How much will houses cost?

jedtb16_ESO · December 2016

hagermanj wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

hagermanj wrote: »

The best part of what I read so far, is that you can own multiple houses. YAAH

Yeah.... You go and do that... Then you will end up broke like many professional athletes. Just because you make $15M a year doesn't mean you can support four multi million properties, and buy six Lamborghini's.

Even if you not living in the house you still gotta pay the utility bills and real estate taxes!

Will there be any on going cost ( weekly fees ) that you will have to pay? I hope not.

looking at the links that santie posted there are no ongoing cost's..... you buy and that's it.

Iselin · December 2016

hagermanj wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

hagermanj wrote: »

The best part of what I read so far, is that you can own multiple houses. YAAH

Yeah.... You go and do that... Then you will end up broke like many professional athletes. Just because you make $15M a year doesn't mean you can support four multi million properties, and buy six Lamborghini's.

Even if you not living in the house you still gotta pay the utility bills and real estate taxes!

Will there be any on going cost ( weekly fees ) that you will have to pay? I hope not.

No. They asked over at massively and the answer was that you just pay the cost of the house one time and that's it.

rotaugen454 · December 2016

Don't forget the weekly visit from the Khajiit 'Protection Outfit' demanding gold.
"Nice house, yes? Would be shame if anything happened to it."

Pallmor · December 2016

Expect to pay a modest amount in the Crown Store, or a huge fortune in gold. Your choice.

andreasranasen · December 2016

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

andreasranasen wrote: »

AverageJo3Gam3r wrote: »

I think the gold vendor costs are illustrative. Gold jewelry and monster sets are intended for end game players. If they want a progression in housing where manors are intended to be purchased by end game players, I think we'll see something along the lines of 100k-250k for a manor.

250k is something end game players can make in a couple of hours. That's nothing. Manors should be around 1 Million gold.

Thats likely what we're looking at. About 20-60k for Small Houses, 100-500k for Medium Houses and 1-3 million for Manors.

I expect the Crown Store to be a little more lenient on housing costs. Probably 1000 -1500 for Small, 2000-3000 for Medium and 4000-11000 for Manors

No i don't think so. ZOS would want to make it cheaper to buy them directly from the Crown Store rather than using your in-game gold. If houses are cheaper using in-game gold, 99% of players will buy them using in-game gold = no profit for ZOS.

Sigtric · December 2016

Dagoth_Rac wrote: »

Sigtric wrote: »

Let's speculate a bit.

We know there is going to be one island manor that will be purchasable via crowns only, as per the two interviews on MMORPG and Massively today. It is the same item and player cap as a regular manor available via in-game gold.

Let's say it is the cost of one 5500 pack of crowns. ( I hope not!)

If we base the in-game value of a single crown on the cost of a crown soul gem (10 for 400 crowns), 40 crowns (one crown soul gem) is equal to 500 gold, the cost of a filled grand gem from a Mystic.

If my mathing is correct (hey probably not, numbers are dumb) thennnnnn

40 goes into 5500 137.5 times...
137.5 x 500 gold = 68,750 gold.

I'd guess we'd see some gold mark up on that, for gold sink reasons. 100k gold for a manor sized house, maybe?

Granted, this is assuming there is a set value for determining item cost in the crown store.

2500 crowns for a premium crown store mount, using this conversion above puts us at about 31000 gold. The highest gold cost mount is 40k? So maybe this isn't far off? /shrug

That seems way too low. Anyone and everyone would just pay the in-game gold for the biggest house. It looks like a lot of time and effort went into housing, which will be a free DLC. In-game gold does not pay the salaries of developers and designers. Crowns do. So while I would expect the smaller houses to be reasonably priced in gold, I think the big houses will cost a lot of gold. Not impossible amounts, but high enough that very few players will be able to acquire (or want to part with) that much gold. Which will drive players to spend crowns on the fanciest houses and thus pay for the development costs.

It definitely could be way low. Sounds like it. Buuuuut... that's why its speculation

Ghettokid · December 2016

Something abouta tree fiddy.

