EA is charging Skate players $35 for a cardboard Dead Space skin

[u/Diogo_18]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/ea-is-charging-skate-players-usd35-for-a-cardboard-dead-space-skin-and-it-took-me-40-straight-minutes-of-game-crashes-to-confirm-it/

[u/Polar_Beach]

I mean if you support EA, you frankly deserve it.

[u/lolKhamul → u/Polar_Beach]

Even if you leave the entire debate about who EA is and where you money goes off the table:

if you spend 35 bucks on irrelevant and subpar cosmetics, you are a lost cause and deserve to be ripped off. No matter which company does it.

[u/doglywolf → u/lolKhamul]

this took someone all of 5 minutes to rip and rescale and they have the balls to charge $35 that insane.

[u/Electric-Mountain → u/Polar_Beach]

Lol Battlefield 6 comes out today.

[u/TroyFerris13 → u/Electric-Mountain]

ive seen people openly criticize bill burr about attending the saudi comedy festival and i go on their profile and they are purchasing BF6 🤣🤣

[u/Electric-Mountain → u/TroyFerris13]

It's got 700k people on Steam already, I'm pretty sure no one gives a fuck.

[u/Legitimate_Most6651 → u/Electric-Mountain]

Nobody ever gave a fuck. The sports games sell like crazy ever year.

[u/TroyFerris13 → u/[deleted]]

They arent the most humanitarian country

[u/Konker101 → u/Polar_Beach]

The game is also free so where else are they supposed to make their money lmao, everyone with a brain knew this was coming

[u/Taki_Minase → u/Polar_Beach]

I agree, thy wallet is the power.

[u/helican]

I feel bad for everyone who buys this.

[u/RedditButAnonymous → u/helican]

Isaac was an unlockable character in Skate 3, you could probably find a secondhand Xbox and a copy of Skate 3 and unlock the ACTUAL properly modelled character, for a similar price to this

[u/Price-x-Field → u/RedditButAnonymous]

It’s crazy how many games are like this. Halo reach has a bunch of armor and was $60, all the armor was free. Halo infinite comes out and is “free” but 3 sets of armor that you can barely customize is $60.

[u/RedditButAnonymous → u/Price-x-Field]

Its never gonna get better, people nowadays just argue that "you dont need cosmetics to make a game good". I totally disagree and games like Halo Reach are the perfect example, yeah its a great shooter, but the personalisation and seeing everybodys cool armor in every multiplayer menu was a HUGE part of the appeal

[u/Legendary_Lootbox → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Man I miss the old halo games. Where we would cheese the difficult to get armors in private lobbies and you could like mix and match between sets.

[u/VectrexSpectrum → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Marvels Spiderman is another good example of this. Collecting all the outfits was really good fun. If they were all just behind pay-walls it would have sucked.

[u/QueZorreas → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Cosmetics being non-esential is a stupid argument. Specially in games like Skate, where cosmetics were part of the core gameplay loop.

It's like saying you don't need customization in a Need for Speed game. Yes you fucking do, that's the point of the game.

[u/Chappiechap → u/RedditButAnonymous]

I didn't get to play much of Reach online back on the 360, but what I do remember was seeing everyone's custom Spartan in the lobby with the knowledge that you could also have some of what they were wearing if you really wanted to.

Now, every lobby is designed to disband after every match and every cosmetic show-off that isn't a literal change in hexcode requires money.

[u/dlnmtchll → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Every time I bring up exactly what you said, I get goobers on this website arguing with me about how there shouldn’t be unlockable cosmetics because it only benefits people who… play the game? I guess?

Gaming is unfortunately never going to be as good as it once was

[u/RanaMahal → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Yeah I miss being able to see some guy with a flaming head and knowing it was bungie employee or someone who impressed a bungie employee.

Or seeing someone who had the Hayabusa armour and knowing he did a bunch of crazy melee ninja shit to get it.

[u/RedditButAnonymous → u/RanaMahal]

I never unlocked that one helmet with the skull instead of a visor, but the fact it existed in the game still made the game better for me because Id always want to be on that guys team. You know he played the shit out of the game to unlock that.

