God, it floors me that people are buying this skin at all. Not only is it a colossal rip off, but the success of its sales means that they will continue to do this despite the controversy surrounding it.
well the problem is also faker he promoted the skin and since he has alot of fans most spent that bs money on the skin and the reason that faker didn't used the skin in worlds is simple one he dosen't care about it 2 he expected compensation from riot to play that skin in worlds but they didn't want to give it to him
What do you mean rip off? Nobody is forcing you to buy it, and it's a nice way to support the developers so if someone buy it is a benefit for less wealthy players like us. [insert forgot to ask third wheel for consent meme]
Spend that $500 on a decent bicycle, ride out, and touch some grass. Will be loads better on your physical and mental health too. Or get ten $50 video games or something, a better use of your money. EDIT: It's just my opinion as some random guy in the Internet, relax... Anyway, by decent bicycle, I meant you won't encounter any problems that a bicycle-shaped-object would give, will last you years if not decades, and rides decently enough for fun and exercise rides. $500 (heck, a $1000 bike) is a good price point for that and if you are NOT racing, you don't really need much beyond that. And what's funny is that even if you get more expensive bikes at least you actually do get some performance benefits... unlike what this skin offers you.
Ultimate skins caused a stir when the first one, Pulsefire Ezreal, was released, because it was wayyyyy more expensive than the next most expensive skin at the time. And it wasn't big enough, Rito got away with it, and this is the result of it; insanely inflated skin pricing. I didn't care too much for it, because hey, luxury items exist, but this Ahri skin pricing is ridiculous. Now that this has worked, they'll do it again and again. I still ban Ahri, because even if a single person rages from it being banned, I consider it a win. The dog turds that support this behaviour from Rito deserves every bit of grief they get.
Here in brazil the price is equivalent to around 1500 USD *going by minimum wage* (which means even tho the skin costs around 300 dollars, the minimum wage here is LESS than what the skin costs) We've been calling this skin salAHRY for a while now
@@oran_berry well, here in argentina is about 500 dollars, but the... i don't remember how it was said in english so, "Impuestos" (the extra price the government puts on it ) is around the 80% so 1000 dollars is valid here.
@@oran_berryIt's not, it's 1500 R$, and it's like 5x cheaper than USD so it would be like 300 USD not 1500 USD, I hope I made things clear as my English isn't the best
@@mlekosojowe7312 Nah Lux Yasuo Yone and Seraphine wont because they're not pro play champions, only champions meta in proplay can be selected for such thing since it's a proplay "celebration".
@@mlekosojowe7312 Who plays those champs that is a contender for Hall of Fame? Keria won't be HoF for lux anytime soon I only see Lee Sin for Insec or Bengi, Tristana/Ezreal for Bang, Anivia for Bjergsen, Vayne for Uzi...
Riot releasing a 500$ skin and getting a lot of sales feels the same as Homelander killing a guy in public and getting cheered on. Im fucking terrified of what they're capable of doing next
I mean, a lot of sales is just a small number compared to other skins, I'm pretty sure it's not even 10% of players buying this skin, but the issue is that the price is so high, they know that less than 10% of stupid enough players that buy this skin is enough to fund the entire campaign
I won't care if the next skin is 1,000,000. If whales buy the 1 million dollars skin, it only means it give riot more resources to improve their product, while taxing rich and vain idiots. Buying cosmetic skin in a video game is a luxury by itself. The free to play business model is basically decreasing price for grass-root players and increasing price for whales. Don't have the money to waste on luxuries? Don't buy skins, and enjoy the increase of quality of the game/tv show/events due to Riot having more revenue. I think buying luxury items to be kinda silly in general. It is just falling for consumerism brainwashing. Even faker doesn't use skins. Even after he grown rich, he still didn't fall for the consumerism brainwashing. Grass-root players are benefitting from the silliness of the whales, so I don't have much to complain in terms of personal interest.
@@bohanxu6125I’m more concerned that people are boycotting the skins more than boycotting fixing the game like why don’t we have the right priorities 😭
@@blackfalcon1324 It's not the same price though. Canadian average salary is only 77% of American average salary after conversion. Not to mention higher cost of living and extreme tax rates in Canada. I'm not finished school yet so I'm only making~$45,000CAD/year right now. Even that meager income is taxed at 24%, plus 15% sales tax totalling at 39% tax. Once I finish school I'll be losing 53% of my income to taxes lmao. The are some states that don't even have sales tax. New Hampshire is the first one that comes up on Google and is says they only pay ~10.5% income tax with a $70,000 salary. I digress. My point is that $675.00 is ridiculous for a low poly videogame skin that you only see from top down.
