Did anyone seriously pay this? And if you did, did you even play the game first?

TBH I think it would defeat one of the main aspects of the game, to basically Unlock costumes/characters by buying them all at the beginning in one go. The permanent +5% XP & +5% item find chance might be a bigger draw for someone willing to pay the $200 for this pack. 

Personally I just spent $19.99 on a basic Hero Starter, which nets me a nice forum name, a bit of store cash, 2 days early access to the game before launch & ofcourse Captain America!

Originally posted by Axxar
I hope not many have, but there's always suckers out there. I especially love how the $200 kit says "estimated value: over $750" when most games offer more content for $60. It should be changed to "estimated value: less than $60."

Funny thing is even something as cosmetic as clothes can have a estimated value inflated to ridiculous prices in the real world. Why on earth would you do it in a game is beyond my pay grade it seems. Heroes included or not, it shows you just how "high" they are willing to inflate the prices in their cash shop. Sad really...

call the cops, someone is working and not spending his money and drugs and booze!

this can't be legal!

Originally posted by Ramonski7

Originally posted by Axxar
I hope not many have, but there's always suckers out there. I especially love how the $200 kit says "estimated value: over $750" when most games offer more content for $60. It should be changed to "estimated value: less than $60."

Funny thing is even something as cosmetic as clothes can have a estimated value inflated to ridiculous prices in the real world. Why on earth would you do it in a game is beyond my pay grade it seems. Heroes included or not, it shows you just how "high" they are willing to inflate the prices in their cash shop. Sad really...

My guess is that for the first month or so things will be very expensive and then they will start having 30% - 50% off sales.  That way the "regular" price is where they get the initial value from even though they never expect most people will pay those prices. . but some will. . in the first month or so.  Win Win for them.

Originally posted by Thane

call the cops, someone is working and not spending his money and drugs and booze!

this can't be legal!

Nah, thats not whats being said. I mean sure we could all spend $200 on this $60 game, but for that same $200 I could buy Diablo 3, Torchlight 2 and a few other ARPG's (Since thats all this is) not only for me but for my wife as well. So... 

Seeing price models this way... it just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. You know.. that 'I forgot to brush last night' taste.

Since that taste is so sour I refuse to spend even what I feel the game would be worth.

I would happily pay a normal game price for 2 starter characters of my choice and access to all content. As it is I won't spend a dime on this game. 

Companies need to make money, they do not need to design their games around BS nickle and dime strategies where the end goal is to milk more money than the traditional model. They will never sacrifice their cash shop systems ability to function to make a BETTER game. Traditional priced games want to keep you around until the expansion (or for your $12-16 a month) So they can focus on making a game that functions great so you want to stay.

I wish people would stop feeding into these horrid hybrid price structure games.

So umm... why do you even care?

If people wanna drop $200 on this game, by all means, let them. It only helps the developer put out more content.

Originally posted by Aethaeryn

Originally posted by Ramonski7

Originally posted by Axxar
I hope not many have, but there's always suckers out there. I especially love how the $200 kit says "estimated value: over $750" when most games offer more content for $60. It should be changed to "estimated value: less than $60."

Funny thing is even something as cosmetic as clothes can have a estimated value inflated to ridiculous prices in the real world. Why on earth would you do it in a game is beyond my pay grade it seems. Heroes included or not, it shows you just how "high" they are willing to inflate the prices in their cash shop. Sad really...

My guess is that for the first month or so things will be very expensive and then they will start having 30% - 50% off sales.  That way the "regular" price is where they get the initial value from even though they never expect most people will pay those prices. . but some will. . in the first month or so.  Win Win for them.

Yeah, I'm sure that will be the model that they follow. I mean it is the same model used in retail stores. I was just hoping that they would follow a comic book store style, you know, list a bunch of comic book titles with prices ranging from $2 to $4 and you could browse through a library of comic books. If you happen to see a issue with a costume you like you could buy it, get the digital comic, get the costume and read a comic. But suits these days are only worried about the almighty dollar and instead of treating this project like a comic geek dream they give it the regular old video game DLC treatment. Oh well.

Honestly though, I'll definitely spend at least $60 seeing as that's the going price for a new game anyway.

Originally posted by Axxar
I hope not many have, but there's always suckers out there. I especially love how the $200 kit says "estimated value: over $750" when most games offer more content for $60. It should be changed to "estimated value: less than $60."

And why does it matter to you? if people have money to spend why are they suckers for it? people spend insane amount of money on things in general and it is not something limited to just video games. And 200 bucks is nothing compared to that.

http://mygaming.co.za/news/features/43864-most-expensive-collectors-editions-ever.html

and you thought 200$ was expensive :)

there will ALWAYS be versions of stuff that cost more than you can afford. that's life.

HAHAAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAh AHHAHAHAh AHAHAHAHAH AHAHHAHAAH

AHAHAHahaha haha hahaha hah ha ha ha

haaaaa....

/wipes tear

I give them props for having to audacity to sell this.  Cant wait to see how it all turns out.

/gets popcorn

Companies are so unsure or maybe they know exactly what they are doing with their pricing model, but how many lifetime subscribers and 200 dollar starter kits will it take before people stop biteing the hook. I know for me I have stopped giving any of the current games any more of my money.

Looks like Macy's has the best MMo out there, I seem to get daily discount deals from their store and guess what I get something in the mail to boot:)

Originally posted by Thane

http://mygaming.co.za/news/features/43864-most-expensive-collectors-editions-ever.html

 

and you thought 200$ was expensive :)

 

 

there will ALWAYS be versions of stuff that cost more than you can afford. that's life.

If it were simply a matter of affording it the issue you may have a point but you gave prime examples of why this is so overpriced. Let me explain what your link shows...

With Dirt 3 for $300 you got the full game and a remote control car that sales for about $280-$800. The remote control car that came with the limited edition can reach speeds up to 50mph and the construction is rather nice. Even on Amazon that car sales for $312.99 with the sale price.

What does the Marvel Heroes $200 get you? Why nothing more than full access to a $60 game.

With your link some of them are out there in price but most of them offer physical items some of which are even signed that will increase in value if held on to. People pay dearly for those kinds of collectibles so for the most part it's worth it to the right collector or investor.

Krater was the only one on the list that was completely insane to me, but maybe to a fan it wouldn't be. Who knows.  

All in all what that link demonstrated was even the most outrageously priced games tried to increase the value of what you were getting while Marvel Heroes doesn't. 

Dirt 3 with a 280+ R/C Car that can go up to 50mph for $300 - not a bad deal

Marvel Heroes to access the full game and nothing more for $200 - A Joke lol. 

Again its not about what one can afford, it's about having common sense and understanding the value of things. We aren't getting any collector items that may gain value later on, we aren't getting anything extra. For that $200 you are simply getting access to what other games give you access to for $60 or less. 

Nice link though, it really highlights how asinine this Marvel Heroes business model is lol. 

Originally posted by GrayGhost79

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Krater was the only one on the list that was completely insane to me, but maybe to a fan it wouldn't be. Who knows.  

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Makes sense to me. It's designed to be for only the biggest fans. I mean, for the lead game designer to come over to your house and cook you a meal and watch you play the game for a couple hours, you just cant afford to do that if a million or even a thousand people buy it, that would be insane. So they make the price way out there to only appeal to the biggest and/or richest of fans.

I see it as one of the complications with F2P.  It's sort of hard to sell a lifetime subscription when there isn't subs.  Instead they bundle content unlocks, boosters, and misc for about the same price.

I guess one mans cash grab is another mans bargain.