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submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by Buttflapper@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

I thought this was a joke but it seems like it's actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

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[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 29 points 11 hours ago

At least it's not Star Citizen prices:

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

More like Scam Citizen.

[-] Hobo@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

What the fuck? Do people actually pay that for virtual bullshit? That's like the price of a used Honda!

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

There's also a pack containing every ship they've sold which you can only see/purchase if you've spent one thousand dollars in their ship store. I'll spoiler the price so you can try and guess how much it is first:

spoiler$48,000, not counting the $1000 you have to spend to be able to see it.

Edit: I should include the source for that price since (as mentioned) you can't even see the pack until you've dropped $1k

[-] SweetBilliam@midwest.social 5 points 7 hours ago

It's intended for whales and for the 65 crew members to split. But I can't imagine they sell many.

[-] Hamknight@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

That's still a little bit over $46 a player. So you'd have to have 65 whales agree to split it.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 hours ago

$46 a player isn’t unheard of, even outside whaling.

this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2024
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