How much would you pay for an exclusive item?

eye_m · April 2013

I'm just curious about this. I know alot of people will pay a substantial amount of real money cash to have in-game items that are rare. So how much would you pay for exclusive rights to an item in your favorite game. To avoid any P2W comments, lets just refer to cosmetic items.

So how much actual money would you pony up to have a completely exclusive armor skin or weapon skin?

Adding a poll for the fun and excitement that polls bring

Dihoru · April 2013

Do they accept firstbornes? Souls? Kidneys?

Sephiroso · April 2013

People don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive. Let me rephrase, the majority of people don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive, they pay for utility or looks.

Mounts in cash shops generally are faster than non cash shop mounts.

Costumes/weapons/armor in p2w games look cool, but also give you extra sockets or stats along with them.

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

eye_m · April 2013

Originally posted by Sephiroso
People don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive. Let me rephrase, the majority of people don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive, they pay for utility or looks.

Mounts in cash shops generally are faster than non cash shop mounts.

Costumes/weapons/armor in p2w games look cool, but also give you extra sockets or stats along with them.

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

thanks for your bias opinion

waynejr2 · April 2013

Zero.

Kuppa · April 2013

Nada

Fearum · April 2013

I would pay $3647.42 to be a special snowflake. P2W is roxorz sauce.

Maelwydd · April 2013

Nothing. If I want a reward of an exclusive item I would rather play the game to get it. Paying for an exclusive item in a game is like paying someone else to shag your missus, kinda fucked up and missing the point!

maplestone · April 2013

They would have to pay me.

(the value of prestige items that do not come from gameplay is literally less than 0 to me)

ForumPvP · April 2013

if the game is good enough i mean really good "f2p" game.

i would pay 14.99 per month for some items,if they promise to me that players can only get those items from monster as a drop or /pickpocket etc ,or critical hit crafting.

so theres list in their cash shop,and i can choose from there lets say i pick a trousers of death.

now because im a crafter and i craft things pretty hard,i might get it ,its not 100% chance ,like this item might be unique for a long time and also theres a maximum limit for payments which is 14,99 per month per account.

Gyrus · April 2013

Nothing. Even for an item that helped me win.

I have some "exclusive" items in games that I play, but they have either been earnt (Beta tester or time in game) or given for free (I have the "Mithril Guard" outfit in LotRO which was a give away here for example)

I also have a couple of exclusive items (I think?) due to a Kickstarter I supported (if it launches - Elite:Dangerous) but I didn't support the project for the extras.

Exclusive items make me laugh. I rarely even notice when others have them - so I figure they aren't that worthwhile.

Thorkune · April 2013

Originally posted by maplestone
They would have to pay me.

(the value of prestige items that do not come from gameplay is literally less than 0 to me)

I couldn't have said it better myself...

Eir_S · April 2013

Originally posted by Sephiroso

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

I wish that could explain those godawful sparkle ponies from WoW.

eye_m · April 2013

Funny how many collectors sets get sold when nobody wants exclusive items.

I think it's also odd that people spend hundreds of hours doing something over and over and over again to finally get that one uber rare item they can show off, and yet it's meaningless if the next person just bought it. Maybe what the player could do is make sure that everyone that passed by was alerted to the fact they spent umpteen hundred hours farming for the drop. The object surely has more worth because of the effort put out to obtain it.

But what if person A took 200 hours to farm the drop, and person B managed to get it his first run? Does that mean that person A's drop is actually more valuable? Maybe people could start competing on who took the longest to farm for the same drop! That would really show the person that just went out and bought it how useless thier purchase was.

Ultimately, some people like to be different. Some people like to be recognized. People like actors and actresses, politicians, and public figures all thrive on being recognizable and memerable. Businesses compete over trade names and catch phrases. Some people have tattoo's covering their entire face and body (I'm pretty sure that the guy covered with leopard spots isn't trying to blend in)

So in these virtual worlds where you are thrown in with thousands of other people who all get to have the same face as you, the same armor as you, the same everything as you, people don't want to have things that set them apart? I don't beleive it, not at all.

I know that I would love to have something unique. The only one in the game. I don't care if it's better than someone else's, just different. It could be all sorts of things. Maybe a face texture, so that people can't look like me. Maybe a guild banner that nobody can duplicate. A skin for a armor or weapon. Even just some in town clothing.