You have to keep in mind that 250 dollars is not affordable for people living outside the US. Take Brazil for example, 250 dollars is 1400 reais, which is basically the minimum wage. Even with a discount, it barely makes a dent on the total price. Riot may seen scummy for asking 250 from you guys, but they look outright evil for asking an entire month's salary for a goddamn skin. And honestly, where is that money even going? The game is getting consistently worse with every year with its glitches, bugs, scripts, and the toxic community. I uninstalled as soon as Vanguard rolled out, last thing I need is tencent getting my data. Sure, I'll miss hitting that perfect R with Zyra, but I know that there are other games out there that will actually respect me and my money, and that's worth far more to me.
you haven't played much games yet or understand basic economics if you think making a game doesn't involve people's salaries, server payments (which are hilariously expensive), logistics and etc. Where does riot get their money? From skins and e-sports and right now their e-sports nets them more money than skins. scripters has already been kicked out of the game, I think you're just banned out when Vanguard rolled out than you uninstalling league. You're probably one of those scripters. Toxicity in the game is actually in all time low as long as you report properly. I got a lot of people in the banned list when they talk too much. Even when I report people that I think are scripters; some of them are found to be scripters and got banned
@@miggyceldran183 I mean riot needs the money to make sure the client runs smooth and the game doesnt have a lot of bugs, right! They clearly need it the poor things! Because apparently the billions they already make isn't enough for that.
I see hog rider, I like the comment, but hog rider and saying you ban ahri every game? Nah man I wish youtube would allow people to like comments twice
Honestly for 500 dollars this skin should give me a costumised client and in games menu, not some "uniqe" fetures that will stop being uniqe when the next specail skin will come
Lux has new voicelines with every transformation, that I can choose what and when to trigger. Ahri transform triggers automaticly and has the same voicelines. so yeah....
People like this are the reason companies keep pumping out loads of DLC's in every single game imaginable Because of some people's crippling problem to stop spending money, the whole gaming industry has to suffer
Which is a good thing. Can't sell DLC if your game is shit, this incentives you to make good games first, only then can you really money print with DLC. And skins don't impact gameplay, so wtf are you guys even mad about, just jealousy?
steam sale is still going on as of today, and with that money you could buy dozens of masterpieces and classics that you could play for the rest of your life
It's kinda funny. I always wanted to buy a cool skin for my main (Syndra), but after playing the game for ~11 years not only I didn't buy a single skin, I didn't even equip any skins I got from the free boxes, because they all fucking suck. It's their loss and, in the end, I didn't really care. I just made fun of all the people who wanted this or that skin line on Syndra and it always turned out crap. Like when she "finally" got Coven skin, I couldn't help, but glee that not only it wasn't a legendary skin (the bundle of sticks that inhabited Syndramains subreddit and discord severs were completely malding over it), but it also looked bad.
@@dj_koen1265 Exactly. I invested 40 bucks in the Summer Sales, got 18 games full DLCs for that, all of them great games (Witcher 3, Shogun Total War, Digimon World: Next Order, FFIII and IV 3D Remakes, FFXII Zodiac...). Imagine spending 500 euros in a 2D skin for a game that's 15 years old and way, WAY off its prime.
I will ban it for at least a year. Also im no longer giving riot money because i had no idea we were getting ripped off where the phillipines gets sweet discounts
@jeffthomas122 they released a 500 dollar skin to exploit the community. That's unacceptable and the people who buy it, rewarding the company, are scum. So we ban ahri so less people can use the skin and people will be less likely to buy it with the ban rates high
@@BowserGlazeryeah, I was still surprised about the price, It's still hella expensive here in the Philippines because of the currency value, but far from $450
@@ron3940it does, it makes Ahri less played and it infuriates the idiots who bought the skin (if you are ready to pay over 100$ on a *skin*, you need to reconsider your life choices. that's drug addict behavior, or worse, "buying yourself a chinese kid adoptee for the fashion statement" behavior)
It blows my mind that Riot isn't treated like EA in reputation. They often aren't even considered in the "what's the worst company" conversations. They literally just trend follow popular games, barely put a new layer of paint of them, and quadruple the monetization. That's their ENTIRE BUSINESS. They have no original ideas and treat their fans like utter garbage.
1:12 when the cost in rp of the ahri bundle was announced it was 500$ to reach that rp amount. When it arrived to public servers riot added the option of $429.99. So its not that "$500 sounds cooler", it's that in the beginning that was it's price
lucky. I'm in Canada, and reasonable quality beers like guiness is like $4. GOOD quality is like $10 (Val dieu - Grand cru, St. Bernard's abt. 12, Kasteel Donker, etc)
@@zninebiggs4911 Not applicable. I could buy this skin with a single paycheck, and it wouldn't hurt my bottom line, but for other less fortunate people in other countries, they have to suffer.
@@karlhans6678 its your money. you should be able to spend it your way. it doesnt matter what others think of it or do you want people telling you how to spend it?
@@zerodawn09except one day the game will close and those 500 will be gone with the game 😂😂 with that price tag you can buy a figure or 2 figures of Ahri which wont be gone when the game closes one day 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@zerodawn09 yeah its there money to spend but it doesn't make them any less of a dumbass. they have the freedom to burn there money and we have the freedom to judge the hell out of them for it
@@masonblaster3997 yes you can call them a dumbass. i have no problem with that. i do have a problem of people trying to stop them. what happen to :land of the free" for the U.S. people? too many people people think their way is the only way and then lose their minds when you dont agree. i would rather point out those idiots over the idiots burning their money. as i keep saying the main character syndrome is a problem.