Blackfyre20 · December 2016

Maybe I'm way off with this but I think the prices thrown around on here are way too high... Housing caters to PVE casuals as much as anyone, many of whom have never seen 1 million gold and never will. I would think that ZOS would make it more reasonable for players like this to buy houses, even the big ones, seeing as most things they do attempt to cater to the whole "play as you want" kinda thing.

Tannus15 · December 2016

Blackfyre20 wrote: »

Maybe I'm way off with this but I think the prices thrown around on here are way too high... Housing caters to PVE casuals as much as anyone, many of whom have never seen 1 million gold and never will. I would think that ZOS would make it more reasonable for players like this to buy houses, even the big ones, seeing as most things they do attempt to cater to the whole "play as you want" kinda thing.

I'm betting almost all people will be able afford small house
Most players will be able to afford a medium house
Some players will be able to afford a large house

This will encourage the "PVE casuals" to try out housing, get hooked and then buy a big house with crowns.

akl77 · December 2016

Tip: start savings now!

unchainedzulu · December 2016

Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »

andreasranasen wrote: »

AverageJo3Gam3r wrote: »

I think the gold vendor costs are illustrative. Gold jewelry and monster sets are intended for end game players. If they want a progression in housing where manors are intended to be purchased by end game players, I think we'll see something along the lines of 100k-250k for a manor.

250k is something end game players can make in a couple of hours. That's nothing. Manors should be around 1 Million gold.

Thats likely what we're looking at. About 20-60k for Small Houses, 100-500k for Medium Houses and 1-3 million for Manors.

I expect the Crown Store to be a little more lenient on housing costs. Probably 1000 -1500 for Small, 2000-3000 for Medium and 4000-11000 for Manors

Well, you know ZOS takes all the forum comments seriously, so we should all be talking about lower amounts and how that is what we expect, so we dont' give them any grand ideas about $40M for a house...

quadraxis666 · December 2016

Same houses (unfurnished and fully furnished) will also be available in the crown store. So buying with ingame gold will definitely be atrociously expensive - prohibitively expensive for the majority of players in order to encourage crown sales.

susmitds · December 2016

Honestly, the average players can't afford a million (quote average), so I would say that's what we should expect as the manor price.

akl77 · December 2016

Buying a horse in game costs 40k, so shouldn't a small house be much costs than a horse in real life? At least twice as much.

Inklings · December 2016

I'd like to see the biggest houses actually be rare. If I was in charged the mansions would have a 10 million gold price.

Acrolas · December 2016

It's a weird system with a socialistic base and a capitalistic extension. Another instance like the Harborage quest line where it would be fine in a single player game but feels unnatural in an MMO. I can't think of another world example where everybody gets something of tangible and perceived value for free but you can buy more if you want.

So it's hard to predict what houses would cost because it's uncertain whether the system is ultimately geared toward participation by everyone or if it's intentionally a tiered privileged. But I'm not even supposed to be here. I was going to take a forum hiatus until I finally found a cipher and a dozen dust. Ironically, the cipher is probably on the body of a dead guy who's now buried under a house I'm going to buy...

Delpi · December 2016

If houses don't have storage I won't buy anyone... I would be a homeless khajit xD

Jim_Pipp · December 2016

While all speculation, I think it is significant that there is no paid DLC with the housing update.

I expect housing will function as a necessary gold sink in game, so houses will be prohibitively expensive with gold... I expect millions so that large houses are unobtainable for players who don't do a lot of trading/farming. So to get a house many will 'choose' to buy with crowns because they are more accessible.

How many crowns? Probably more than we expect because these are desirable items and the alternative would be weeks or months of grinding/saving. I would be pleased if a large house cost less than 10k crowns. Houses will be a consistent money maker long after the game eventually goes free to play, so EXPECT even more awesome houses to appear in the crown store in coming years. A tower in coldharbour? your own pocket realm of oblivion? I will be saving my crowns for a while.

akl77 · December 2016

akl77 wrote: »

Buying a horse in game costs 40k, so shouldn't a small house be much costs than a horse in real life? At least twice as much.

