Better cosmetic than pay-to-win (Destiny)

by Speedracer513 , Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 14:58 (3536 days ago) @ someotherguy

But even better to have neither.

I'll disagree.

Absolutely, pay-to-win is bad - and totally warrants any community backlash.

However, having microtransactions for purely cosmetic items is not only a perfectly reasonable business strategy, but it offers a pure free-market habitat where people that want shiny things can get their shiny things and the creators of those shiny things get compensated for the value of their art. People that don't want the shiny things (that don't affect their game at all) can continue to ignore the side market. I fail to see a loser in this scenario. That said, I am very interested to hear counter-arguments and reasons/examples where cosmetic transactions are harmful.

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This is a promise - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 12:55
- ----Line in the sand---- - INSANEdrive, 2015-06-23, 13:00
- Couldn't you just eat a sock or something? - someotherguy, 2015-06-23, 13:02
- :/ - ZackDark, 2015-06-23, 13:09
  - :/ - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 13:26
    - :/ - Speedracer513, 2015-06-23, 13:31
    - :/ - stabbim, 2015-06-23, 13:31
      - :/ - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 13:44
        
        Opportunity cost. - General Battuta, 2015-06-23, 15:51
  - I feel like I wandered into a Mary Kay pitch. - Vortech, 2015-06-23, 17:58
- Well, uhm, cya I guess. - CougRon, 2015-06-23, 13:55
- Don't tempt them! - Funkmon, 2015-06-23, 14:17
  - Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 14:22
    - Don't tempt them! - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 14:32
      - Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 14:34
        
        Don't tempt them! - Speedracer513, 2015-06-23, 14:39
        
        Better cosmetic than pay-to-win - someotherguy, 2015-06-23, 14:47
        
        Better cosmetic than pay-to-win - Speedracer513, 2015-06-23, 14:58
        
        Better cosmetic than pay-to-win - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:02
        
        *Reach - CyberKN, 2015-06-23, 15:07
        
        In full price games? Not cool. - someotherguy, 2015-06-23, 15:07
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 14:57
        
        Don't tempt them! - Speedracer513, 2015-06-23, 15:10
        
        Don't tempt them! - Korny, 2015-06-23, 16:03
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 16:17
        
        Don't tempt them! - Korny, 2015-06-23, 17:16
        
        Don't tempt them! - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 14:57
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:00
        
        Don't tempt them! - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-23, 15:24
        
        My plan. - Funkmon, 2015-06-23, 15:29
        
        My plan. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-23, 15:32
        
        I will dance if you want me to - unoudid, 2015-06-23, 15:36
        
        Will you leave your friends behind? - Vortech, 2015-06-23, 18:04
        
        We can dance on the xbone - unoudid, 2015-06-23, 18:23
        
        360 4 LYFE. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-23, 18:24
        
        Come to the xbone. There is cake. - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-23, 18:27
        
        360 4 LYFE. - Ragashingo, 2015-06-23, 18:33
        
        Operation Donation needs to happen - unoudid, 2015-06-23, 18:43
        
        360 4 LYFE. - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-23, 18:45
        
        Just shoot Hard Light for power ;) - unoudid, 2015-06-23, 18:48
        
        We can dance on the xbone - Vortech, 2015-06-23, 18:45
        
        Don't tempt them! - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-23, 15:38
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:43
        
        Don't tempt them! - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 15:39
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:50
        
        Don't tempt them! - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 16:19
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 16:24
        
        Don't tempt them! - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-23, 16:39
        
        Don't tempt them! - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 16:47
        
        Don't tempt them! - Ragashingo, 2015-06-23, 17:47
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 17:54
        
        Don't tempt them! - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-23, 17:56
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 18:25
        
        Don't tempt them! - Vortech, 2015-06-23, 18:54
        
        Don't tempt them! - Ragashingo, 2015-06-23, 18:09
        
        Don't tempt them! - Claude Errera, 2015-06-23, 19:57
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 20:04
        
        Don't tempt them! - Claude Errera, 2015-06-23, 20:06
        
        Don't tempt them! - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 20:43
        
        Don't tempt them! - Dean Hofmeyer (unhh), 2015-06-23, 22:40
        
        Don't tempt them! - Vortech, 2015-06-24, 00:35
- I'd buy cosmetics if the game went Free to Play - Kahzgul, 2015-06-23, 14:26
  - +1 - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-23, 14:29
  - Generally this funding model makes more sense... - electricpirate, 2015-06-23, 14:55
- *IMG* - ncsuDuncan, 2015-06-23, 15:14
  - They've really buckled on their morals here - MrPadraig08, 2015-06-23, 15:18
  - *IMG* - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:24
    - *IMG* - MrPadraig08, 2015-06-23, 15:25
      - LOL - Leviathan, 2015-06-23, 15:42
    - *IMG* - Korny, 2015-06-23, 15:31
      - *IMG* - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-23, 15:33
      - *IMG* - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:35
        
        *IMG* - Miguel Chavez, 2015-06-23, 15:44
        
        *IMG* - Korny, 2015-06-23, 15:50
        
        *IMG* - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 15:53
        
        *IMG* - Korny, 2015-06-23, 16:08
        
        *IMG* - Cody Miller, 2015-06-23, 16:13
        
        my life - MrPadraig08, 2015-06-23, 16:17
        
        Heh. - Ragashingo, 2015-06-23, 17:53
        
        my life - breitzen, 2015-06-23, 18:20
  - For clarity, this was charity. - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-23, 15:34
- This is a promise - Fuertisimo, 2015-06-23, 17:56
- This is a promise - Jillybean, 2015-06-23, 18:29
  - This is a promise - unoudid, 2015-06-23, 18:39
    - This is a promise - Jillybean, 2015-06-23, 18:42
      - Heh. Yep! - Ragashingo, 2015-06-23, 18:53
      - This is a promise - petetheduck, 2015-06-23, 22:45
- You seem to be missing something - Raflection, 2015-06-23, 20:54
- "...if you know you can't keep it." - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 02:08

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