People who buy that crap are just wasting their money lol. Wallet "gamers" are probably one of most cringe gamers out there. like bruh imagine spending like 10k dollars on skins or some gacha lootboxes. Like bro if you are rich go buy a yacht or some other fancy shit and if you are average and make that bad financial decisions then idk go gambling or spend it all on lotery tickets at least you will have small chance to actually win something.
you see, there is this figure of Ahri that RIOT sells, which costs around 300 bucks - it's a 1/7 Scale and honestly, i'd rather had it when people buy the figure that they get the Skin inclusive - it would have been a lot more worth it because hell, collecting figures is something a lot of ppl do and it is MORE VALUABLE than a skin that literally costs 200 bucks more. Riot really showed their true colors here and i am more than shocked and speechless.
And most important you can keep the statue for as long as it remains in good condition but the single moment league servers shut down all that money you spent on ahri's skin goes down the drain
If Riot made it that a major part of this skin profits go directly in to worlds prize pool I would consider making less fun out of Ahri players every time I see them using this skin in game
I am not justifying the price, but people care too much about what others do with their money. If they have the resources to get it, then there is no reason to hate these people. You do not know them, and they do not know or care about you, so you should not care about them.
It really makes me think that we are just letting whales be taken advantaged of by greedy companies cause that's how I see it. It may be silly now but caring how people spend will indirectly make companies think how they should approach pricing. But yeah anyway, no. Let them care about how people spend money, we shouldn't be apathetic on spending habits because it will only invite predatory practices which they clearly did.
@@h0kakiI'll agree on this context. But I wonder if this exact mentality is why is so common for people to get not anywhere near enough income to afford housing despite working a full time job... Among other essential needs. So it seems like the mentality of many cities is that you're not worth your life despite working a full time job.
@@h0kaki We do know them, here is a video from 8 years ago made by actual game devs watch?v=PBtXyv0Q1Eg Whales - people who spend hundreds, thousands, on games - are not rich kids that can afford it. Most are just compulsive spenders, depressed ad lonely people, or those addicted to the game. Riot is, quite blatantly, exploiting their own players.
The difference between $400 and $500 for a digital cosmetic is minimal. It's the principle behind marketing a celebratory skin for a pro player known for not using skins and exploiting their fame and impact on the esports scene for millions of dollars. NFL merch such as the Game Jersey (which has the names of your favorite player on the back) only goes for about $130, and that is a physical item you can wear. I would have understood if they wanted to make this an exceptional skin and market it as an ultimate skin or even make a new class of skins for this specific case, but to insult the entire community for a cash grab is cringe and should be treated as such. We had this issue last year with the $200 chromas, which is no different now; Riot needs to stop appeasing the whales and focus on building rapport with the community again.
????? This is COSMETIC. It has no impact on the actual game so why do you care. They gotta make money somehow, giving pricey cosmetics is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than it being pay to win
My main problem is what the hell are they gonna do next year? Uh? Are we gonna get a 500 skin of Mata? Uzi? Khan? Don't get me wrong, I would suck up Khan for less than a dollar but who are gonna buy a skin like that if it is not faker? And doing cheaper skins would be like an insult for the players you're supposed to praise in the event.
Idc I will ban her every time as long as I can. Stupid that this community accepts such a pricing. We will see more stuff like that in the future and its our own fault because we don´t do aynthing against it.
the people accepted it because even if ahri reached 100% ban rate it wouldnt have done anything to riot people still would buy the bundle anyway its not just a 429$ skin its a 429$ bundle the boycotting was a useless tactic the only way that the boycotting would have worked is if THE WHOLE WORLDDD and i mean EVERYONEE didnt buy any of the bundles and banned themselves on purpose just to boycott a bundle i bought the 244$ one because i wanted it
@@Avikai27 I still dont get the hate on this. Is the skin expensive? Yes. Do you lose anything when you dont buy it? No. If people wanna buy an expensive skin that does literally nothing to the next guy except looking nice, let them buy it.
@thomasschmid4814 accepting these kind of tactics from corporations have historically never been a good idea, they're pushing to see how much money people are willing to pay, and sure right now it doesn't affect you, but then they'll think "hey we got away with this, maybe we can raise the prices of all skins" This is just how corporations work these days and I dont think I need to give you any example as everyday life is full of examples of these
Why do you care if prices are high tho? You can just not use it. While yes, Hall of legends is a scam in terms of remembering someone as there would be no players with that skin. But well, at least he gets some %cut from it so I hope it works for him
2:40 just to clarify its because the economy in these discounted regions is bad. People usually get paid around 600 dollars or something like that monthly in these regions. So salary wise its actually more expensive for people from these regions to buy these skins than it is for people from NA etc.
where i live, which has a similar economy to those regions, 361 USD is your monthly pay if you earn minimum wage, and to double that you need 5 years of experience as much and in better fields with proper education, the few that are rich here are huge tax evaders and rich politicians that comes from rich families
All of that is still a giant pointless market bubble. Real pricing should be like 70 cents per skins or 2 dollars max, more like CS2 skins at least or a normal game.