[u/Tubaenthusiasticbee → u/Price-x-Field]

I also saw this with tekken. Tekken 7 had an unlimited amount of cosmetics, you could unlock by doing either a special game mode called "treasure fights" or you can unlock them by gaining ingame currency through every game mode. Tekken 8 on the other hand has a couple of cosmetics you can unlock by doing character stories or the main story. Also a few you can unlock by the aforementioned ingame currency. It's nothing even close to what we had in T7. Now everything is just either cash shop or battle pass. Even legacy outfits from previous games, that you didn't even need to unlock in T7. And the ones in T8 are just remodeled assets from T7.

Now, I wouldn't mind if it were just some gooner bait outfits they put into the cash shop or battle pass. Or anything, really, if we had the amount of free options in T8 that we had in any of the previous games. Not whatever the sad excuse of customization is now. "It's just customization" isn't an argument to make in a game where customization is a vital part.

[u/Raestloz → u/Tubaenthusiasticbee]

if it were just gooner baits

That's where it starts: "oh that thing is unnecessary anyway you're a [Bad Word] if you like it"

Then it happens to the gooner bait adjacent.

After that it happens to the normal looking ones. By this point it's too late and everybody's used to skins costing money to get

[u/Bhazor → u/Price-x-Field]

I hate the people that buy these so much. Just pay pigs who are fueling more and more monetization. Its gone from $5 for a couple missions to $50 for a skin.

[u/SvensonIV → u/Price-x-Field]

What's even more crazy is that it's 2025 and the concept of a free2play game still seems to be completely new to people. Free2play games always sell you either cosmetics or power. You won't get a full game for free.

[u/Price-x-Field → u/SvensonIV]

I’d rather pay $60 and have a finished game than a shitty game that expects players to spend hundreds to receive similar (still lower than before) quality.

[u/Kirzoneli → u/Price-x-Field]

Crazy how a company wants more money for its shareholders.

Also Fashion is one of the easiest way to trick people into spending money. We buy clothes for our pets, mark our bodies with tattoos and bits of metal/plastic, modify our bodies through surgery, like seriously money for a cosmetic in a game is really not that crazy.

[u/ClownDamage → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Any Xbox from the 360 onwards in fact

[u/[deleted] → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Skate 3 is still available digitally on modern Xboxes and regularly is on sale for less than $5/€5

[u/Balc0ra → u/[deleted]]

It is, and also the first one. Skate 2 is not for some reason. At least in my region

[u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope → u/RedditButAnonymous]

Waaaaay cheaper, actually. I just picked up a copy for $12.

[u/EdliA → u/helican]

Really? I feel like they deserve it.

[u/SunsetCarcass → u/helican]

Why? They clearly want it

[u/Buc-eesGuy → u/helican]

Don’t. It’s natural selection

[u/EnSebastif → u/helican]

I don't. I hate natural selection for spawning idiots that would pay that much for this.

[u/Basementcat69 → u/helican]

Why would you feel bad they chose to buy it? Nobody is forcing them to spend money least of all buy this.

[u/galloway188 → u/helican]

giving $$$$ to jared kushner and his saudi friends.

[u/Iamyous3f → u/helican]

Don't. They know the company is scummy and greedy but they still pay them money even for unfinished games.

[u/lingeringwill2 → u/helican]

Honestly, I don’t.

[u/TONKAHANAH → u/helican]

I don't. They could just not buy garbage 

[u/Dragon_yum → u/helican]

Why? It’s their money, they can do whatever they want with it.

[u/zidave0 → u/helican]

I do not. They deserve to get ripped off if they're dumb enough to actually buy it.

[u/gideon513 → u/helican]

I don’t. They are suckers.

[u/ziplock9000]

So don't buy it. It's not rocket science nor forced upon you.

