What happens when game is made for only one purpose?

[Ficux]

What happens when game is made by Business Man and not by "gamers" for only one purpose - to monetize anything and everything?

I always liked some "pay to win" options in games (for few to ~20$) this gives a bit of OP feel and advantage over others, its fun if you got the money.
But this is ridiculous, to see people spending 100.000 USD, I mean ofcourse, if you are rich/won a jackpot, you dont care about money and how much anything costs
IMHO prices are a bit too high, well at least for me Ive spent ~600$.. and still getting owned as a kid lol..


For example, Mystery shop, those prices are insane IMHo. 45 balens(45 cents)/reset, and odds are so low i want to cry lol - Ive spent 4000 balens on shop reset and did not got a single lvl6 gem...
And prices for general items in Mystery shop is also insane.. - 145 balens for 1 lvl60 legendary stone...


http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1016417/-100-000-Whales-An

Discuss!

[shynnblu]

sorry to tell you, but r2 does not have the same noble aspirations like google or wikipedia. their purpose is simply to make as much money as possible in the shortest possible time,because to them, money is of much greater importance than any other kind of values, say fairness or intergrity.

[dwmedia]

Stop make 200 threeds a day for same questens just write in the three some alredy make use the serch buttons.

[Tranc3motion]

Some people make $20,000 a year, some make $100,000 a year, some make over $1,000,000 a year. Spend what you can afford to enjoy the game. If you really want to be #1 that bad, get a better job, make more money, then you have more income at your disposal.

[Barbarossa]

Ultimately these games are for enjoyment. Players will spend money on what they enjoy and if its this game then that's fine. R2 is simply making money off of their enjoyment.

[Daehawk]

Some people make $20,000 a year, some make $100,000 a year, some make over $1,000,000 a year. Spend what you can afford to enjoy the game. If you really want to be #1 that bad, get a better job, make more money, then you have more income at your disposal.

Or Rob a bank / win the lottery

[DeathRiver]

Or Rob a bank / win the lottery

Or marry someone loaded.

[minhman0612]

Well pretty much spend as much as your wallet can take it.