@@aterfoswk5372 35$ for one part of a set I believe. Also Arcana's are definitely not Hall of Fame level, they are epic/mythic or legendary at best. Definitely not Hall of Fame. Also you seriously can't be saying Valve is less greedy than Riot. that is just hilarious.
@@aterfoswk5372 No. Arcanas are most similar to league ultimate skins which go for around $30. This specific Ahri skin is a one of a kind, it would be more like if Dota invented a new "super arcana" skin that was promoted as even better and more expensive than the arcanas. I hope this is just a one off because its faker related and it would be hard to milk another champ along with an esports pro because no esports pro comes close to faker's legacy, Ig we will see if they make a $500 Uzi vayne skin next but I don't think they will take that road because Faker as a celebrity is so big compared to anyone else.
@@aterfoswk5372 Not only they are generally cheaper, they came with a tons of customization, voice line and et cetera (Rubick arcana has like 100+ special spell interactions). This immortalized ahri skin doesn't even have customized ability icons.
I am just baffled by the amount of times that I have seen this skin in game already. Like I think everyone should be able to do with thier money what they want to do with it, even wasting it for something seemingly worthless is fine as long as you are having fun with it right, but this skin is the equivalent of buying a normal apple for 200$ instead of 1$ and I cannot justify it in my mind
it really took you playing league of legends to understand a basic concept like wasting money? overpriced cars, rent, buildings, clothes, food, restaurants, VIP of any sort on any other service never made you grasp that concept before? you mentioned apple im sure you also know how well apple (no pun intended) is doing with overpriced phones every year
@@alexandreiss0agr276more baffled that regular ass people are straight up taking loans to buy this skin. If hurts my soul but while I can logically see that they are the ones making that stupid choice it still hurts to see regardless lol
@@alexandreiss0agr276 I'm personally baffled because with the money a single skin costs I could buy a hell of a lot of stuff thats objectively much more valuable.
"Hey chud, let people waste money on predatory tactics, no noticing or reasonable criticism allowed.Go touch grass too!" You are the perfect customer Riot wants. Made for each other.
i actually met a guy who bought the skin and still banned ahri every game. i added him and asked why he told me he is really well off and loved the skin so buying wouldnt affect him in monetary sense but he would rather more people still buy the skin he told me the most expensive bundle should have been 6-8k rp if riot wanted to feel greedy and it would have sold like bread and butter.
@@jordancallahan5893 well when someone blows half of a min wage on a skin i think asking them nicely isnt considered rude in here but it might be a cultural difference he can afford it so i asked him why he was banning ahri instead of enjoying the skin he bought
@jordancallahan5893 / "Pressed?" Has League rotted your brain to think people only do things out of anger and spite? Have you forgotten what morbid curiosity is?
Such a hypocite for riot to release a .. Faker Legend Theme Ahri skin .. when the man aka Hide In Bush himself dont even use skin . Im so lucky i quit league a long time ago so i can miss this kind of bs
@@xd-hq5tb well the last time i played league when Nilah came out ... about 2 years ago or so . In that 2 year span , i literally got a better job and genuinely having a great life . I realize how much of an addict i am when it comes to play League . that aside , some league content do cross my FYP but i ignore them UNTIL i see the 500 bucks skin , now thats not something i can ignore
The Russian and Turkish server that you can transfer to, to buy the biggest bundle for around 240$ are currently disabled, because of people abusing it like that. What you do is, transfer your account to Russia or Turkey for 2600 RP, buy whatever amount on them servers via paypal and transfer back to the original server. Not working right now because of the greed of Riot with the Ahri skin. Theres a chance that they open transfers again before the event ends, since its been extended until the end of july.
Note that you need a VPN to get access to these regional store prices. Theres a high chance that they open it up before the event ends, because of people like me that wouldnt otherwise buy the ahri skin for 500$
Honestly, going through so many hurdles to buy the bundle for over 200USD somehow makes me think less of the player that does it. The dude spending 500 is a lazy idiot, but the one using VPNs is a motivated idiot.
@@psychokuca302 huh? russia has been disabled the last time expensive skins were up in the store as well. what are you talking about lmfao. get some fucking hobbies instead of commenting with russophobia jfc
Faker is the Jordan of League. He started when the game started, became the best assassin in the world with zed, played some off roles, stayed a legend and now he’s back to absolutely destroying again.
Funny thing is he was never the type to really use skins, so its odd they are paying tribute to him by creating the most expensive skin in the game. Odd indeed, and anti-consumer that some pixels would cost that much. I can buy some real quality clothing for that price.
I mean what He was supposed to do. He showed indirectly and subtly that He don't care about this skin and it's promotion but obviously He CAN"T say it publically ...
