$ to cR exchange rate MUST BE CHANGED

Games Halo Infinite
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I FELL FOR IT

Be careful when buying cR in the store, you might overspend without thinking about it.

The price of shop items is FAR too high. It cost over $100 real money to get all of the shop items. How can you justify such a price?

the conversion rate is rounded up as $0.01 to cR 1. That means $10 = cR 1000

the Zvezda armor set is cR 2000 ($20), it gives you the Bleached Bone armor coating, the Zvezda helmet, TAS/Droctulf attachment, Interrupt visor, UA/Viator shoulders, Util/Khilpk cooling unit chest piece, UA/Type RG knee, and Stay Hydrated stance. Thatā€™s an impressive set, I have to admit. 9 pieces total. Is it worthā€¦ $20 though? No. Iā€™d say half that.

What could you buy at half that? An HCS kit, weapon coating, and emblem. 3 pieces. Less than half the content of the $20 pack, at half the price of a $20 pack. The HCS team packs, together, cost cR 9000. $90 real dollars to buy.

I feel like this is ripping off the players, HEAVILY. I recall a similar court case with Fortnite over their battle pass shenanigans.

Again, Iā€™m well aware I spent over $200 today on COSMETICS like an idiot, Iā€™m just glad I donā€™t have a big bill to pay for the next 2 months.

This needs change.

On a side note, didnā€™t 343i say you canā€™t outright buy armor in the battlepass? While I guess thatā€™s technically true, you canā€™t buy something like the Watchdog coating (yetā€¦) and you donā€™t buy armors and coatings directlyā€¦ you do buy cR which you can use to pay for levels, which unlocks those cosmetics. So, yeah, itā€™s buying cosmetics with extra steps.

I am enjoying my ODST armor set, though. Feel right at home.

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To quote Mr. Krabs
ā€œMONEYā€!

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The pricing is commensurate when compared to other games like fortnite and apex.

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You make an impelling argument, especially since 343i, literally, said they didnā€™t want kids to overspend to satisfy their addiction on the game. The only thing worse than addiction is spending 100s of dollars on that addiction.

tbh, 1000 cr should be worth $1 or less. You should also be able to unlock cr for free like by playing the game.

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Iā€™m inclined to ask why are you just straight up buying it and not just buying the pass and play the game? You have over 130 days before the next season starts.

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pretty much this!
20 bucks for special ā€œskin setsā€ are more than justified if you compare to other F2P battle passes.

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Yeah, Infiniteā€™s monetization has gone wild. In particular the free pass straight almost only awarding Challenge Swaps, premium colors being colors we couldā€™ve chosen in older titles, etc. While the 13$ battle pass is surprisingly reasonable they gouge you at literally every opportunity outside of that.

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We are, and have been, in the era of ā€˜Dress-Simā€™ gaming for a while now.

Ultimately itā€™s a consumer issue. Buying the dresses, then complaining about it, is the wrong approach.

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You canā€™t unlock the shop items from battle pass progress.

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Yeah, okay Iā€™ll just go buy my cosmetics in Halo Infinite from another retailerā€¦ oh wait, there isnā€™t one.

Not the consumerā€™s fault, particularly not right at launch, when something is overpriced.

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Well here in Europe itā€™s worse since they just did a 1:1 conversion from $ to ā‚¬. Which means that we pay 10% more for credits, while the items in the shop keep the same price.

I canā€™t even imagine how expensive it must be in some countries like Brazil.

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Why is it overpriced?

Because for 20 years certain consumers have happliy dropped money on worthless digital dresses again and again and again, even when the games the dresses are part of are poor games. Whatā€™s a dev to do? Say no to easy money!?!

Or letā€™s look at it another way. You say you spent

What do you think the dev read from this? Confirmation that their prices are OK.

I meanā€¦spending over $200 on dress, then bitterly complaining they are overpriced, yet somehow that is not a consumer issueā€¦

The only good thing about dresses in videogames is they are really great in-game moron indicators.

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Why are you defending steep prices?

You obviously are not a collector, like I am. I enjoy collecting halo stuff, even the digital content. Thatā€™s why I bought the promotional drinks/snacks, thatā€™s why I bought the HCS stuff, and the collectible jazwares/mega construx (though I didnt keep the megas construx)

Ske7ch recently made a post about the team looking into the battlepass system because of the massive negative reception they are getting from us, the consumers.

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Yeahā€¦ Infiteā€™s microtransactions is unacceptable. Though i will say, if we really want this to stop. STOP BUYING THE ITEMS. Donā€™t spend a penny, because companies only care about the money. AKA Moneysoft. weather it be the store items or the BP, make your voice hear not just through a comment or your voice, but vya wallet as well

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It literally says in the Battle Pass that you can get $100 worth of store content if you play the game.

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Iā€™m not defending steep prices.

I AM saying that 20 years of ongoing consumer apathy has led to this era of dress sim gaming and poor, incomplete, buggy releases.

I AM saying that spending $200+ day one on cosmetics, which led to you calling yourself an idiot, is a consumer issue.

As for being a collector, like you are. I guess not, as I donā€™t view digital dresses as worthy of collecting.

Rather, I am a collector like I am, with 1000s and 1000s of physical video games, flyers, hardware, osts, promo items, nfs items, across formats from FM Towns to Xbox One. Go me!?!

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I agree. I think there should be two forms of cR. Premium that you buy and normal that you earn. Although I rather it be PLAY to win but when they announced that it was going to be free to play then you definitely saw all this coming sadly.

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The fact that you spent 200$ on cosmetics is enough reason why 343 isnā€™t going to change anything. Iā€™m not knocking you for spending that kind of money, hell itā€™s your money do what you want with it. The potential revenue 343 can make with people spending that kind of money, they would be dumb to change it. Remember, investors over consumers.

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