Taram Caldar
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Trinity Nova Alliance
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Posted - 2008.09.28 12:45:00 -
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 Originally by: Enihcam Xes
Originally by: Kera Delacour
Edited by: Kera Delacour on 26/09/2008 12:46:06
all I know is that for over a year now I have paid for my 2nd account with isk. I won't be doing that any more at current prices. Used to be you could get 30d for 150m, 90 for about 380m. Now it's 400+m/60 and that, to me, just isn't worth it. I've switched my 2nd acct back over to credit card and am seriously considering selling my alt and just canceling my 2nd acct. EVE just isn't worth all this hassle. And the 60d cards just aren't worth 400m isk. That's 200m/month. Not to mention CCP is charging $35/card which is 17.50/month which is highway robbery imo.
To be honest I'm surprised more players aren't screaming about the underlying price of the GTC's. It's a blatantly obvious money grab by CCP.
As has been discussed extensively when the changeover occured, CCP is not trying to gouge their market for an extra $2.50/mo. They are trying to avoid loses as they have an extensive international (European) playerbase and the American dollar has been tanking for a while. Maybe they should just sell GTCs in pounds or euros and then us Americans would really have something to wine about.
Doesn't matter what currency they charge in. If CCP can't charge consistantly with other games in the Genre they will lose players. EVE is a decent enough game but it's not really better than most other major MMO's out there. When the price starts going up players will vote with their wallets. CCP is making a mistake with these 60d GTC's. As evidence? Most of the folks I know who have multiple accounts are letting their extra accounts lapse or switching them over to monthly credit card accounts. No matter how CCP slices it they're going to wind up losing money. The ISK prices for GTC's now are insane (500m????) and the currency prices for GTC's aren't worth it either. Right now I, like others, am planning to switch my 2nd account to a monthly credit card plan and only activate it when I need to train a new skill set, allowing it to lapse and set long skills at the end of each 30 day period, thus reducing how much CCP is getting from me by more than 50%. If the price of monthly fees goes up? Both my accounts will be cancelled. CCP is making a mistake here.
The MMO market needs to re-evaluate it's prices given economic times. Raising prices when people have less ready cash is 100% the wrong direction to be going. Keep them the same and/or find ways to give players more economical ways to play is the way to go. GTC sales for REASONABLE ammts of isk are really the best way. Allowing GTC isk prices to spiral out of this world only guarantees one thing: Less income in the long run no matter how much they charge for them in currency.
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