What???? I left League of Legends, at a time where there was already a lot of skins and microtransactions, but are you seriously saying that people spent more than 100€ on a skin? Everything going above 10€ is already way too overprized, but a lot of people are willing to spent more than that already. You just can't tell me that people are spending over 400€ for an ingame cosmetic. What is wrong with the community? You can buy yourself so much more and useful with 400€. For example, fill up your tank and go visit another country. (This really works best if you live in Europe). If you don't have a car, it might be because you are spending too much money on something that is purely cosmetic in a game. It's not even like you will see it that much. You are not guaranteed to play Ahri all the time, and even if you play her, you have to be always zoomed in, to really get something out of this skin.
ngl if I could buy something that would give me head forever for 420 bucks you better bet that my paypal balance is going to be 420 bucks lower for accounting purposes LOL
I wouldn't go as far to ban people but for me buying a skin like this would just feel disrespectful to myself and others. Full teams of people decate entire years of their short lifetimes to make full games and sell them at like $20-40. To put that money towards something that I am guessing probably only took a month to make and a few thousand to commission tops feels so wrong. Anything above $20 for a cosmetic that's not for a charity feels exorbitant to me. I am no league player though, never tried it. The billions in revenue this game makes seems wild to me, people must really enjoy this game
The game is designed to be addicting, to get you on the dopamine spikes when you are actually winning and play good. Which doesn't happen a lot by the way since 8 out of 10 times on average you get shitty, braindead team mates. And that happens in every rank. It's nothing more than a addiction, just look at all the "top" league streamers. They are literally braindead vegetables who ride on copium and are severely addicted to the game. Most of them don't even shower every day, you can tell that by their looks. That's how bad the addiction really is. It blows my mind how nobody is talking about it...
200$ may sound cheap to you but in the Philippines, thats more or less 3 months of rent here. You can buy a meal for a whole day for worth 4$, buy a midrange phone, or N Switch for that price.
I have to be honest, that Ahri skin release made me completely change my mind on Riot Games and LoL in general. And it actually made me turn again Riot Games, and they'll never see me again on the game, it might be a small amount, but I don't care, Riot never game a flick about their player base, I can't get why LoL is one of the most popular games out there... Anyway, I hope other players got the final decision of forever quit LoL, I'm proud of you if you did so.
LoL got so big because of marketing Dota never did so at the beggining so LoL got the reputation of being the good MOBA Also Dota skins you can mix and match them most characters got slots for Head shoulder torso waist legs i say most because they have Actual monsters and not Sexy Monstergirl Mantaray and you can also sells those skins in the market and buy them for cheap i got Kunka a new hat for 0.13 cents They also have item diversity alot better and complex then lol though
It sounds strange but there was a time when League was THE example of a F2P game in nearly every aspect. Before Tencent really got their hand high up inside Riot, they had actual good practices. Due to technical limitations most skins were minimalistic, but the pricing was fairly low. Ultimate skins were rare, and most skins were in the 975RP range. And going into Season 3 Riot decided to no longer release simple re-colors and pallet swaps (which were brought back many years later as chromas). OG LoL had no P2W mechanics (albeit it was a bit grindy), was fairly cheap - not just in base pricing, but we had a lot of discounts, and all purchases were just that: you saw something you liked, you paid for it. Even when other companies started to adopt lootboxes and seasons passes, for a good while Riot was going against the current and keeping fair practices in their game. The modern monetization of the game is fairly recent. It started with lootboxes around the time TFT also came into the game. Granted, unlike other games, Riot actually made an effort to make lootboxes more sustainable. They act in conjunction with the progression system, not limiting your options but giving you more. You can still buy things directly, but if you get a bit lucky you can save a few bucks. Unlike CS and other games, LoL was genuinely making their lootbox a bad investment, but still a nice F2P reward. Thing is, from that they delve into battle passes, and while those are better than lootboxes, they only made an addictive game even worse. It started with limited passes a few times of the year with big events, and now we jump from one to the next. Now that Tencent is hungry for more cash, and has successfully lobotomized the top branches of the company, they are going to go back on all the good practices they had in the past. It's sad, really, seeing LoL become the opposite of what it used to be praised for.
@@ggwp638BC the rune system was pretty p2w thouth do i buy a new champ or get this 7 AP at game start or a new runepage so i can be flexible the grind was awfull it took me 3 months to buy a runepage and get all runes for it ie Crit, Tank, AP
One word: Addiction. Game is designed to give you huge dopamine spikes, which in turn make your brain addicted. Google Dr. Huberman and his talk about Dopamine and how it makes you addictive to things that create Dopamine spikes.
