Real Money Auction House RMAH for poe
" Yes, GGG will profit. Increased trade activities will sooner or later drive the economy and bring more people into the game. Who says Joe and Tom would stop buying any more after buying pets? So long as they buy keep buying something from GGG, be it pets or points, GGG wins. If there is an inflation, i.e. the value of points go down, then more points are needed to buy stuffs, and such points can only come ultimately from GGG. If there is a deflation, the total money doesn't change much but people will still buy pets and other cosmetic stuffs, effectivelly removing the points from the market and thus either people or black market has to get more points and the only known source is GGG. I mean, the way I see, GGG will have to keep producing points, i.e. sell them in all situations. GGG has the monopoly over the points, unlike WoW gold, and has fixed price for that. Last edited by leeho730#6859 on Apr 30, 2012, 12:12:13 PM
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" First of all, I didn't ask if GGG made money, I asked which made them more money. A or B. It's a pretty simple question, with a fairly obvious answer. Second of all, you're overlooking the psychological aspects - If you already have 50 points on your account, it's far easier (and therefore more tempting) to buy something which costs 50 points or less. It's also more tempting to buy more points and buy something that costs more than 50 points, so that those points don't "Go to waste". I mean, click one button, spend points, or, find your wallet, pull out your credit card, go to the website, choose a package, enter your name/address/card number/expiration, confirm - one takes .1 second, the other takes, let's say, 30 seconds, which gives you 29.9 seconds to hesitate and change your mind. Third of all, your reply to Tagek implies that the number of points will always increase, resulting in inflation. This is incorrect for two reasons: The number of items will also increase (More supply = less demand = prices fall) and the number of points in the system can decrease from a variety of factors (People spend them, people quit the game and leave points on their account, etc.) countering the inflationary aspects of more and more points theoretically entering the system (although, past a certain threshhold, why would anyone ever buy points to add to the system? Why pay GGG $10 when you can pick one of the 10 world chat spammers you see within 30 seconds of logging in who offer you the same number of points for $9?) |
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" Because the currency, game points, doesn't stay in the market. When people buy cosmetic stuffs, pets, and other stuffs like increased stash or character slot, such activity will effectively remove the points from the whole economy. And sooner or later people will have to buy more points for further transactions. The way I see it, inflation will benefit GGG more since more money is needed to buy the stuffs and since people can buy points cheaper at the black market due to inflation, they'll buy the points at the black market and use it for other cosmetic stuffs or pets that will effectivey remove points from the current economy. And coupled with inflation, people will eventually need more points. No, I actually see the market stabilized, and since not all points will cirulate but wil be removed from circulation due to players buying cosmetic stuffs, pets and other miscellaneous stuffs, GGG will have to constantly sell the points. Because both black market and people depends on the circulated game points and thriving economy assumes that game points will be continuously supplied and that GGG is the only source. |
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Above anything, you can never deny that GGG would lose profit off the 'black market', which really was the point in the first place.
''Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
The silence is your answer.'' IGN: Vaeralyse |
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" Except he is. Whatever, leave it be. You'll need all your strength to make it through your shoe. :D |
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Becase you guys's biggest mistake is the assumption that circulated game points will not be removed from the economy. You assume people will not buy pets and other stuffs and that they will use points almost solely for trading items? It's like you guys saying that Steam Wallet feature will drive blak market since some people will want to get rid of money they have in the account (let's not forget the fact that Steam Wallet money can be gifted etc). The way I see it, game points are more like Steam Wallet dollars than anything else, like gold from WoW.
But at least you guys and I agree on one point: trading with points or RMAH are unethical and thus should never be implemented into PoE, since trading with points will also foster black market and gold farming. Last edited by leeho730#6859 on Apr 30, 2012, 12:45:51 PM
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Aww, there goes my second shoe as well.
''Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
The silence is your answer.'' IGN: Vaeralyse |
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" Then buy some. You may buy some game points to spend on cosmetic shoes in PoE :-) |
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" your comment that "trading with rmah is unethical" is totally invalid and complete nonsense. if player A has outgrown with his immortal king and wants to sell it to player B for $$$ via rmah, it is a willing buyer and willing seller scenario. nobody is pointing a gun at anybody's head and saying he/she should sell the item. both sides are willing parties and there is nothing unethical about this. 34pre98qua
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leeho730, you must be kidding, right?
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