Comments on: Square Enix too good for real money – invents own http://gamerlimit.com/2009/12/square-enix-too-good-for-real-money-invents-own/ Gamer Limit Fri, 25 May 2012 06:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Komplex http://gamerlimit.com/2009/12/square-enix-too-good-for-real-money-invents-own/#comment-27892 Komplex Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:16:59 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=48582#comment-27892 Its just a marketing move. They want people to have extra money in their account they'll never use and probably can't refund. Its the same theory as buying "tickets" for the carnival. 20 tickets for $20, but all the prices are designed so that you always end up with left over tickets you can't use, and all the food/drink stations only take cash. Also it helps you disassociate with it being worth anything. 8 tickets for a Ferris wheel ride doesn't sound like much, but $8 bucks sounds like a ripoff. Same philosophy, and probably exactly why everyone creates their own online currency. Its just a marketing move. They want people to have extra money in their account they’ll never use and probably can’t refund. Its the same theory as buying “tickets” for the carnival. 20 tickets for $20, but all the prices are designed so that you always end up with left over tickets you can’t use, and all the food/drink stations only take cash.

Also it helps you disassociate with it being worth anything. 8 tickets for a Ferris wheel ride doesn’t sound like much, but $8 bucks sounds like a ripoff. Same philosophy, and probably exactly why everyone creates their own online currency.

]]> By: Andrew Kauz http://gamerlimit.com/2009/12/square-enix-too-good-for-real-money-invents-own/#comment-27879 Andrew Kauz Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:43:19 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=48582#comment-27879 Well, Merry Crystmas to Square Enix, I guess. Hooray for trying to trick gamers into purchasing a bunch of currency that they can only use in one place and will very likely never use. Well, Merry Crystmas to Square Enix, I guess. Hooray for trying to trick gamers into purchasing a bunch of currency that they can only use in one place and will very likely never use.

]]> By: Shawn Evans http://gamerlimit.com/2009/12/square-enix-too-good-for-real-money-invents-own/#comment-27876 Shawn Evans Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:56:24 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=48582#comment-27876 This just sounds like a horrendously bad idea. This just sounds like a horrendously bad idea.

]]> By: Christopher Matulich http://gamerlimit.com/2009/12/square-enix-too-good-for-real-money-invents-own/#comment-27871 Christopher Matulich Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:27:05 +0000 http://gamerlimit.com/?p=48582#comment-27871 But when they bring it over to the states, it'll probably be 2 dollars for 2 crysta. And seriously, Crysta? You passed up on Gil for THAT? But when they bring it over to the states, it’ll probably be 2 dollars for 2 crysta. And seriously, Crysta? You passed up on Gil for THAT?

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