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Won't be buying for me will buy some games for my switch instead
LOL ...you guys are too funny. Hell, when my friends and I get together for a 'Gaming Weekend', we'll spend $80 just on a run to Taco Bell ..... :p
"The world outside is so big, but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name..."
I THINK FOR MYSELF, THEREFORE.... I'M AN ATHEIST !!!
Make that 5 because I'm not buying it either. Also, Hearthstone will always be popular. Why? The same reason Musicians earn more than doctors: because their music can easily reach the entire planet while for doctors it's hard to sell their service across the world without travelling.
I sure hope this game won't reach outer space because I don't really want our home planet to be bombarded by aliens who lost some games of Hearthstone because of RNG.
Are you talking about massive chart topping artists making more money than doctors? I'd guess the average musician makes way less than a doctor.
And the main problem with kids of today is when you tell them this, they just don't believe you.
Guys we better act quick on this insider trading information. Sell stock fast. I'm logging on to E-Trade now...
this thread has gone too far lol
You can pay if you want it does not matter. You can grind them coins if you want.
The point is its the players damn choice/
This isnt game of thrones where we will strip you naked and shame you throughout your hometown or whatever.
Do whatever the hell you want.
Im going back to playing MTG because good grief this community is flipping out over a damn comestic skin.....
Do or do not. There is no try.
I also just don't get it. I don't like to be dismissive but god damn this just comes of as complete and total entitled BS to me. Does anyone have any idea how fucking ecstatic I would have been to have daily quests that gave me anywhere from 20-80 cents and 10 cents for every three wins during my MTG playing days!? That the moment I decided I would play magic that I would just get, FOR FREE all of the current core set!? That at the start of every expansion they would reduce the cost of packs to 1.00 per pack for 80 (50) packs!? As it stands Hearthstone packs usd value is STILL cheaper than MTG was back in 1993.
Now before people go in on me I understand there are some differences. Firstly cost to actually make a physical card and of course having the physical card. However this is mostly a perception based difference for most players, unless you are a collector who took very good care of their cards and intend to make some money off their increased valuation.
But for most that is not the case. Functionally HS packs are exactly the same to me as a MTG pack only cheaper, with me getting a ton of free cards for just playing the game and when I do spend money getting vastly more bang for my buck in general, especially at a expansion launch. So it's really difficult for me to sympathize with anyone who whines because they want a skin that is purely cosmetic that is attached to a bundle. It's akin to an MTG player bitching about wanting a particular play mat but you can only get it if you buy this new MTG expansion bundle. It's just mind boggling to me.
The initial creator of this thread doesn’t even like the skin , he thinks this MechaJaraxxus is super ugly.
He just complained that HS is too expensive, and because the bundle costs 20% of some people’s monthly income therefore it should also cost x amount less ( wich it does kinda in some countries) . Even if Blizzard pays their employees the US standards.
Its like someone allowed you to visit a super nice Park for free, you can walk or hire a bike to get there faster( wich allows you to spend more time, and explore more stuff) OP claims to never use a bike , loving to walk , but is very upset about the hiring cost of that Bike. So upset he makes a thread to convince others that it’s too expensive (in his eyes) to lower the hiring cost of that Bike that makes new attractions, and free entry to the Park possible.
LOL ..... no, for the group dork :p
Although it is funny to order that much food through the drive-thru and have just two people in the car when we pull up to the window.
:)
"The world outside is so big, but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name..."
I THINK FOR MYSELF, THEREFORE.... I'M AN ATHEIST !!!
I think the point of this thread has flown over most people's head, most answers were even addressed by edits to the orginal post and still it's like reading an echo chamber of people posting the same crap lol.
The original point to this thread mis-used terminology to be purposefully divisive. The OP himself admitted this was never going to be an issue he personally had to deal with because he spends no money on the game. The only real point was to be dishonest by mis-using terminology, like loot boxes and incite people. So, goal accomplished I suppose.
If you want the skin you have to fork over 80 bucks(or more depending on where you live). That's the pill many can't swallow. It would be sensible of them to create more options for the players.
