We want a plat sale! nah nah nah nah

[dudetus]

lol u hate on this thread and not other one anyways u some type of economics specialist? lol

No I am not an econimics specialist, I am an econimics student. Will be a specialist in ~8 years.

I can translate that long article for ya in words u can comprehend.

If the discount is not going to make profit, it is useless to make a discount.

The ones who regularly buy platinum will most likely buy 2k plat pack and that's it. 2k plats is almost enough to lvl 3 toons to elite cap with trashers so there has to be quite a few new platinum consumers.

So using that equation out of that wikipedia article (the basic equation) if prices r lowered with 20% there should be >20% more consuming than there would be without the big platinum sale.

As I said, most platinum buying players will buy that single 2k plat pack regardless of the sales and therefore there should be whole lotta new consumers. Which is IMO unrealistic.

This all is in theory because we cannot rly have the actual platinum buying rates and we cannot procedure those two different scenarios at once.

[Rauekat]

No I am not an econimics specialist, I am an econimics student. Will be a specialist in ~8 years.

I can translate that long article for ya in words u can comprehend.

If the discount is not going to make profit, it is useless to make a discount.

The ones who regularly buy platinum will most likely buy 2k plat pack and that's it. 2k plats is almost enough to lvl 3 toons to elite cap with trashers so there has to be quite a few new platinum consumers.

So using that equation out of that wikipedia article (the basic equation) if prices r lowered with 20% there should be >20% more consuming than there would be without the big platinum sale.

As I said, most platinum buying players will buy that single 2k plat pack regardless of the sales and therefore there should be whole lotta new consumers. Which is IMO unrealistic.

This all is in theory because we cannot rly have the actual platinum buying rates and we cannot procedure those two different scenarios at once.

ya i understand that most plat buyers dont care will buy anyway. but like me i usually only buy during plat sales and i bet other ppl do also who are short on cash.

[dudetus]

ya i understand that most plat buyers dont care will buy anyway. but like me i usually only buy during plat sales and i bet other ppl do also who are short on cash.

Okay all cool.

Sry, I am not raging even though it might seem so. As I am studying economics it just felt like I had a word to say lol.

Don't get me wrong, I would like to have a plat sale as well but it seems so unlikely in businesswise.

[Rauekat]

Okay all cool.

Sry, I am not raging even though it might seem so. As I am studying economics it just felt like I had a word to say lol.

Don't get me wrong, I would like to have a plat sale as well but it seems so unlikely in businesswise.

ik it all depends on increase of sales and what they decreased the cost by ty for clearing it up for me ik lol everybody has a word to say :P

[Drizzid]

No I am not an econimics specialist, I am an econimics student. Will be a specialist in ~8 years.

I can translate that long article for ya in words u can comprehend.

If the discount is not going to make profit, it is useless to make a discount.

The ones who regularly buy platinum will most likely buy 2k plat pack and that's it. 2k plats is almost enough to lvl 3 toons to elite cap with trashers so there has to be quite a few new platinum consumers.

So using that equation out of that wikipedia article (the basic equation) if prices r lowered with 20% there should be >20% more consuming than there would be without the big platinum sale.

As I said, most platinum buying players will buy that single 2k plat pack regardless of the sales and therefore there should be whole lotta new consumers. Which is IMO unrealistic.

This all is in theory because we cannot rly have the actual platinum buying rates and we cannot procedure those two different scenarios at once.

I think assuming the average plat buyer will get a 2k pack is absurd, only a small few will purchase that.

You can't even bring real life economics into this because the supply is endless, platinum is a piece of code, not a commodity or something that is produced. It is profit regardless of the price it's set at.

That being said, I can almost guarantee there won't be a plat sale anytime soon, mostly because with players hungry for new content they will purchase platinum regardless of a sale. STS will have a sale when there is a noticeable drop off in high level play, in order to coax those players to return to the game.

[dudetus]

I think assuming the average plat buyer will get a 2k pack is absurd, only a small few will purchase that.

You can't even bring real life economics into this because the supply is endless, platinum is a piece of code, not a commodity or something that is produced. It is profit regardless of the price it's set at.

That being said, I can almost guarantee there won't be a plat sale anytime soon, mostly because with players hungry for new content they will purchase platinum regardless of a sale. STS will have a sale when there is a noticeable drop off in high level play, in order to coax those players to return to the game.

I thought I could leave this thread behind but I've been dragged from my White Castle (long live TWK!) to prove myself right.

Even though the 2k for 1 player is absurd, the base values itself are irrelevant since the aftermath only needs the theoretical differences between the sells without sales and with the sales. As the equation (and most parts of the theory) are completely theoretical they do have a theoretical meaning no matter about what is the content.

[kiitz]

No I am not an econimics specialist, I am an econimics student. Will be a specialist in ~8 years.

I can translate that long article for ya in words u can comprehend.

If the discount is not going to make profit, it is useless to make a discount.

The ones who regularly buy platinum will most likely buy 2k plat pack and that's it. 2k plats is almost enough to lvl 3 toons to elite cap with trashers so there has to be quite a few new platinum consumers.

So using that equation out of that wikipedia article (the basic equation) if prices r lowered with 20% there should be >20% more consuming than there would be without the big platinum sale.

As I said, most platinum buying players will buy that single 2k plat pack regardless of the sales and therefore there should be whole lotta new consumers. Which is IMO unrealistic.

This all is in theory because we cannot rly have the actual platinum buying rates and we cannot procedure those two different scenarios at once.

Very well put. Bravo!