There are those who believe that many DLCs and all skins are simple ways for developers to make money from a fan base that wants to differentiate themselves in online battles in some way, whether it’s wearing Peter Griffin’s skin or using a ‘Terminator’ weapon. But, according to the studios, they assure us that this is completely and categorically false. In other news, ‘League of Legends’ has just released a skin that costs 500 euros.
League of Money
The idea of Riot is very good: to reward the best esports players in the history of their flagship game with custom skins for their favorite heroes. The first chosen one has been, of course, Faker, the world champion and possibly the best player to ever grace the competitive scene.
There will be two skins for Ahri associated with Faker, each with its own battle pass and corresponding rewards: Rising Legend, Immortal Legend and, in addition, Immortalized Signature Legend, which will have both. Yes, the prizes of the most expensive battle pass grant a special banner, a title, many rewards and the skins, but it costs 59260 RPs. In other words, 500 euros. A little gift. Let’s see who can resist.
It’s not that the Immortalized version is particularly cheap: it will come with emotes and icons for 300 euros, while the regular one will cost 50 euros. Which is already a notoriously expensive price for not providing any additional content in the final game.
It is important to note that Faker himself has said more than once that he prefers to buy skins when they are on sale, and possibly, if he could, he would ask fans not to spend 500 euros on this absurdity just for the most coffee lovers. Think about everything you could buy with that money, and then consider if you really prefer to spend it on making your hero look a little different from the rest.
The worst part is that if it works as expected at Riot, it will mean the beginning of the end. And we complained about the rise in tomato prices: the real inflation was in ‘League Of Legends’.