i wont ever pay more than like 20 bucks for a vehicle (and even that is way too expensive, gaijin is showing their greed and incompetence with these prices. if they had them for cheaper, they would make a LOT more sales)
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Not really, the majority of people who buy top tier prems buy them regardless of the price. Like uh, inelastic demand from your economics class, if you want that vehicle, you’re going to buy it regardless.
If a prem were 1/3 of the price, I don’t think 3 times as many people would actually buy it, cause people aren’t just going to buy a prem they’re not interested in.
Sure most people here speak out against the very high prices, but we’re only a small minority of players.
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i disagree, if prices were 20 bucks and lower for all vehicles. they would have Massively increased sales.
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Only really pick up things to test them and give opinion on them to peers, but the increases in price is definitely making that harder to justify. Really should cap at $40-50 and just be reduced across the board when a new rank comes up.
75 euros here in the EU… for non western countries, Brazil for example i feel like the equivalent of that in local currency is a considerable percentage of the minimum wage. That price is just absolute coorporate greed! i will NEVER spend that much on a single vehicle, especially one subject to change by the whims of developers that have made VERY questionable decisions in the past. Ho 229 fighting F86 and mig 15 for example, or more recently the absolute pay2win premium UFO menace that were F89 and especially Su 11… For 75 euros i can buy 2 DCS modules, that are fully modelled with clickable cockpits and levels of realism that Warthunder can only dream of. Or i could buy groceries for 2 weeks!
The value just is not there, period. Imo these premiums should not be more than 30 euros, im sure a lot more people would buy them too at that price point.
In my eyes this is a huge middle finger to the community, coupled with unbridled greed by the devs. War Thunder is already hugely profitable, they make up about 3% of the hungarian tech GDP. Let that salivate on your tounges. They dont need to price things so high.
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We need justification for these prices!
How much extra work did this $75 premium vehicle take to develop over a $30 premium vehicle?
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Congrats, you worked out Capitalism.
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This vehicle can unlock the entire TT. While the $30 vehicle can not.
And? What does that matter? I’m concerned on how many more man hours it took to develop. If it takes equal time, than the high price isn’t justified.
The price is based on how much of the TT it can unlock.
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SUVs are useless.
Non-water drinks are more expensive than video games period.
Parties are expensive in time.
How is fair pricing based on development time stupid?
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I think the $75 prices are insane. $70 is already bad, $75 for a rank 8 premium is insane. The fact that we have rank 8 premiums is insane. If we’re going to have these though, I disagree with the static $75 USD price. I think that premiums should be priced by region based on that country’s HDI index and as a function of the minimum wage, median income, and cost of living there.
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Then all minor nations vehicles should cost an arm and a leg then.
$70 is the standard these days for games. Besides the rest is a terrible idea.
You’ll get your answer by looking at the game lobbies as soon as they are released.
Yeah, for entire games. Not just one of hundreds of parts of it…
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you mean the standard price for the. Entire game… and not just one vehicle/item… ?
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First of all, every premium vehicule from highest Ranks allow a full reward of research point, to be used on every Rank below and the rank above
–>so by this logic, the current rank 8 premium would be useful up to a Rank 9 of research
→ this makes it far more valuable than any other Premium vehicules
Secondly, the vehicule itself is an useful Mix of AA and AG capabilities, and surely one of the most versatile aircraft in game, despite some lacks in comparison to other aircraft we can have for free.
→ this makes it valuable
Thirdly, people didn’t mind to buy F-4S or other premium aircrafts before at their own full prices, leading Gaijin to the thinking of being Right about the proposed prices.
→ this explain the price itself.
As a results, enjoy your 75€/$/£ or Similar amount in other currencies.
50 bucks is Pretty bad… but yes 70 dollars for ONE vehicle, is beyond absurd.
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