Dayum I remember it took me a week before I made the decision to purchase the world breaker malz skin that’s $20 but it looks really cool cuz he looks mayan. Can’t imagine spending $500 one skin, that’s crazy to me and I make $150k a year
Me and my friends have come to an agreement that if we up against an Ahri w that skin. She will be hyper focused. No matter if we win or not. They are not allowed to have fun
@@ckpn4771 No, I haven't bought the skin, I just think this boycott is stupid, since it won't do shit. If you idiots really wanted to hurt Riot, you would all quit the game.
this is such an L that this skin even sold once, now we will get overpriced skins all the time. Just look at what happened to TFT monetisation. 6:10 we know?? riot said in FAQ that 30% goes to him and his team, the rest is for riot to do what they feel like. It's shitty
@@tenzenchang-otanez5659 imagine that I don't bc they are too expensive, that doesn't mean that I can't criticize this price and monetisation as a whole
I made my peace with those 200 dollars mythic chromas, but to do this when I started playing the game because of Faker and was going to buy the skin even if it's gonna be ultimate skin (syke on that huh) and then they do this. This is no way to honor his legacy. You honor his legacy by honoring his fans, it's all he's ever been thankful for.
Well, not seeing and selling are two different things. For example, let's say you played 100 games exactly. With a 9% pickrate, you'd meet an Ahri 9 times throughout all of these matches. Not necessarily the guy playing Ahri that game had the skin, even if someone else in the team had it. And this isn't even accounting for the increased banrate and the people inting when they see the skin, so people who bought it are less inclined to use it.
Dont forget. The $500 skin, only 30% goes to T1, the team of T1 and then Faker. Thats small. The rest is pocketed by riot. At this point if you want to honor him give him the money directly or play like him, ie play with no skin just like him.
I could literally buy 20 large pizzas plus some drinks and decorations, invite family and friends over and have a pool party and not feel like I wasted 400 and something dollars smh.
Still, what about those unfortunate Ahri players who were caught in the crossfire who don't have the skin? The skin price is outrageous sure but banning the champion feels petty and unfair to those who play ahri anyway
@@kaskanterN Yeah its the acer aspire 3 (2023) you don't need much to use microsoft office and it has a nice 512gb ssd,and my point still stands you could run LOL at low graphics with More than playable fps.
I live in Brazil, so the prices of skins and games are no 1:1 with the USA prices, but they are still very expensive even if you convert the prices. Like, a game here is around 50 dolars (300 BRL). I have only spent 300 dolars on my steam account because I only buy games on promotions like black friday (just like most brazilians). So you can imagine how surreal it is for us to spend 400 Dolars in a single skin
Guys, at Brazil this skin price IS more expensive than a month salary.
o preço aproximado em RP seria uns 1750 enquanto nosso salário ta em 1400 kkkkkkkk
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Welcome to the free-to-play cosmetics bubble.
Average monthly salary in Philippines is $330. This skin is $400+ lol
@@adlibconstitution1609 same in some balkan countries, because EUW covers some poor countries as well we still get the full price
God, it floors me that people are buying this skin at all. Not only is it a colossal rip off, but the success of its sales means that they will continue to do this despite the controversy surrounding it.
you were right :))
well the problem is also faker he promoted the skin and since he has alot of fans most spent that bs money on the skin and the reason that faker didn't used the skin in worlds is simple one he dosen't care about it 2 he expected compensation from riot to play that skin in worlds but they didn't want to give it to him
What do you mean rip off? Nobody is forcing you to buy it, and it's a nice way to support the developers so if someone buy it is a benefit for less wealthy players like us. [insert forgot to ask third wheel for consent meme]
It physically hurts me to know people are taking LOANS to buy this skin.
Sadly yes, especially in Asia. I have heard many stories of people taking loans and maxing credit cards just to fulfill their gaming addiction.
@@charliepea yeah its insane (and sad tbh), especially in korea
damn, that's sad.
natural selection
if you need a loan for $500, im sure gaming is the least of their worries
It's like spending all that money just to have a big, shiny badge that says...
"Hello, I'm a fucking loser. Laugh at me."
fr, actually embarrassing knowing there are people so detached they think this would make them look cooler🤣
The first Ahri with the skin I met in this game claimed she bought it for her OnlyFans
I financed arcane and you didnt
@makisekurisu1761 mf says he financed a show that was actively designed not to make profit.
Didn't finance a thing. Cope more, whale
I'd sacrifice arcane in a heartbeat to stop corporate greed @@makisekurisu1761
I love how Riot is on about "immortalizing faker" forgetting their game is online and those servers aren't going to last forever.
The best part of your comment is that 99.99% of people who pay for these ridiculous skins cannot get this idea through their tiny skulls.
Trust me I can't wait for this game to die
Spend that $500 on a decent bicycle, ride out, and touch some grass. Will be loads better on your physical and mental health too. Or get ten $50 video games or something, a better use of your money.
