plex price. Crappy Economy + Schools in = Continued higher prices but it's leveling or slowly lowering. Great Economy + Schools out = Increase Plex Price, but flooding of the PLEX market. Great Economy + Schools in = WAY to many PLEX in game, lower prices.
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