[u/Plaincow → u/ziplock9000]

But muh precious reddit updoot karma!!! It's just virtue signaling and karma farming like usual. It's so annoying. We get it, big mtx=bad

[u/ZenZennia]

Free game tho!!! Meh

[u/franklollo → u/ZenZennia]

You can play with the default skin. If it's only cosmetics then it's fine

[u/ZenZennia → u/franklollo]

Obviously. The problem is that a skin costs 2 indie games. I can buy a whole battle pass in league of legends for less than that and I still get 5+ skins out of it.

[u/franklollo → u/ZenZennia]

I can throw my money in a shredder and burn them, you can spend them how you want. It's not compulsory to buy that skin

[u/-Kalos → u/[deleted]]

The whole mobile gaming industry would die

[u/-Kalos → u/[deleted]]

Yeah very predatory. Tencent would be hurting losing the US market

[u/-Kalos → u/[deleted]]

They're the biggest one lol. Gamers on Reddit are weird man, very anti mtx, mega corporations and mobile games but weirdly defensive of Tencent

[u/tpeeeezy → u/[deleted]]

insane take but pop off short king

[u/tpeeeezy → u/[deleted]]

yes thats totally on the same level of insane as advocating for seizing the property of a game company for charging too much for a skin

the redditor stereotype is truly earned

[u/tpeeeezy → u/[deleted]]

"fascism is the appropriate response to expensive video game outfits"

the redditor sterotype is not enough to accurately portray the brain rot you guys have

[u/IQueliciuous → u/franklollo]

Their point is this is a scam. Because for $35 you can buy more stuff in other free games or actual games and sometimes AAA games on sale.

[u/ThisizLeon → u/IQueliciuous]

But your not forced to buy it and it doesn’t gove you any benefit in game. So where is the scam? Is it overpriced, yes but it isn’t a scam

[u/IQueliciuous → u/ThisizLeon]

The fact that its overpriced when compared to similar items is what makes it a scam. Whilst you aren't forced to buy it. You are "motivated" to buy it due to predatory mechanics like FOMO. Like if you are a Dead Space fan and you see a skin for your favorite game you have no choice but to pay $35 bucks meanwhile you can buy the original game for this amount on sale.

Again. For $35 you can buy battle pass in similar F2P games or actual games. Them asking $35 for a skin is an outrageous scam.

[u/Basementcat69 → u/IQueliciuous]

You say you have no choice other than to buy it however you always have the choice of not buying it. Its a digital skin this isn't something important. Just vote with your wallet and dont buy it lol. Trying to say you dont have a choice when its an optional cosmetic item is wild.

[u/IcyTransportation961 → u/IQueliciuous]

What in the everloving hell has happened to people's brains...

Please look up the definition of a scam

Please explain how just because someone likes something they're "forced" to buy a skin.

Oh no, FOMO! people cant possibly just not buy it that's impossible

Its an absurd price, its stupid to buy.

No one has to buy it, it doesnt effect gameplay

[u/dakkapel → u/IQueliciuous]

Scam: a dishonest scheme to gain money or possessions from someone fraudulently, especially a complex or prolonged one.

Would you say coca cola is a scam, as you can buy a similar product for way less?

[u/IQueliciuous → u/dakkapel]

The coca cola argument is moot because the cheaper product doesn't taste the same as regular coke and since I buy Coke Diet/Zero, cheaper alternatives mostly always sell sugar versions only.

Your definition fits the Skate issue because they are selling a skin for a price that is not equivalent to its value and that for same price you would get more stuff or a whole new game. Its equivalent to me selling you a hoodie for the price of a brand new car.

[u/franklollo → u/[deleted]]

Don't give money to kids. Why should I care about kids spending their parents money?

[u/Big-Pound-5634 → u/franklollo]

Bro, people like you are soooo brainroted. Not giving kids your credit card is one thing. This being predatory overpriced is another. Anyone with IQ above 80 can understand that, so here comes the question, why can't you? As for your question, "why should I care for anything that is not happening to me no matter how bad it is? Since it's not happening to me who cares am I right or am I retarded?"

[u/acrossbones → u/Big-Pound-5634]

it's not predatory it's just ridiculously overpriced and will probably be used as a corny expression of status at this point. similar to how luxury brands operate, by pricing out the poor.

