[QUOTE=Falcon.PL;468337]Are you asking seriously mate? The reality around us says plainly - people buy such stuff on daily basis, and in tons too - yes, objectively we buy lots of “useless” goods, mostly because of marketing manipulation which tells us we want something while we don’t really. Notice where from comes the money Google earns - it’s advertisement, and it really does miracles. So if you sell right, you can sell **** for a good price(it was actually the case in history ppl were literally buying a poo “of famous persons” whose for real though… I would not be so sure, especially since it was generally long after those famous ppl died. Poo in a jar - no problem, $150. And you doubt the success of the third finger pack at $10.
In the matter of fact players often buy even less productive things(like skins) than the third finger pack, which allows you to show off your emotions in certain situations. For most people it’s not a subtle sign, it’s actually very aggressive. Off course at school time it’s probably quite abused and so it loses it’s charge, but later on people rarely use that anymore - the less used, the more meaningful it becomes! And it’s quite true that a human being feels better when he or she can express their emotions rather than get stuck without means of doing so. It is a considerable force, and it does push ppl to action. Many would buy the third finger pack, as well as many would buy the teabag pack, both are fun while they doesn’t impact balance much, which is very important problem to solve when we talk about Extraction. In the newest Counter-Strike you can buy weapon skins. They does “nothing”, yet people buy. You see?
So, do I really think people would buy it? Yes, entirely. I tell you more: There is a famous business-plan, that I’m sure you have heard of - you buy some case and little lamp, you pay say $10 to get all parts to assembly a final product, and then you call the product a “healing lamp” setting a price on $1000. People really buy the thing, all around the world, and you ask me if somebody would buy a third finger pack for $10? Hell yes!
Why might you buy a third finger pack? It’s all in your head, it does not matter how “real” it is, there is no objective “real” usage value.
Wraping it up: Since such packs might add real fun to the game without ruining balance - it’s better than selling unlockables like “roles” or “mercs”.[/QUOTE]
tl;dr Okay I read all of it now.
I know how Free 2 Play games work, arguably more than anyone on these forums. I agree, now. People would buy after-death emotions. But they won’t be the most popular option.
You need to understand that the majority of players will not be SD fans. This is the reach that NEXON has when launching a new game. Free 2 Play players will be there to look for an FPS game that they can win by paying.
Also Nexon gets more money by getting the age rating for their games as low as possible, so I’m not sure if such animations would be allowed in.
