Hyperforce99
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2011.06.25 11:28:00 -
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Edited by: Hyperforce99 on 25/06/2011 11:31:50
Edited by: Hyperforce99 on 25/06/2011 11:28:53
at its current price, and going from the current data known about the amount of monocles bought we have:
54 monocles sold in 40 hours time for a price of 80 dollars a piece (from leaked Hilmar letter)
Presuming this is true and that the initial rush ( ) on these items has subsided we can calculate the following:
54 * 80 = 4320,- dollars
To calculate the money made during 1 day on monocles we do:
4320 / 40 * 24 = 2592,- dollars/day
multiply by 30 to get a months worth:
2592 * 30 = 77.760,- dollars/month on monocles.
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Eves subscription is 15,- dollars/euros a month a month
There are roughly 350.000+ subscribers to EVE
15,- * 350.000 = 5.250.000,- dollars a month in subscription income.
The RMT store right now is a joke, its prices are way to high for it to be profitable. Even if all the other items in the RMT store sell just as well it still wouldn't hold a candle to the subscriptions.
And the ironic part is that if the NeX prices wouldn't be so extremly high, they might actually turn a larger profit.
Imagine the following: the monocle and t-shirts would be no more expensive than 5,- at most. Supply and demand states that demand will increase exponentially if the price is lowered:
80 / 5 = 20 times less expensive
54^2 = 2916 sales in 40 hours
2916 * 5,- dollars / 40 *24 * 30 = 262.440,- dollars a month
262.440,- dollars a month is a lot more than a measly 77.760,- dollars a month...
now this is hypothetical and there is no way of knowing if the EVE community would actually buy these items at this rate. But regardless, overpricing worthless virtual items that add no value to the game is simply STUPID.
Increasing the subscription price of EVE to 20 dollars a month would net a subscription income of 7 million dollars a month. that's an increase of nearly 2 million dollars a month on income.
Presuming no players will leave over the sudden price increase of their subscription. which would likely happen. Then again, inflation and such havn't been properly taking into account either.
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