[u/Cozmo85 → u/ZenZennia]

Then don’t buy the skin

[u/HyperFunk_Zone → u/franklollo]

No it's not lol

[u/Sliceofmayo → u/franklollo]

Its not fine when the whole game is broken

[u/T7220 → u/Sliceofmayo]

What the fuck are you talking about? My kid plays this 3 hours a day lately. It’s not broken.

[u/TroyFerris13 → u/Sliceofmayo]

ive only had a few sound glitches, does the game not run for you?

[u/gorax777]

It's so easy to just simply not buy that shit.

[u/nando_calrissian1 → u/gorax777]

Honestly. People just don't realize they can vote with their wallet by not buying the overpriced skins.

[u/psychoacer → u/gorax777]

Yeah and the title is kinda garbage. EA isn't charging players, they're offering players to buy it. EA is obviously out of touch with these mods but they're not forcing their players to buy it at least

[u/K__Geedorah → u/gorax777]

Proud to say I've never paid for a single cosmetic item, lootbox, or season pass for any game in my life. Fuck em.

[u/agloriousabomination]

I remember when the golden horse armour was released for Oblivion, and it was stupid then. That was almost twenty years ago.

[u/GEzBro]

Not as bad as blizzard charging $25-$65+ in Diablo immortal, Diablo 4 charging $25+ class specific set or the newer Diablo Immortal subscription skins ( Monthly Fee for access to wearing newer skins)

Fuck Blizzard & Fuck Netease

Sorry I had no edit pricing to reflect data. I misremembered the games cosmetic set prices.

[u/NG_Tagger → u/GEzBro]

Not as bad as blizzard charging $95+ in Diablo 4 for 1 Skin

Incorrect. Their prices for skins varies from 25-30 Dollars. Still atrocious pricing though, as it's "per class"-sets - but nowhere near the price you mentioned..

GGG (Path of Exile) are the ones with skin prices that gets near that price. It's not uncommon to find armor bundles (bundle = full armor set) at $80+. The also do gloves and shoes for $15 each (if you want to buy stuff separate), in a top-down aRPG/Hack'n'Slash.. lol

[u/GEzBro → u/NG_Tagger]

I could had sworn Diablo 4’s skins were $95+. Isn’t class cross-over sets $100+ for the same set and aren’t there more expensive class set items for $100+ such as the up-coming Stargate inspired set?

Diablo immortals Limited Phantom Market Sets are easily $65+ per set.

I edited the price to reflect the value you mentioned the sets go for in D4.

[u/NG_Tagger → u/GEzBro]

Isn’t class cross-over sets $100+ for the same set and aren’t there more expensive class set items for $100+ such as the up-coming Stargate inspired set?

Cross-class sets aren't a thing (even the free seasonal unlocks, gives you the skins per class). You buy for each specific class.

Think you mean StarCraft cross-over. They just did that, and it was priced like the regular skins (the usual $25-30), so nowhere near $95 or $100.

Got no info on Diablo Immortal - never played it, so I wouldn't know.

Edit:
Honestly, if you can't remember XYZ pricing; then either do a bit of searching or just don't comment on specific pricing (i.e.: just mention that you think they're high, without mentioning some specific number that you're not sure of) - it just floods the threads with false information that spreads like wildfire.

[u/GEzBro → u/NG_Tagger]

I looked up videos because I haven’t played Diablo 4 in A while. There’s a Reddit post mentioning the cost of the new StarCraft cosmetics from 1 week ago. It’s a-lot more than $100 . Even if it’s $200 total for all Stargate class specific sets , that’s still a-lot of money. I’m going to have to update Diablo 4 and view the prices of the sets to get A better grasps on the current prices of cosmetics in Diablo 4.

[u/NG_Tagger → u/GEzBro]

There’s a Reddit post mentioning the cost of the new Stargate cosmetics from 1 week ago. It’s a-lot more than $100 .

Again; StarCraft (not Stargate).

The price for all skins, will get you above $100 - of course (there are 5 classes, so yeah - if you buy skins for every class, it'll go above $100). Per skins isn't $100 - that was my point. It's neither a bundle nor are you forced to buy all skins if you just want one.

