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[Puraaj]

Niko Snow said:

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hey it seems like you guys added a 0 too many to those christmas prices.
because ill give you the benefit off the doubt and assume you didnt mean to make a christmas lights 6$'s

Edited by Niko Snow, 04 December 2012 - 12:04 PM.
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[Dragonslayerclan]

yea i totally think so

[Fuzzyhead]

Christmis lights cost 1,25k MC but its just inside of the cockpit a liitle bit to expensiv...

just image a Walking Christmiss tree!

[Slash]

PGI Hasn't realized the elasticity of Demand when it comes to pricing "fluff". AT 60 cents there would almost certainly be more than 10x as many buyers than at $6.

PGI, look at the pricing model for fluff in "Global Agenda" for a great pricing level with permanent ownership of colors, mods and other fluff.

Basically in GA people hoard colors and spends lots more money because "what's an extra 50 cents? I can look like a lion!"

Edited by Slash, 04 December 2012 - 11:26 AM.

[DrnkJawa]

PGI reminds me of CCP with eve online social items....50 bucks for a monacle lol

[ThinkTank]

I can get real lights and string them around my monitor for about 2 bucks. It's a bit much.

[Rattazustra]

I find it simply irritating how they actually manage to continously ignore all economic findings of recent years regarding F2P games. The pricing so far, be it for vanity items or private fluff stuff, shows an immense level of either greed, complacency or incompetence and neither choice seems nice.

It seems they are completely focussed on getting 10$ from one guy, instead of getting 1$ from 20 guys. Doesn't make any sense.

[Spuds McHaggis]

I was going to buy some booble heads but not for those prices.

Infact, I don't think I will be spending any money on this game until the micro transactions actually become micro and not macro!

[Fayne]

Woo, another greedy PGI patch. They really should get themselves an economist to help them figure out the whole supply and demand thing.

Is pretty simple.

Low price, high sales, happy customers buying everything that looks shiny.
vs.
High price, low sales, pissed off customers getting screwed for some craptastic useless in-game bling.

[Kargarok]

Aw, this makes me sad to hear. I was looking forward to picking some of these up, but not if they're $5+ a pop.

[TheDUZZmaN]

Just go to the store and put some xmas lights in front of your monitor... it would be cheaper.

[TheDUZZmaN]

Here is the deal, price less and sell more. Idiots. Lump of Coal 250MC ARE YOU GUYS CRAZY@!@# 1000mc for a Atlas Santa? You guys make me sick.

Edited by TheDUZZmaN, 04 December 2012 - 11:47 AM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

I, personally, am not spending MC on anything until prices go down, except maybe premium time... but I'm only buying premium time if the prices on Mechs go down & the cost of Mechs justifies their purchase.

Like it was said before, I agree that getting $1 from 20 people is better than getting $10 from one person while making 19 people feel angry.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 04 December 2012 - 12:21 PM.

[DaZur]

While I empathize with the pricing concerns...

"It's cosmetic"... They are in no way forcing you to purchase these bits but if you are so inclined to fancy up your kit... ya gotta open you wallet.

I think ya'll are over optimistic as to how many folks would want to put this stuff in their pit regardless of the price-point...

Edited by DaZur, 04 December 2012 - 11:50 AM.

[Epic Fail]

Rattazustra, on 04 December 2012 - 11:37 AM, said:

It seems they are completely focussed on getting 10$ from one guy, instead of getting 1$ from 20 guys. Doesn't make any sense.

This is about right.

[Kargarok]

I was hoping to pin some antlers and a big red nose on my Jenner too.

[0oFoxtroto0]

anyone else think these Christmas decorations have some outrageous prices?

[ThinkTank]

DaZur, on 04 December 2012 - 11:50 AM, said:

While I empathize with the pricing concerns...

"It's cosmetic"... They are in no way forcing you to purchase these bits but if you are so inclined to fancy up your kit... ya gotta open you wallet.

I think ya'll are over optimistic as to how many folks would want to put this stuff in their pit regardless of the price-point...

I am on comms right now with 7 guys who want to buy at least one ofthe themed items and some of us want several. None of us are willing to drop that much MC on any of the items, but would if they were 50 MC instead of 500MC for example. I would get most of them for myself, but not at these prices.

Edited by ThinkTank, 04 December 2012 - 11:56 AM.

[Inveramsay]

Right, I just went and had a look and quickly realised that the expensive things cost the same as a light or cicada. Mechs that were overpriced to begin with.

Prices aren't just steep but frankly ridiculous. I will not be buying anything at those prices

Edited by Inveramsay, 04 December 2012 - 12:09 PM.

[DaZur]

ThinkTank, on 04 December 2012 - 11:55 AM, said:

I am on comms right now with 7 guys who want to buy at least one ofthe themed items and some of us want several. None of us are willing to drop that much MC on any of the items, but would if they were 50 MC instead of 500MC for example. I would get most of them for myself, but not at these prices.

Fair point... accepted.

I've got some opaque plastic window stick-on Christmas decorations... I'll sell the lot to you and your friends for a third of PGIs asking price!

Edited by DaZur, 04 December 2012 - 12:02 PM.