As I understand, the price of PLEX jumped in preparation of the announcement, but gamers were discouraged to find only 100 cards would be available. The market then dropped when people realized you were spending $300 in PLEX to get a sub-$200 card. The US players weren't thrilled, to say the least.
The idea is cool but it only appeals to people who haven't heard of Newegg.
Wow that was really smart. Eve online pays Nvidia for 100 cards, so $20,000? ROI = Eve's in game currency value goes up and they get a bigger player base. So more people will buy the in game currency, and more people will spend more real life $ (dollars) to do it.
I love complicated monetization strategy like this, well played whether it works or not. Cool to see companies trying new things.
As I understand, the price of PLEX jumped in preparation of the announcement, but gamers were discouraged to find only 100 cards would be available. The market then dropped when people realized you were spending $300 in PLEX to get a sub-$200 card. The US players weren't thrilled, to say the least.
The idea is cool but it only appeals to people who haven't heard of Newegg.
Isn't 1xPLEX worth about half a billion ISK these days?
To earn 10bil ISK you'd need to work a lot. My mining ship pulls in 8mil/hour. 7.5 weeks mining by yourself round the clock.
Mining isn't very profitable in EVE compared to mission running and Incursions. But, for your average player 10bil ISK is still way out of their league. That's a lot of space ships they could buy and blow up.
screw mining, there are better ways to make isk. Also, since this is actually a way to convert isk back into something valued in the real-world (not counting game time), the sub-optimal conversion rate of plex-to-videocard is still awesome. (The short supply is not awesome.)
That's still 10 - 14 days of playtime grinding incursions at the optimistic rate I posted. I have a full-time student job and make that much money in 2-3 days. Seriously, get a job :P.
I make about 2 billion daily in market transactions profit. So no, it's not a lot. There are people out there, who own and earn numbers far beyond your comprehension.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
That's still 10 - 14 days of playtime grinding incursions at the optimistic rate I posted. I have a full-time student job and make that much money in 2-3 days. Seriously, get a job :P.
A wild dras has appeared.
Srsly, from what I can tell you hadn't posted in almost a year XD
I dunno, I can make 160m an hour doing incursions. You can pay for the card with PLEX, true, but you don't necessarily pay for the PLEX with cash. If I make 15bn isk a month I won't need to spend $300 on PLEX. I also heard CCP are setting up "EVE Central Bank" to regulate the price and sale of PLEX. Was second if not third hand rumour though.
Congrats to nVidia and the EVE guys for finding a brilliant way to further monetize their game and community.
Personally, I'm a little disgusted by the idea of grinding/farming/mining/questing for those hours just to earn a middle-class graphics card... which almost anyone playing a game like EVE will already have or surpass in their rig.
It's a nifty idea, but I don't see the appeal. But then again, EVE itself is a giant list of chores. So ultimately, I'd rather pay nothing and go fast.
Personally, I'm a little disgusted by the idea of grinding/farming/mining/questing for those hours just to earn a middle-class graphics card... which almost anyone playing a game like EVE will already have or surpass in their rig.
Gonna go out on a limb and say this is a cheap experiment.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
I'd venture to say that not everyone who plays EVE has a graphics card that doesn't just barely scrape by. Hell, they've released updates that have caused people I know to have to either upgrade or quit playing. This might be exactly what some people need to get out of the "oh gods I turn off the stars and can barely moooooooove!" and into the "Yay, full speed Accountants In Space!"
I'd guess its a cheap experiment and also because they've made a point of mentioning that the 560 is the most common graphics card in EVE Online when showcasing the new technology they're planning on implementing in the future. They showed this video at FanFest and it looks freaking sick - they worked on it with NVIDIA.
This doesn't appear to be too far removed from Blizzard's Diablo 3 auction house strategy, though, where loot is bought and sold (using real world currency) from and to other players. Making a living, or at least making money (as a start) from gaming is going to be the future, hands down.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Making a living, or at least making money (as a start) from gaming is going to be the future, hands down.
Making a living, or at least making money (as a start) from gaming is going to be the future, hands down.
I'll keep my day job.
Me too. I do not see gaming as a lifestyle becoming anything "common place" (i.e. ehh, should I major in accounting or go professional gaming?). It may become slightly less niche, but give that the (highly unprofessional, but taking into account the major competitive games) total of 2011 prizes, at $6.5 million, up from ~$1.4 (non-scientific totally random google search source), pro-gaming is going to remain niche. If you are referring to gold sellers/auction house, etc ... if farming CONSTANTLY is your kinda gaming experience ... I guess that will work, but I would be unable to enjoy that game :/ Maybe that is just me, but working for 8-10 hours a day farming in whatever manner, then playing for a few hours with friends doing "fun stuff" just wouldn't work.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Actually, if you're going to play EVE, I'd recommend majoring in accounting anyway.
Actually, if you're going to play EVE, I'd recommend majoring in accounting anyway.
Did.
And perhaps, Tushon, but say an alliance leader makes £10,000 a month selling rare or valuable items (presumably a large alliance where real money can be used on the market) then it stands to reason there would be systems in place where alliance members which contribute are rewarded or contracted. Or players help make the money to buy that shipment of ten graphics cards and gets their share once they've been sold. Stuff like that seems more than possible to me in later years.
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The idea is cool but it only appeals to people who haven't heard of Newegg.
ROI = Eve's in game currency value goes up and they get a bigger player base. So more people will buy the in game currency, and more people will spend more real life $ (dollars) to do it.
I love complicated monetization strategy like this, well played whether it works or not. Cool to see companies trying new things.
20 PLEX = 9.7bil ISK = $320 +/- USD
Mining isn't very profitable in EVE compared to mission running and Incursions. But, for your average player 10bil ISK is still way out of their league. That's a lot of space ships they could buy and blow up.
Also, since this is actually a way to convert isk back into something valued in the real-world (not counting game time), the sub-optimal conversion rate of plex-to-videocard is still awesome. (The short supply is not awesome.)
Srsly, from what I can tell you hadn't posted in almost a year XD
I also heard CCP are setting up "EVE Central Bank" to regulate the price and sale of PLEX. Was second if not third hand rumour though.
Personally, I'm a little disgusted by the idea of grinding/farming/mining/questing for those hours just to earn a middle-class graphics card... which almost anyone playing a game like EVE will already have or surpass in their rig.
It's a nifty idea, but I don't see the appeal. But then again, EVE itself is a giant list of chores. So ultimately, I'd rather pay nothing and go fast.
http://youtu.be/8k7oaz8mWug
This doesn't appear to be too far removed from Blizzard's Diablo 3 auction house strategy, though, where loot is bought and sold (using real world currency) from and to other players. Making a living, or at least making money (as a start) from gaming is going to be the future, hands down.
And perhaps, Tushon, but say an alliance leader makes £10,000 a month selling rare or valuable items (presumably a large alliance where real money can be used on the market) then it stands to reason there would be systems in place where alliance members which contribute are rewarded or contracted. Or players help make the money to buy that shipment of ten graphics cards and gets their share once they've been sold. Stuff like that seems more than possible to me in later years.
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