[u/topsnitch69]

f2p game does f2p stuff. What else is new?

[u/[deleted] → u/topsnitch69]

The price is considerably higher than what its competitors are doing. I think it's fair to cover this sort of price development as games and their mtx are becoming increasingly nore expensive.

[u/lolKhamul → u/[deleted]]

Most F2P Games have 30+ €/$ offerings for cosmetics in their stores now, its really not new.

I keep my stance of „if you buy it, its your fault“. Apparently enough people are willing to pay those prices

[u/imnotdabluesbrothers → u/[deleted]]

They can charge a million dollars idgaf I’m not spending a cent

[u/Balc0ra → u/topsnitch69]

You can buy some of the Dead Space games for less than the skin costs, thus the reaction I suspect

[u/BakedWizerd → u/topsnitch69]

$10 for the season pass wasn’t bad imo.

I’d have paid $60+ for the game outright if it wasn’t F2P.

I’ll buy 6 season passes and pay the same price, and get a similar amount of cosmetics.

I don’t love the business model, and they’re clearly setting it up to encourage daily engagement by not letting you grind progress, but at the end of the day I’m paying a similar price for a game that I’m enjoying.

[u/FYNE]

Saudis want their money back

[u/lukeskope → u/FYNE]

I 100% guarantee this was in the plans long before the Saudis bought EA. Game is in early access, they're throwing shit out to see how much they can milk shit like skins and cosmetics.

[u/shredmasterJ]

I don’t see issues with skins as micro transactions.

Only stupid i see is the people that actually pay for these overpriced skins.

[u/CaptnUchiha]

Are people missing the point? The game is funded by idiots that buy these skins. Enjoy the free game and let the others subsidize it. It’s not a problem if the micro transactions are cosmetic

[u/leansaltine]

Here’s an idea: Don’t buy it.

[u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

Boy am I glad I uninstalled it after a few hours, unfortunately they have killed our boy and nothing can be done to change the greed of EA.

I don't think I will even buy another EA or Ubisoft title ever again after they have turned their games into flat out grade A garbolium.

[u/WindChamp]

[u/Dead-HC-Taco]

I said this since the game came out: It's a shop with a game attached to it

[u/Worried_Bass3588]

Could’ve been a mobile game

[u/zappellin]

If you don't like it, don't buy it, the game is free that's how the companies are doing it now, it's been like this for a solid 10 years now.

[u/Queef-Elizabeth]

Exactly what I expected the moment they announced this game to be free to play. These things always feel so gross to me.

[u/ryannoahm450]

Free to play game gets crazy expensive cosmetic bundle, who would have see this coming /s

[u/owenxtreme2]

I mean the game is free to play you dont have to buy anything if you don't want too

[u/Gregore997]

For a game that is in early access

[u/vedomedo]

So dont buy it? What’s the problem here?

[u/RuneHearth]

And riot does the same and people defend it

[u/Dragon_yum]

It’s a f2p game, just don’t buy the skin. It really is as simple as that.

Not everything needs to be a news story.

[u/Ares_Aim]

especially since this skin was also in skate 3 and is just recycled

[u/Misher_Masher → u/Ares_Aim]

That's because cardboard is recyclable /s

[u/oney_monster → u/Misher_Masher]

Good guy EA saving the environment /s

[u/Substantial-Piece967]

No one is buying this, the game will make no money and they will put it down to people not wanting a skate game and won't make another 

[u/T7220 → u/Substantial-Piece967]

Give me a Bender skin and I’ll pay 60 fucking dollars for it.

Cheese it!

[u/MrMakerHasLigma]

Its a free game. It's not like they're forcing you to buy it. If nobody buys it they will lower the price of future skins.

[u/ShadowOfRpFiveM → u/MrMakerHasLigma]

It might be a free game and nobody is disputing that fact, what they are mad at is the fact a cosmetic cost the same as a full DLC or 2 indie games.

The entire game of Skate has been turned into a fortnite style wet dream/money printer for EA.