Then don't buy that thing that is purely cosmetic and has no real impact on anything. It's beyond ridiculous to me that the logic here is "I want this pretty thing that is purely cosmetic but don't want to buy the bundle, I QUIT PLAYING YOUR GAME EVEN THOUGH THIS THING I WANT HAS LITERALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GAMEPLAY".
It's a bitter pill, I won't argue, but it's just not that serious.
Further more we may get an opportunity to get it later.
It's a cosmetic
Next time Blizzard will offer two different skins, each associate with different pre-order promotions. Just marketing i guess.
I think i prefer to get the skin free, it feels good to have something different (other than the cards) on release of the new expansion.
I think it could be considered encouraging harrassment the way he is going about it regardless all he does is further devalue any argument against the bundle. Sure it sucks if you really want the skin and not the packs but hey that's not Blizzard's problem their problem is appeasing their shareholders.
That's true. Honestly, I'm let down. I thought he was going to make a funny comment, considering the account name he chose. Instead, he chose to make it worse for himself and have everyone immediately against him. And he calls his idea a gift... what a load of ego filled shit.
May he never taste success in his life.
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There are a lot of side arguments and minutia being addressed here over the past couple of days and that's all well and good, but something I've noticed more and more is the notion of this being a bad business practice. This is objectively false.
Eschewing issues with the term "business practice", I'll just say that the advisability of offering an item to purchase can be judged by the cost of the item vs projected sales, the likelihood of enticing (or discouraging) future business, and effects on brand identity. Brand identity is such a small consideration with game developers, it doesn't deserve much of a mention.
Cost of offering this bundle is very close to zero. The card back and set of cards were already developed. Whatever costs involved in animating and voicing the hero skin will not in any way threaten the profit margin here.
As much as some in this thread would like to pretend this is going to cause a mass exodus from the game, there is no evidence to suggest that and plenty of history to suggest the opposite. New expansions generally either grow the player base or cause no change. I base this claim on three years of revenue reports from Blizzard.
Anyone who is seriously considering buying more than 50 packs at any point during Boomsday Project's run is obviously facing a large value proposition in buying either the 80 bundle or both bundles. Anyone who was NOT considering buying more than 50 packs might reconsider upon seeing the chance to buy more packs at the lower rate. Anyone who isn't going to buy ANY packs is unaffected either way.
If you aren't following, this is a great business practice.
As to why they don't do <50 pack bundles, the answer would require data we don't have, but I assure you there is an answer. Perhaps Blizzard believes that if they offer a $20 bundle, more people will skip the 50 bundle to buy the 20 than would buy the 20 when they otherwise would buy nothing. If that was the case, the $20 bundle would lose them money. This is one of several possible reasons.
Feelings are feelings, opinions are opinions, a lot of the pontificating on business practices going on here is just flat uninformed.
I'm loving mecha-jaraxxus into regular jaraxxus games. Good times.
Helpful Clarification on Forbidden Topics for Hearthstone Forums:
Enjoying Americans winning in the Olympics is forbidden because it is political. A 14 plus page discussion of state-sponsored lawsuits against a multi-national corporation based on harassment, discrimination, and wrongful death allegations is apparently not political enough to raise an issue.
That is the complete opposite of what I said. I was quoting other users. My complaints were about how content we used to get for free (the hero portraits) are being paywalled to a limited time $80 preorder.
Not once in my OP did I mention the foreign exchange rates. My complaints were because the Mega Bundle adds fuckall and they wanna charge $80 for it.
(Although, the foreign players do bring up a good point. The exchange rates for the Mega Bundle in countries like Poland and Russia are not pretty.)
Firstly, shit analogy. Secondly the original topic of the thread was on how the Mega Bundle was paywalling a hero portrait, when we get those for free, and also because the Mega Bundle is just a slightly bigger preorder bundle. As a sidenote, I also pointed out my long standing belief that preordering video games (let alone preordering loot boxes) is absurd and honestly anticonsumer.
But hey, it’s okay that you didn’t read my long ass OP. It’s not like I left a tl;dr explaining all my points for people like you.
EXCEPT I TOTALLY DID! OOPS!
I guess you couldn’t be bothered to read it because it’s not another copy and paste toxic post, calling me and over a hundred other users entitled when they explain why they don’t like this bundle. Oh well I guess that’s my fault too. But please, continue calling me entitled. I wallow in it.