EDIT: It's just my opinion as some random guy in the Internet, relax... Anyway, by decent bicycle, I meant you won't encounter any problems that a bicycle-shaped-object would give, will last you years if not decades, and rides decently enough for fun and exercise rides. $500 (heck, a $1000 bike) is a good price point for that and if you are NOT racing, you don't really need much beyond that. And what's funny is that even if you get more expensive bikes at least you actually do get some performance benefits... unlike what this skin offers you.
also a LOT more fun to do than playing league (i mean, anything is more fun than league anyway)
Honestly I'd like a good bike. I need the exercise.
in what world can u get a decent bike for 500 dollars
those are literally just wallmart shitty bikes
For $500, a secondhand PC or a cheap flagship level phone would be great
i can buy a pc with that money in my country i can even buy a bike with it
Honestly, the skin should have just been an ultimate skin and cost roughly $30 and I don’t think anyone would have cared.
doesn't really have the quality of an ultimate skin
@motafu1 Yup, it's lower quality than early Ultimate skins.
Nah ultimate skin sucks except udyr @@GFBunnyHopER
@@shade_7500 Ultimate Lux skin wants to disagree :)
Ultimate skins caused a stir when the first one, Pulsefire Ezreal, was released, because it was wayyyyy more expensive than the next most expensive skin at the time.
And it wasn't big enough, Rito got away with it, and this is the result of it; insanely inflated skin pricing. I didn't care too much for it, because hey, luxury items exist, but this Ahri skin pricing is ridiculous.
Now that this has worked, they'll do it again and again.
I still ban Ahri, because even if a single person rages from it being banned, I consider it a win. The dog turds that support this behaviour from Rito deserves every bit of grief they get.
Here in brazil the price is equivalent to around 1500 USD *going by minimum wage* (which means even tho the skin costs around 300 dollars, the minimum wage here is LESS than what the skin costs)
We've been calling this skin salAHRY for a while now
fo those who dint get the "salAhry"
it sounds pretty much the same as "salário", it means minimun wage in portuguese
@@300896rafaelor it sounds the same as salary... 😐
@@300896rafael I think people know what the word "salary" means
@@oran_berry well, here in argentina is about 500 dollars, but the... i don't remember how it was said in english so, "Impuestos" (the extra price the government puts on it ) is around the 80% so 1000 dollars is valid here.
@@oran_berryIt's not, it's 1500 R$, and it's like 5x cheaper than USD so it would be like 300 USD not 1500 USD, I hope I made things clear as my English isn't the best
Riot wanting us to ban Ahri less after doing this is like me telling you not to feel pain after I slap you.
It literally isn't.
Its not bro
Oh, did RIOT force you to pay $500 for the skin? What's that? They didn't? So no one got slapped and you're just looking for a way to be outraged?
As a true Faker fan, I will save myself the 430$, play Ahri with no skin and spend the saved money on deep fried mushrooms 3:
If we stop boycotting Riot the next skin will be 1000$
It for sure wont be the last 400$ skin
@@vbgfrnc they are already said something like that they want to do this every year with different skins
Lux Ezreal MF Yasuo Yone Seraphine Kaisa Akali are gonna get those skins ,😂
@@mlekosojowe7312 Nah Lux Yasuo Yone and Seraphine wont because they're not pro play champions, only champions meta in proplay can be selected for such thing since it's a proplay "celebration".
@@mlekosojowe7312 Who plays those champs that is a contender for Hall of Fame? Keria won't be HoF for lux anytime soon
I only see Lee Sin for Insec or Bengi, Tristana/Ezreal for Bang, Anivia for Bjergsen, Vayne for Uzi...
Riot releasing a 500$ skin and getting a lot of sales feels the same as Homelander killing a guy in public and getting cheered on. Im fucking terrified of what they're capable of doing next
Government needs to step up and tax like 69% for skin, so even if they do some psychological preying it will still benefit the country.
They got away with SA so anything is possible now...
I mean, a lot of sales is just a small number compared to other skins, I'm pretty sure it's not even 10% of players buying this skin, but the issue is that the price is so high, they know that less than 10% of stupid enough players that buy this skin is enough to fund the entire campaign
I won't care if the next skin is 1,000,000. If whales buy the 1 million dollars skin, it only means it give riot more resources to improve their product, while taxing rich and vain idiots.
Buying cosmetic skin in a video game is a luxury by itself. The free to play business model is basically decreasing price for grass-root players and increasing price for whales. Don't have the money to waste on luxuries? Don't buy skins, and enjoy the increase of quality of the game/tv show/events due to Riot having more revenue.
I think buying luxury items to be kinda silly in general. It is just falling for consumerism brainwashing. Even faker doesn't use skins. Even after he grown rich, he still didn't fall for the consumerism brainwashing. Grass-root players are benefitting from the silliness of the whales, so I don't have much to complain in terms of personal interest.
@@bohanxu6125I’m more concerned that people are boycotting the skins more than boycotting fixing the game like why don’t we have the right priorities 😭
5:34 I cannot fathom that many people buying the skin IN TOTAL let alone in an hour 😭😭
Fomo, and also whales.
@@Ranked_Journey having 400 dollars doesnt make you a whale. not even close, your a sardine.
They are people willing to go broke and homeless just to play one game with this expensive skin.. some of the league players are truly beyond saving.