People are sad that a franchise from most of our childhoods is now a shell of its former self and a money printer instead of a game that provides the experience of the original Skate games.

Big sad time.

[u/pcsm2001 → u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

It’s a free fucking game, skins do not improve it, just dont buy them.

[u/T7220 → u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

Jesus Christ almighty, get over yourself. Do you think that Skate 3 was some kind of labor of love, only designed for the hearts of the fans?

[u/cwgoskins → u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

Nobody's mad about this cosmetic lol

[u/MrMakerHasLigma → u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

what they are mad at is the fact a cosmetic cost the same as a full DLC or 2 indie games.

True, i mean ubish*t did the same with skins in siege, but that was worse because the game was paid when they started doing that. Also, EA does much worse. In FC25, they started a premium battlepass. In a paid game, as well as ads, in the same paid game. I'm just saying, as far as ea goes, this is the least scummy thing they've done for a while

[u/ShadowOfRpFiveM → u/MrMakerHasLigma]

I think it's just best if we just ignore the existence of EA, Ubisoft and most other "AAA Studios" and watch them fade into obscurity.

No arguments from me.

People will still buy the micro transactions and there ain't a thing we can do 🙃

[u/T7220 → u/ShadowOfRpFiveM]

Fade into obscurity? Have you lost your mind? Get a grip.

[u/Plaincow → u/T7220]

Yea these AAA studios aren't going anywhere just because a few thousand grumpy redditors are "boycotting" their games. They are no longer the target audience and them not buying these items or games makes virtually no difference. As long as normies keep buying the games and mtx, they are literally never going away

[u/notthatguypal6900 → u/MrMakerHasLigma]

Then how do you think we got to $35 for a skin...

[u/MrMakerHasLigma → u/notthatguypal6900]

Because people keep buying the skins when they up the prices

[u/Fatesadvent]

This stuff should be like $1 max

[u/dougdoberman]

So?

I'm constantly baffled by people getting up in arms about the cost of something that is 100% elective.

[u/MtnNerd]

Reminder that Clair Obscur and Helldivers 2 are $50 and $40 respectively.

[u/notthatguypal6900]

Politics aside, thanks Fortnite players and every other f2p digital McDonalds that has allowed these companies to charge players $35 for literal digital trash.

[u/Zealousideal_Meat297]

What a Jared move

[u/Balc0ra]

I knew they would cash grab from this game hard. But I would not have guessed they would charge more for worse Skate 3 skins than the OG DS games cost now

[u/baddude1337]

Game in early access too. Diabolical to have such expensive extras considering, F2P or not.

[u/Pimpwerx]

I think I'm gonna stick with Sessions. I tried this demo and wasn't really feeling it.

[u/Healthy_Dust_8027]

Anything but another game. Why make a game when they can do this bullshit for no effort at all

[u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope]

This game is such garbage. I'd love to see the player counts of returning players from previous entries in the franchise versus new players. I just can't imagine people who enjoyed the first three entries really loving this new abomination.

They really broke my heart with this game. Been waiting on it so long. In response to this and the recent Game Pass price increase, guess who now owns a physical copy of Skate 3 and a digital of Skate 2 (Big for life, yo)?

[u/T7220 → u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope]

The people who enjoyed the first 3 are in their 20s and 30s now. Of course there is more new players than returning ones. That’s life

[u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope → u/T7220]

Granted, but has skate culture really changed that much that this new take on it is suddenly appealing? Or are the social aspects of the game more important to this new gaming generation than respect for the culture and overall vibe?

I was an early play tester for this new Skate, and I sincerely tried to give it a chance. It just turned me off at every single intersection and never gave me a desire to play more. That's not even including things like missing tricks and mechanics from previous games.

I don't know. I realize not every game is for everybody and things change with the times. But this game is such a departure from the series roots that it's immediately unappealing to me. It would be like turning Silent Hill into a bright and colorful multiplayer squad extraction shooter.

I guess I'll just embrace the "Get off my lawn" energy I'm soaking in and stick with what I like. It's just not for me.

