Certainly that sort of breaks up if you try to compare building up a character through hours of effort to writing the software yourself through hours of effort (clearly the intention is not the same). But I suppose if you want to jumpstart your new character or you simply don't have time to play for hours on hours but still want to enjoy more advanced aspects (owning a castle, etc) it also makes sense.
To me, THIS is what's pointless:
- New PC game: $50 - Strategy Guide: $25
Now why would you spend extra cash on something just so you can beat it FASTER?!?!? Isn't the whole idea to discover everything yourself? (Note: With the Internet, strategy guides are even more pointless.) I won't even get started on how things in strategy guides today used to come in the game manual not long ago. And yeah conceivably you could apply the same arguments above to strategy guides.
On Jan 13, 2004, at 1:03 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
Pedro Quaresma wrote:I've never bought "online items" but I don't see the problem in paying for things that give you a certain degree of enjoyment.
I understand, but my question was geared toward trying to understand the enjoyment. For me, working hard and finally achieving a goal, beating an enemy, etc. is the fun part. My confusion was in trying to understand the motivation of people who spend $100 or more on in-game items.
An online item can also provide enjoyment (like the example that was given, buying an house on UO for example) and then even be resold for a profit.
Yes, but given your examples, $5 for a movie or a pack of cigarettes is much different than $150 for a +5 enchanted sword or whatever. I can understand spending $5 to see a movie but I can't fathom spending $150 or more for an item. So that's why I asked.
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