KiraTsukasa wrote: »

They've ALWAYS had limited time items in the Crown Store, ESPECIALLY mounts, and some costumes. The only things that have NEVER been subjected to this are DLC, things like character slots, and consumables.

Yeah, not like this though. I've been around since the beginning and it got a lot worse once the crate went live.

I just wish the time frame was longer, maybe like 2 weeks, that way I wouldn't have to check in every couple of days to see if I want whatever item they have on sale

NyassaV wrote: »

Yeah, a month seems like a reasonable idea. That actually allows people who don't play this game obsessively to find nice things

I agree.
I dont know if anyone buys items just because theyre limited. People usually buy what they like, and if the timeframe wouldnt be so limited more people would buy those items.
I'm also unsure if this decision is actually based on something. I mean, if we check crown store offers, a lot of prices dont make any sense, like Celestial motif or some of the basic furniture pieces. CS management seems a bit detached from the community imo.

I was in game, and saw in zone chat someone asking if "the DB house was going to be available again" in the future. When people pointed out that it was currently available, the player who had asked the question said that they knew that, and they were asking because they "really wanted it, but if they bought it they wouldn't be able to eat this week."

I was horrified.

THIS is what is wrong with the limited sales. Not that I'm says ZOS shouldn't do time-limited offerings in the Crown Store, but that the super short time periods (3 days? 4 days?) they currently run, because they often fall between paychecks, and because they are not announced far enough in advance to allow budgeting (and even the date announcements don't include a price), can make it so players who would perhaps be able to purchase the items if they had the ability to budget for them instead have to choose between basic necessities and making the purchase of a luxury item. ZOS should re-evaluate their thinking. They should also be ashamed.

Psyonico wrote: »

I just wish the time frame was longer, maybe like 2 weeks, that way I wouldn't have to check in every couple of days to see if I want whatever item they have on sale

I wonder how they can make more money on the 4 day window?
First many miss the sale, other don't have money during the window.
An 14 day period would give the same buying pressure but larger audience.

I like how these threads crop up to complain instead of taking that energy and hustling some side money with it if the crown store items really mean that much to you. But it takes far less effort to blame others.

And zone chat guy who was seriously debating between feeding himself and buying a digital doll house? No, that's his situation that he's avoiding. ZOS shouldn't feel ashamed about that at all. They're not responsible for the actions and consequences for how people live their lives and occupy their time.

Product development teams are not life coaches or even conscientious bartenders.

Gladium wrote: »

I get paid on the 15th of every month, so I suppose the world revolves around me.

But, I have a serious question: If you are living paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford microtransactions at certain times of the month, should you be buying them at all?

Yeah, it's not like us poor people could ever possibly want to spend a small amount of money on something that brings us pleasure and releases us from the stress of every day life in a world hurtling at ever-increasing speeds towards post-capitalist dystopia. No, that is just silly. Only rich people like not being stressed.

But back on topic at hand. The prices for these limited time offers is stupidly exaggerated. I live in Australia, and the Sithis statue alone would cost me $35. Thirty-***-five bloody dollars! The Erstwhile Sanctuary, which is the *only* house I would have ever considered paying for with real money, is $130. I don't care how rich you are, you should never be spending $130 on a *** digital house you won't even own forever because the servers will inevitably be one day shut down.

It's not so much the fact that it's a limited time deal, it's the fact that ZOS has upped the prices on these bloody things so much that the vast majority of players could never even think of affording them. $130 is how much it costs me to get a service done on my car. I'm not taking money from that to spend in-game no matter how much I want the house.

I know they want to get as much money out of this as they possibly can, but limiting houses to $50 at the absolute most, and having them online for much longer will make it much easier for many more players to buy it. Honestly, they wouldn't even need to increase the percentage that much because I can't imagine more than 2% of the player base buys this stuff like this. I know of only one bloke who bought it in all of my guilds, and he's a bit... well... obsessive. Everyone else took a look at the crown store price and immediately went "*** that ***" and did something else.

Seriously, ZOS, be reasonable. If you're going to release a house, make it a reasonably price, and make it purchasable with in-game gold, even if it costs something like 10 million. Just give us a bloody option, you greedy, soulless, vampiric, leeches. You're starting to turn into EA!