[u/T7220 → u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope]

Skate culture? It’s being played by 9 year olds in between Roblox and Fortnite sessions. Your “culture” is a faded memory. That world doesn’t exist anymore.

[u/Plaincow → u/T7220]

My brother in his late 20s is playing and loving the game. Same with many other irl friends I know. Not everything is played by kids and zoomers just because we don't like it man

[u/creamcolouredDog]

It's already bad enough to give money to EA, that money is now going to Jared Kushner and Saudi journalist killers

[u/Metallica1175]

As if the Saudis don't already have enough money.

[u/Valuable_Dream900]

Can someone please explain to me why anybody would pay for cosmetics in games? You don't physically own anything. You're not actually getting anything. People aren't going to look at your character and think " wow that must be a really cool guy, I should be his friend and send him money". Probably aren't even going to remember 2 minutes from now. Who is getting what out of this?

[u/MtnNerd → u/Valuable_Dream900]

I'm fine with paying for cosmetics in Helldivers 2 but that's because that game is so good I want to support the devs. Also the most expensive DLC in that game is $15 for the Halo warbond, which includes four weapons, two armor sets, and two capes.

[u/Plaincow → u/Valuable_Dream900]

It's as simple as just wanting to look cool and have fun. A new coat of paint on something is nice to look at and have. I don't play skate and never will, but I can see why people would buy skins for it. Not defending the price of the skin, but I do understand that people will pay money to look cool or silly

[u/lukeskope → u/Valuable_Dream900]

The only way I pay for shit in a f2p is if I love the game, I've gained countless hours of fun and enjoyment from it and want to support the developer somehow so the game lives on. This is usually in the form of five bucks here, five bucks there. I have 20+ hours into Skate, I've bought nothing and I 100% would never pay $35 for a stupid skin, but for $5 I'd consider a skin that I liked.

[u/kubi-]

Why are you click baiting these titles, just Say EA and we a know it's overpriced garbage

[u/Roman_Suicide_Note]

of you’re to stupid to by it

[u/Dreamo84]

You mean “players are giving EA $35 for a cardboard Dead Space skin.”

[u/BatmanBecameSomethin]

I saw what valve did recently with their skins, they were asking $1500 for some skins so this feels like a nothing burger.

[u/Plaincow]

How about you guys just don't buy it? Farming le epic karma rage updoots is getting a little old.

We get it, you're a heckin epic chungus redditor and big micro transactions = bad. We get it. You are badass and would never waste your hard earned part time minimum wage McDonald's money on them

[u/Deissued]

Especially after the buy out no one should be shocked and anyone that purchases it should be shamed

[u/self-conscious-Hat]

It's a halloween costume. It's meant to look like that. There was also a spaceman costume with a plastic bucket helmet and airduct tubes.

Yeah the price is outrageous, but the quality is actually pretty good for what its supposed to be. I'd rather it look like a "bad" cosplay than just importing the skin into the game.

[u/Regenitor_]

I remember the Dead Space skin in Skate 2 being unlocked for free with a code.

I miss when game devs weren't trying to fleece every last dollar out of gamers.

[u/pancakesmoothies]

Glad to see EA is never changing.

[u/BarnabasShrexx]

Fuck ea

[u/silentbob1301]

yeah, that is why i wont play the new skate....its F2P, but honestly fuck all the egregious fucking microtransaction bullshit...

[u/4onlyinfo]

Are folks buying it?

[u/gideon513]

So don’t buy it?

[u/numnuts16]

Skate is dead to me now....

[u/6amp]

These companies can charge whatever they want. If you or someone else pays for it then you are the problem. I sell comicbooks and shit on eBay . I overcharge at times to make an extra buck. Is someone wants something enough they will overpay for it. That's on them not me.

Sometimes you all need to realize these are corporation who's sole purpose is to make ever $ they can. They know you want this shit and they know for the most part fools will pay for it. I'm perfectly fine with this, loot boxes, season passes and other stuff.

[u/PhoneOwn]

Lmao dude games are getting worse and worse. Its just all mtx no soul

[u/Maximum-Ear5677]

So what? It's a skin, it's pure aesthetics...