I'm not going to lie to myself and say that I'm not being silly by contemplating spending real money on a virtual item, but if it was an exclusive item it's MORE tempting.

Sephiroso · April 2013

Originally posted by eyelolled
Originally posted by Sephiroso
People don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive. Let me rephrase, the majority of people don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive, they pay for utility or looks.

Mounts in cash shops generally are faster than non cash shop mounts.

Costumes/weapons/armor in p2w games look cool, but also give you extra sockets or stats along with them.

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

thanks for your bias opinion

bias opinion? what? how was what i said biased in any way shape or form?

edit: also to your post above mine, collector's edition has nothing to do with exclusivity. its a collector's item. exclusivitity is selling a mount during an event that you will never sell again afterwards. or similiar for a costume or etc.

collector's edition of games actually retain their value somewhat, at least to the people who often buy them. and also those collector's edition come with a shit ton of useful things that give you extra utility like i said.

TheKraut · April 2013

Absolutely nothing.

I once spent roughly 60 hours spread over 4 or 5 'shifts' to acquire the elusive halfling mask in Chardok in EQ. It was long, sometimes boring yet it was a quest I put myself through and had a blast doing it. The feeling when that damn thing finally dropped was awesome. SInce it was listed as a no-drop item, you had to earn this yourself and VERY few had it yet everyone wanted it for the illusion it gave.

Spending money to get pixels in a game is cheap and defines everything that is wrong with the watered down, shallow, flavor of the month MMOs that producers put out now.

You have earned nothing. You have done nothing. It means nothing. To me, you're a moron that has succumbed to the least common denominator gaming mentailty and were seperated from your cash. The poster above that said these items mean less than zero is dead on.

Sephiroso · April 2013

Originally posted by TheKraut
Absolutely nothing.

I once spent roughly 60 hours spread over 4 or 5 'shifts' to acquire the elusive halfling mask in Chardok in EQ. It was long, sometimes boring yet it was a quest I put myself through and had a blast doing it. The feeling when that damn thing finally dropped was awesome. SInce it was listed as a no-drop item, you had to earn this yourself and VERY few had it yet everyone wanted it for the illusion it gave.

Spending money to get pixels in a game is cheap and defines everything that is wrong with the watered down, shallow, flavor of the month MMOs that producers put out now.

You have earned nothing. You have done nothing. It means nothing. To me, you're a moron that succumbed to the least common denominator gaming mentailty and were seperated from your cash.

eh, while i initially agree with you...to an extent, i certainly don't share your uh, passion about it. You say people wanted that mask for the illusion it gave, if people wanted it that badly and it was in cash shop for 5 bucks, you bet your ass people wouldn't have just been "seperated from their cash" they would have felt they gottheir moneys worth in full.

TheKraut · April 2013

Originally posted by Sephiroso
Originally posted by TheKraut
Absolutely nothing.

I once spent roughly 60 hours spread over 4 or 5 'shifts' to acquire the elusive halfling mask in Chardok in EQ. It was long, sometimes boring yet it was a quest I put myself through and had a blast doing it. The feeling when that damn thing finally dropped was awesome. SInce it was listed as a no-drop item, you had to earn this yourself and VERY few had it yet everyone wanted it for the illusion it gave.

Spending money to get pixels in a game is cheap and defines everything that is wrong with the watered down, shallow, flavor of the month MMOs that producers put out now.

You have earned nothing. You have done nothing. It means nothing. To me, you're a moron that succumbed to the least common denominator gaming mentailty and were seperated from your cash.

eh, while i initially agree with you...to an extent, i certainly don't share your uh, passion about it. You say people wanted that mask for the illusion it gave, if people wanted it that badly and it was in cash shop for 5 bucks, you bet your ass people wouldn't have just been "seperated from their cash" they would have felt they gottheir moneys worth in full.

Yet it wasn't, hence why I did it as well as many others who spent 100+ hours on it and never had it drop.

If it were for sale, I wouldn't have bought ir nor would it have been a sought after item. It would have been a total afterthought that some people had, and when they used it/had it...noone cared.

The 'I can bypass this game with money' mentality has cheapened the entire MMO genre.

rojoArcueid · April 2013

Eyelolled, i dont think its written in stone that just because the item is rare the price has to be that high. Its a virtual item. Ill give them 20 bucks, maybe 30 if its something better than a fast mount. And if its cosmetic armor then for 200 i expect at least physical armor for me to cosplay besides the in game stuff. Theres no way in hell im paying that much for any of that. If i pay 200 in a cash shop is not for a single item, no matter how rare it is, tis not worth that much.

if those are the prices for in game exclusivity nowadays then im happy to blend in with the crowd and be common.

