How INSANELY expensive is this game?
I just had a look at the
"deals" for buying gold and they are through the roof "beyond
the stratosphere expensive"!
I've taken a look at 5 similar applications and not 1 comes close to charging anywhere near the amount that CoK expects it's customers to pay.
The other games (which are similar quality but have significantly fewer bugs and glitches) charge 300 - 600% less for their in-game currency when compared with this game!!!!
What I analysed was the cost of their in-game currency packages and the costs of similar types of items and relative value for money. CoK offers significantly less value for money.
There isn't much anyone can do about this as CoK can charge what they like. As a customer you can only give them feedback on what you think. Would you be happy to pay? Do you think it's too unreasonable? If so, how much do you think isreasonable?
So then I asked around players of different nationalities how much are CoK charging for gold?
Yes, it's perhaps not surprising from a game "Made in China" that we don't all pay about the same! Some players get better deals than others based on where they come from!!!!
Yes players from India pay a bit less than players from China, players from China pay a bit less than players from the USA and they ALL pay less than players from the UK. I've checked with several players and run exchange rates to check. The difference can be as much as 20% extra to pay or more!
The problem is despite whatever the average salary might be, it's impossible for CoK to analyse the income of their customer base. There are rich people in China and India and poor people in the USA and UK. If players are given advantages/disadvantages simply based on where they come from it's very unfair. The distribution of wealth in many of these countries is significant.
It's probably not surprising if some customers might be a bit annoyed to find out that they're being ripped off! There shouldbe a standard price across the board. Afterall, we are all buying the same product from the same place.
This kind of bias is essentially an unethical practice that ought to be changed. My suggestion would be to drop the prices for players to the same rate as those who pay less already (equal treatment). Money won't be lost - in fact CoK would make a profit as more players would be willing to spend that currently don't because of the over-inflated costs.
Let me know what you think?
I've taken a look at 5 similar applications and not 1 comes close to charging anywhere near the amount that CoK expects it's customers to pay.
The other games (which are similar quality but have significantly fewer bugs and glitches) charge 300 - 600% less for their in-game currency when compared with this game!!!!
What I analysed was the cost of their in-game currency packages and the costs of similar types of items and relative value for money. CoK offers significantly less value for money.
There isn't much anyone can do about this as CoK can charge what they like. As a customer you can only give them feedback on what you think. Would you be happy to pay? Do you think it's too unreasonable? If so, how much do you think isreasonable?
So then I asked around players of different nationalities how much are CoK charging for gold?
Yes, it's perhaps not surprising from a game "Made in China" that we don't all pay about the same! Some players get better deals than others based on where they come from!!!!
Yes players from India pay a bit less than players from China, players from China pay a bit less than players from the USA and they ALL pay less than players from the UK. I've checked with several players and run exchange rates to check. The difference can be as much as 20% extra to pay or more!
The problem is despite whatever the average salary might be, it's impossible for CoK to analyse the income of their customer base. There are rich people in China and India and poor people in the USA and UK. If players are given advantages/disadvantages simply based on where they come from it's very unfair. The distribution of wealth in many of these countries is significant.
It's probably not surprising if some customers might be a bit annoyed to find out that they're being ripped off! There shouldbe a standard price across the board. Afterall, we are all buying the same product from the same place.
This kind of bias is essentially an unethical practice that ought to be changed. My suggestion would be to drop the prices for players to the same rate as those who pay less already (equal treatment). Money won't be lost - in fact CoK would make a profit as more players would be willing to spend that currently don't because of the over-inflated costs.
Let me know what you think?
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