My guess is:
Small house 80k (horse 40k x2)
Medium house 400k (80k x5)
Large house 2million (400k x5) or possible 400k x10 so 4 million.

Glaiceana · December 2016

rotaugen454 wrote: »

Don't forget the weekly visit from the Khajiit 'Protection Outfit' demanding gold.
"Nice house, yes? Would be shame if anything happened to it."

@SantieClaws would only be doing security guard like work I think? Think of it as insurance. She comes to check your belongings are fine, and the house is secure, and then leaves, each week, all is fine

Lukums1 · December 2016

I love how ( All houses will be obtainable from crown store ) YAY. I don't have to use in game gold.

WAIT THERE'S MORE

For a COMPLETE decked out house - you can buy this also as a PACKAGE from the crown store.

GG ZOS GG.

Tai-Chi · December 2016

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

threefarms wrote: »

Like a lot? I got imperial edition so I would get an imperial house.

At this point, I think it is all speculation. Sounds like you will get an apartment for doing the quest, and then you will be able to purchase bigger homes with gold. My guess is that the biggest houses will cost several million, but that is just a guess.

Seeing that at any given point in time I have only had around 300K-400K I'm not sure I will ever really indulge in housing lol. I guess I have to finally join a trade guild or farm stuff for sale.

I might be looking for a Butler, Housecarl, Gardener and Groom. If you are interested, please forward your CV.

Accommodation provided above the stable block.

Lady Y. P.

Publius_Scipio · December 2016

Tai-Chi wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

threefarms wrote: »

Like a lot? I got imperial edition so I would get an imperial house.

At this point, I think it is all speculation. Sounds like you will get an apartment for doing the quest, and then you will be able to purchase bigger homes with gold. My guess is that the biggest houses will cost several million, but that is just a guess.

Seeing that at any given point in time I have only had around 300K-400K I'm not sure I will ever really indulge in housing lol. I guess I have to finally join a trade guild or farm stuff for sale.

I might be looking for a Butler, Housecarl, Gardener and Groom. If you are interested, please forward your CV.

Accommodation provided above the stable block.

Lady Y. P.

I don't have time to prune your shrubbery Lady Y.P.

Elsonso · December 2016

Eshelmen wrote: »

If they want to make it a grind, I'd expect the houses to be a high price.
I wouldn't be surprised for a big house to cost $1 mill each.

Yeah.

However, I would be cautious about price speculation before they announce them. They are always watching, and if we come up with a better (larger) price, they can always change it.

Edit: All houses should sell for 1 gold.

Ghost-Shot · December 2016

Going by the lack of functionality, I would expect not much.

Pheefs · December 2016

my Lord Sheogorath suggests, that the in-game cost of the highest level housing be calculated from the current average cost of a Guild Trader.

With Cheese & Butterflies,

(certainly we know that Gold is out there & moving around right now!)

Eshelmen · December 2016

Sunver wrote: »

Four-hundred million billion.

That's just for the house crate rng boxes on the crown store. Lol

Tryxus · December 2016

Maybe the same as in Daggerfall, with the cheapest house being 250-300k and the more expensive ones up to 1 Mil?

Laerian · December 2016

Hundreds, millions lol...

Housing have never been a luxury in mmos but it would not surprise me if they try something "new", like overhyping a new feature, then make it obtainable by in game rich ones.

andreasranasen · December 2016

Tai-Chi wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

threefarms wrote: »

Like a lot? I got imperial edition so I would get an imperial house.

At this point, I think it is all speculation. Sounds like you will get an apartment for doing the quest, and then you will be able to purchase bigger homes with gold. My guess is that the biggest houses will cost several million, but that is just a guess.

Seeing that at any given point in time I have only had around 300K-400K I'm not sure I will ever really indulge in housing lol. I guess I have to finally join a trade guild or farm stuff for sale.

I might be looking for a Butler, Housecarl, Gardener and Groom. If you are interested, please forward your CV.

Accommodation provided above the stable block.

Lady Y. P.

Would be dope if you could have your own little glam squad room in your mansion. A room dedicated for all your Style Parlor needs.