BlueTiger33 · April 2013

I wouldn't pay more then $50-$60. Tops.

Azarten · April 2013

I've never understood the point of just laying down money for in-game items. I prefer the items to come from the efforts I put into the game, which to me is much more rewarding.

Here's an an example from Age of Wushu in China of what some people will pay for in-game items, up to $16,000 usd for skins. Snail hasn't started selling the items in the west as yet, but I expect they will at some stage.

http://forum.mmosite.com/thread/2/5/20120411/Age_of_Wushus_Oneofakind_Virtual_Gears-4f853e2fbb5381c13-1.html

I played the game for a couple of months, but in the end just couldn't get past the blatant P2W that Snail is trying to vehemently deny exists.

Sovrath · April 2013

Nothing. If i don't earn it I dont' want it.

eye_m · April 2013

Originally posted by rojo6934
Eyelolled, i dont think its written in stone that just because the item is rare the price has to be that high. Its a virtual item. Ill give them 20 bucks, maybe 30 if its something better than a fast mount. And if its cosmetic armor then for 200 i expect at least physical armor for me to cosplay besides the in game stuff. Theres no way in hell im paying that much for any of that. If i pay 200 in a cash shop is not for a single item, no matter how rare it is, tis not worth that much.

if those are the prices for in game exclusivity nowadays then im happy to blend in with the crowd and be common.

This is much more the response I was expecting. A nominal amount is easy enough to part with, but to pay for the cost of having someone design the model and textures and to include an item within a games code for only one person to own, the costs would have to be much more.

Psychow · April 2013

Originally posted by Sovrath
Nothing. If i don't earn it I dont' want it.

My thought exactly. 100% exactly.

eye_m · April 2013

Originally posted by Sephiroso
Originally posted by eyelolled
Originally posted by Sephiroso
People don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive. Let me rephrase, the majority of people don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive, they pay for utility or looks.

Mounts in cash shops generally are faster than non cash shop mounts.

Costumes/weapons/armor in p2w games look cool, but also give you extra sockets or stats along with them.

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

thanks for your bias opinion

bias opinion? what? how was what i said biased in any way shape or form?

edit: also to your post above mine, collector's edition has nothing to do with exclusivity. its a collector's item. exclusivitity is selling a mount during an event that you will never sell again afterwards. or similiar for a costume or etc.

collector's edition of games actually retain their value somewhat, at least to the people who often buy them. and also those collector's edition come with a shit ton of useful things that give you extra utility like i said.

your post was bias because it only showed one veiwpoint. Don't be offended, it's simply the truth. I'm not saying your wrong that some people feel that way, just not everybody and some people are to a completely different persuasion.

Sephiroso · April 2013

Originally posted by eyelolled
Originally posted by Sephiroso
Originally posted by eyelolled
Originally posted by Sephiroso
People don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive. Let me rephrase, the majority of people don't pay for items just cause they're rare or exclusive, they pay for utility or looks.

Mounts in cash shops generally are faster than non cash shop mounts.

Costumes/weapons/armor in p2w games look cool, but also give you extra sockets or stats along with them.

Everything else is just vanity. Most people buy what looks cool, not because its rare or exclusive.

thanks for your bias opinion

bias opinion? what? how was what i said biased in any way shape or form?

edit: also to your post above mine, collector's edition has nothing to do with exclusivity. its a collector's item. exclusivitity is selling a mount during an event that you will never sell again afterwards. or similiar for a costume or etc.

collector's edition of games actually retain their value somewhat, at least to the people who often buy them. and also those collector's edition come with a shit ton of useful things that give you extra utility like i said.

your post was bias because it only showed one veiwpoint. Don't be offended, it's simply the truth. I'm not saying your wrong that some people feel that way, just not everybody and some people are to a completely different persuasion.

again, how was i only showing one view point? what i said is fact. you can make a poll in any game with a cash shop. people buy items from cash shops if they have actual utility uses(more exp, more rep, reset daily quests, etc) or for cosmetic reasons(weapon/armor skins, outfits, pets, etc)

very few if anyone solely buys anything JUST because its exclusive and rare and limited time only.

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