2018 Christmas item prices WAY too high guys.

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  1. Toff

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    Ok I love to decorate, I'm used to spending money to make our world fun especially around the holiday season...but.....These prices for the 2018 Christmas deco are offensive. $19 for 3 gift wrap boxes? I was really looking forward to Decorating for Christmas this year, setting up for a nice X-mass party for all to enjoy but not at these prices. The Avatar children will have to do without this year.
     
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    You know there's a problem when virtual items costs more than items IRL...
     
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    They will be at half price during today live stream.
     
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    Ouch ! Yes afraid to say am struggling to see how that can in any way be justified as reasonable, but I suspect someone will try at some point to do just that....
     
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    What a joke, even half-priced, these items are will still be double that a real-life Christmas stocking.
     
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    SOTA's silent Director.
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    will coto store get 50% discount as well?
     
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    I was thinking the same thing...or I hope they will. They seems to be doing what the retail stores do, price something at double the cost then put it on "Sale" for it's actual price. Maybe they can get a few suckers to pay the inflated price before the sale and piss them off.
     
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    Can buy them for COTO's in game Crown Shop also :)
     
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    That is a very good point if it's the case. So maybe not so bad after all.
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    God bless us every one!
     
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    If any Devs are reading this, know that your player base is not stupid and this sort of sales strategy is rather insulting. Maybe go watch the Grinch who stole Christmas and rethink your prices.
     
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    Thank you!
    Someone really have to stand-up about ridiculous prices, anybody that actually comes up with sales here and there, come on, you're sending a message that it is okay to make a Christmas stocking to have a 19$ price tag as a base item.
    I'm not wanting to be such a criticizer and I will make due when things are good. The game is good, the story is good, lot of the items that you can buy on the store are at an okay prices; MOST are not! And this really has to change.
     
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    I agree. The add on store pricing has to be re-evaluated. I've argued for this in the past and continue to believe all the prices in the store are just too damn high. The barrier to entry is just too great for the masses, imo.
     
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    Agreed wholeheartedly and the prices have the additional bad effect of adding to the games poor reputation in the wider gaming world, which is a big shame as it's very much a self inflicted wound. :(
     
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    One thing I might add about all of this:

    I recently got the message out to my old Ultima Online community that Shoud of the Avatar was free-to-play, and that everyone should really check it out because it is indeed a GREAT game.
    You know what the first thing people have replied to my welcoming?

    "ARE YOU %$ing kidding me? Did you see the add-on/bundle prices?"

    Well that one guy didn't even try the game just because of this - it's a slap/insult and it's keeping great potential players away - giving them the sentiment that if you get too involved into this game, sooner or later they are smart enough to understand that if things are going the way it is, they're just gonna be milked out of their money.
     
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    Selling things in the add-on shop is a reality of the funding model, and we shouldn't be too quick to admonish them for the dollars and cents of the business.

    At the same time, you don't want your serfs feeling nickel and dimed.

    It's a difficult balance to maintain, to be sure, and I'm sorry to chime in with the chorus and say it seems like the balance went way off on this one. o_O
     
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    you don't need anything from the add on store to play the game.
     
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    @Sid that's exactly the responses I got as well from friends that I've told the game is now F2P. The add on store (and its pricing) continues to be such a huge turn off for them, and I'm guessing this wasn't an isolated case.

    I would argue that because the game is F2P now, this would be the best time to reconsider their pricing model and structure.

    I don't think anyone is arguing against the add-on store itself...well, at least not in this thread :rolleyes:

    But it's really a discussion about the pricing itself. And no, it's not about nickel and diming the customer -- that would present itself as a barrier for many other activities outside of just housing. But if you want that analogy, I'd say we'd be lucky if it was only nickels and dimes. :p

    Sure, but that's not the point. You don't even need to play this game either but that doesn't help or further the discussion along? This is just a discussion about the pricing and to give feedback it.
     
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    Compared to the 2016 xmas stuff this year is even cheaper :)

    Yule tree 2016 was 10$, now ist only 9$
     
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    To be honest, the game is now free to play. If they drop these prices down to almost nothing, how will this game survive? I've spent as much as I can including the monthly, but it won't make up for everything.
     
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