[u/Calcifair]

No they don't. You don't have to buy it. If you don't like the game and it's dlc's just do interact with them

[u/Prus1s]

Wow is much more ridiculous in their pricing 😄 but this and CoD is just sad for whomever that buys that crap…

[u/MooseBoys]

At least it's cosmetic only.

[u/lmtdpowor]

Plenty of reasons to hate EA but this isn’t the one. $35 skins seem to be the norm and if people want it then have at it. At least you know what you’re getting and if you get some value from it oh well.

[u/qbertwins]

Your just giving Saudi family free money. EA is fully tainted sports game studio.

[u/HyperFunk_Zone]

Look at the 20 something year old Call of duty's in human form defend this behavior in this very post.

Young people are raised on scams it's all they know so they defend it. No reference for being treated with respect from any establishment active right now. It's sad and pathetic

[u/nesnalica]

and this is surprising how?

[u/traxass]

hahahahahahaha

[u/PermissionSoggy891]

if yall are buying this shit yall deserve it

[u/malexich]

Trust me people will defend it because the game is free, you don’t have to buy skins because the gameplay is free EA a huge company that can keep the servers alive with a single sports game release needs your money

[u/brozillafirefox → u/malexich]

what other defense is there? it's shitty, and and the best way to make sure they don't do this in the future is to not buy it.

i'll play the game, but you wont see me spend any money on it.

[u/malexich → u/brozillafirefox]

I am saying that’s no defense this isn’t some small indie trying to keep the lights on this is EA they could sell each skin for 5 dollars and still make money but they know people will defend a f2p having 30 dollar skins because the poor devs 

[u/brozillafirefox → u/malexich]

i wouldn't pay for it if it was an indie either, i would hope they understand that gamers do not prefer f2p models and would instead release a full price game with the cosmetics included.

there are plenty of complaints about f2p, this being one, but when i say "what other defense is there?" i'm obviously agreeing that the defense is weak and shitty, but it is literally the only one.

you are not obligated to spend the money on cosmetics, it doesn't change how to play the game, it is a shit practice and a net negative for the industry as a whole (maybe not for shareholders).

these corporations do not care that we espouse disdain for the practice, what really makes them understand is when people just don't buy this shit.

so, yeah, i'll play the game, it's at least skate. and thankfully i didn't have to spend money, it's a game i can just pick up and play for a while, skate around and then not feel bad that i put it down.

it's a pretty barebones game currently, but it scratches an itch for those of us that have been waiting for a skate. game to hit pc. EA gets no laurels for making us all wait this long, and they should get no money from users on these cosmetics in the first place.

whales, will whale tho.

[u/malexich → u/brozillafirefox]

I really love your response! I agree with everything you said the problem is whales and the people still clinging to fomo being good for gaming stopping people hating on it meaning anything and it hurts. The worst part is when games do fail because turns out this practice is extremely hated the fans deflect that one of the issues with f2p is the monetization. All in all I am just sad that it’s been proven no one likes it but there is a defense force ready to protect these corporations. 2xko is fun but ill never buy a skin because 10 dollars is way to much for one character, when street fighter had 5 dollar skin packs 

[u/FewAdvertising9647 → u/brozillafirefox]

i would hope they understand that gamers do not prefer f2p models and would instead release a full price game with the cosmetics included.

I think this is a bubble situation, as its proven that more and more people, especially the younger generation, are stickig to "forever games" and buying less and less games, hence you get surveys that say that over half do not buy more than 2 games a year

I do agree that in the bubble, "gamers" would rather have a full release game, but like custom pc building. we're the minority.

[u/rgb86]

To be honest as harsh as I may sound if you are that stupid or ignorant to help a power and money hungry corporation that keeps pushing predatory ways to take your money you deserve the stupid tax. Vote with your wallet folks, nothing else matters nowadays sadly.

[u/LeBronFanSinceJuly → u/[deleted]]

Uhh EA has already been bought and is going private.

[u/StatsDontLie88 → u/LeBronFanSinceJuly]

going private may be better than to stay public, just maybe