Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.01.04 04:25:00 -
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Before it's release the NeX generated a certain amount of anticipation and controversy. Unfortunate for those who were eagerly awaiting the NeX the items were so outrageously priced as to utterly destroy their enthusiasm for this new feature save for those few with so much isk and that are the types that actually believe Nigerian scams who went straight for the gold standard in NeX product lines, the monocle. CCP having totally over-estimated the demand for virtual goods and their own ability to develop new technologies for WoD that didn't require super-computers to be able to render more than one avatar and one small room promptly concluded two things: 1) Not enough people were willing to shell out +$30 for virtual stuffs and 2) even fewer people can afford supercomputers to render more than one avatar and one small room. As such, the WoD developmental team was canned and along with them development on WiS and the NeX ceased. Afterall, both WiS and the NeX were testing features being developed for WoD.
And that is why the NeX is languishing.
We want breast augmentations and sluttier clothing in the NeX! |
Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
339
|
Posted - 2012.01.04 16:08:00 -
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Atticus Lowa wrote:
correction, no sane person spends THAT much money on cosmetic items in ANY game, dumb insane people spend that kind of money on advanced weaponry, not a friggen monocle.
my gear was bought on the market for low prices (40 mill is not alot of money guys, even if i don't make that much every day right now)
anyways... i think the basic idea can work... the aurum costs need to be deflated, i thought CCP tested economic theroy when planning? oh well
Sanity is relative. But, your point is understood. The fact that you bought items on the isk market demonstrates that people are willing to purchase these items...just not at the prices CCP wants. Just remember, that the items you purchased were available through the free aurum that CCP handed out to "excite" the population. I, myself, even have a pair of boots somewhere that I purchased for mere pennies on the dollar that were available on the isk market after such give aways.
Jade wrote:
NeX is evil...
Jade made some good points about why the NeX never should have been allowed in the game. It is creepage that the playerbase is fearful of. However, I would say that IF CCP had developed the NeX with their playerbase at the forefront of its development rather than their lustful greed that such an MT market would have worked, would have been popular and would have marginalized the nay sayers.
What the NeX should have been is an inclusive feature rather than an exclusive feature that delineated it as such via its price structure which ultimately only made sense to participate in on a regular basis for the top 1% of the playerbase. The rest of the populace could only look at the NeX for the rare item that made sense to their financial sensibilities.
Had the NeX been structured like the game where even though there are a few really expensive ships that most people dream of owning one day, there are still plenty of ships to choose from with which to have fun and play the game. No, the NeX pricing structure should have indeed emphasized "micro" in the transactions. Clothing should have been part of it but not the totality of it. There are many more vanity items that could have been offered that still have much greater demand than say an eye implant that you can't see without full zoom on the character's avatar or worse importing it into a graphics program with which to zoom even further to get any detail from the implant.
With the right pricing and offerings the NeX would have 'become' a feature of the game like any other. It would have woven itself into the fabric of the game rather than remain the thorn that it is and will continue to be with such poor offerings at such ridiculous pricing.
We want breast augmentations and sluttier clothing in the NeX! |