Auction house rant

[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by phantomshark

Really hate idiots who overcharge for cards. 5k for some silvers, lol. I sell all my bronze for 1 price, all my silvers for another, etc, and all my golds for a 3rd. Only with elites will I try and check the market. And if it undercuts some idiot trying to overcharge the market, that makes me feel good.

And those cards generally cost more because they are needed to complete a set...

[ODogg]

I like the auction system and it's called capitalism, not greed. No one is making anyone spend any extra money on anything. Everything done with cash can be done with effort.

I think a lot of you may view things like this differently if you were to run your own business.

And one other thing, this "greed" you guys call MUT, DLC and other ways companies strive to make money is the only reason game prices are remaining steady at $59..

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[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I like the auction system and it's called capitalism, not greed. No one is making anyone spend any extra money on anything. Everything done with cash can be done with effort. I think a lot of you may view things like this differently if you were to run your own business. And one other thing, this "greed" you guys call MUT, DLC and other ways companies strive to make money is the only reason game prices are remaining steady at $59.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Keep telling yourself that...Companies love it...

Effort? Within the time frames given? Do you have a job and family to take care of? Or you one of those that can play for 12 hours or more a day?

Capitalism is a continual thing, which works, in an ongoing environment, like real life; in a game, it works in games like World of Warcraft, where there is no new game that starts you over at zero, like in Madden...World of Warcraft is based on a free market system/capitalism, but expansions does not reset game progress to zero...If Madden did this system, then we would be looking at a more free market system; in the case of Madden though, you have a maximum profit grabbing system, in regards to how MUT works with constantly released cards and sets that will always keep prices high...

In a capitalistic system, a newer television, for example, will cost more, but is rarely a necessity, which isn't how Mut works. I don't need a 4k TV even though they are available, because what can I really watch that takes advantage of it? And when the 4k TV comes down in price, and is more viable, then I can purchase the TV with nothing lost. In MUT, if you are there to compete, which is the basis of MUT, then you have to field the best players as soon as possible or you are way behind and are gonna lose.

In capitalism I have multiple options in regards to how or where I spend my money; ie competition..Where is the competition with Madden? There is none...

The MUT system is nothing but a casino system where the house is built to win. Take the packs that you can purchase with both points or coins..The coin amount in relation to what you will most likely get back is far more in favor of the house; its a gamble..In capitalism I know what I am buying, I can shop around and I get what I pay for, and have a course of action against a bad product..There is nothing capitalistic in MUT.

Capitalism, even in the real world is not some great system; it is the system that sees things like medicine, the Epipen, for example, become outrageously expensive, and is a necessity, unlike a TV; now that has a little to do with the fact that its patent is going to expire and generic brands will then be on the market, unless they get blocked because they do not meet requirements, but that is another story, and I am merely pointing out that capitalism isn't a great system in the sense that the use of the term should somehow suggest that nothing is wrong within a system, game or not.

[ODogg]

Your point might make a lot more sense if MUT wasn't a completely optional and recently added addition to Madden.

EA could make it ONLY pay to play and they'd be 100% in the right to do so since it has absolutely zero to do with the central product of an NFL video game.


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[4thQtrStre5S]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Your point might make a lot more sense if MUT wasn't a completely optional and recently added addition to Madden. EA could make it ONLY pay to play and they'd be 100% in the right to do so since it has absolutely zero to do with the central product of an NFL video game. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry you don't understand the system...

[NewNapkin]

Gonna close this before it gets out of hand.