Iccotak wrote: »

Yuffie91 wrote: »

I was browsing the store and noticed crown crates missing. Googeling around a bit I found out that this is because I live in Belgium and loot crates are against the law here. However this makes me wonder..how are we ment to get crown crate items then? How are we ment to get apex crystals? Why has there been no solution from zos for us? It seems a bit unfair we are being denied so many things..

it's almost like they should drop crown crates in favor of direct purchases, they'd probably garner more positive PR and more money that way

something that Destiny did which I agree with

There's no way they'd make more money that way since every item would have to have a cap set to it on it's value. Think of MTG or Pokemon booster packs, they cost $10 dollars or so for the pack, but they could contain $10 worth of cards, or $80 worth of cards depending on what cards are actually in it. The difference here though, is that every MTG card has a value, but it's a third party value. Wizards of the Coast does not set a value on individual cards themselves, only on packs.

But ZOS sets a value for individual items on the store themselves, which means a mount that costs 3k crowns can never be sold for more than 3k crowns. So if only 10 people buy that mount they will never make that much money off that item.

But Radiant mounts have no "value". There is no dollar number attached to those mounts, since there is no set amount of crates it takes to get one...only an estimated amount. But that number is different for each end user. That means that ZOS could make as little as $5 bucks of a player who loots one, or as much as $1,500 dollars off a player...or more. There is no hard cap on the price. As someone who buys a lot of crowns, there are players who probably spent $10k+ to get all of the radiant mounts. With a price cap set by direct sales, they're not going to make $10k off players per purchase. Which is what funds the game.

There are a lot of people who only spend the bare amount of money to play ESO, the price of admission and nothing else. But it is the people who buy from the restaurants, concession stands, season pass subscriptions, Fast Passes, and merch that keep a theme park up and running. The family that spent $40 on tickets for 4 one time out of 5 years isn't going to put a dent in keep a park online, but the family that spends $1,500 on a park's hotel for a week, and $3,000 for tickets + concession and merch every 4 or 5 months as a regular event will keep the lights on.

While I get that the people who only pay for price of admission want to also eat at the restaurant, get the T-Shirts, and skip the lines, only those willing to help pay a games internet bills and rent will reap those rewards.