"their money their choice" 😂😂😂
my fri3nd only eating noodles for that skin for 2 month
@@tarlaihope most people who buy the latest iPhones make around the average salary in their country.
I live in Canada and this skin is $675.00 for me after tax.
I main Ahri and I like the skin, but no way in hell am I paying that much for pixels.
It's barely even qualifies as a legendary skin too.
You can buy a Xbox S-X and a used 4k tv with that lol
You can buy a Xbox S-X and a used 4k tv with that lol
that is because of the conversion rate between CAD and USD, it is the same price.
@@blackfalcon1324 It's not the same price though.
Canadian average salary is only 77% of American average salary after conversion.
Not to mention higher cost of living and extreme tax rates in Canada.
I'm not finished school yet so I'm only making~$45,000CAD/year right now. Even that meager income is taxed at 24%, plus 15% sales tax totalling at 39% tax. Once I finish school I'll be losing 53% of my income to taxes lmao.
The are some states that don't even have sales tax. New Hampshire is the first one that comes up on Google and is says they only pay ~10.5% income tax with a $70,000 salary.
I digress. My point is that $675.00 is ridiculous for a low poly videogame skin that you only see from top down.
This skin is more then minimum wage in Brazil.
It's basically the price of my CPU and motherboard combo.
You have to keep in mind that 250 dollars is not affordable for people living outside the US. Take Brazil for example, 250 dollars is 1400 reais, which is basically the minimum wage. Even with a discount, it barely makes a dent on the total price.
Riot may seen scummy for asking 250 from you guys, but they look outright evil for asking an entire month's salary for a goddamn skin.
And honestly, where is that money even going? The game is getting consistently worse with every year with its glitches, bugs, scripts, and the toxic community.
I uninstalled as soon as Vanguard rolled out, last thing I need is tencent getting my data. Sure, I'll miss hitting that perfect R with Zyra, but I know that there are other games out there that will actually respect me and my money, and that's worth far more to me.
you haven't played much games yet or understand basic economics if you think making a game doesn't involve people's salaries, server payments (which are hilariously expensive), logistics and etc. Where does riot get their money? From skins and e-sports and right now their e-sports nets them more money than skins.
scripters has already been kicked out of the game, I think you're just banned out when Vanguard rolled out than you uninstalling league. You're probably one of those scripters. Toxicity in the game is actually in all time low as long as you report properly. I got a lot of people in the banned list when they talk too much. Even when I report people that I think are scripters; some of them are found to be scripters and got banned
@@miggyceldran183 I took you seriously until I got to the "you hate vanguard because you're a scripter" part.
@@miggyceldran183 I mean riot needs the money to make sure the client runs smooth and the game doesnt have a lot of bugs, right! They clearly need it the poor things! Because apparently the billions they already make isn't enough for that.
I mean same thing for any games collector edition which is basically what i view this as
chinese goverment is taking tencent, thats why is this happening but none will tell you.
their stocks dumped because of the ccp distrust tencent
i ban ahri every game
I see hog rider, I like the comment, but hog rider and saying you ban ahri every game? Nah man I wish youtube would allow people to like comments twice
Same@@motafu1
because ahri is broken
Same man, its become a ritual at this point.
Ofc you do, since 200 of you cost only 5pounds
Honestly for 500 dollars this skin should give me a costumised client and in games menu, not some "uniqe" fetures that will stop being uniqe when the next specail skin will come
I expected a special HUD and Killfeed and a Faker announcer for that price
@@trishamayacielo657and SOME Faker specialised merchandise delivered straight to my house.
For this money I want a coaching lesson from faker himself AND the skin.
Lux has new voicelines with every transformation, that I can choose what and when to trigger. Ahri transform triggers automaticly and has the same voicelines. so yeah....
@@trishamayacielo657 still doesnt cost 500 dollars
People like this are the reason companies keep pumping out loads of DLC's in every single game imaginable
Because of some people's crippling problem to stop spending money, the whole gaming industry has to suffer
Which is a good thing. Can't sell DLC if your game is shit, this incentives you to make good games first, only then can you really money print with DLC.
And skins don't impact gameplay, so wtf are you guys even mad about, just jealousy?
3:21 he meant BAN rate, not win rate.
$500 for a skin
When Elden Ring dlc is only $40 😂
steam sale is still going on as of today, and with that money you could buy dozens of masterpieces and classics that you could play for the rest of your life
It's kinda funny.
I always wanted to buy a cool skin for my main (Syndra), but after playing the game for ~11 years not only I didn't buy a single skin, I didn't even equip any skins I got from the free boxes, because they all fucking suck.
It's their loss and, in the end, I didn't really care. I just made fun of all the people who wanted this or that skin line on Syndra and it always turned out crap. Like when she "finally" got Coven skin, I couldn't help, but glee that not only it wasn't a legendary skin (the bundle of sticks that inhabited Syndramains subreddit and discord severs were completely malding over it), but it also looked bad.
@@dj_koen1265 2$ for celeste
@@dj_koen1265 Exactly. I invested 40 bucks in the Summer Sales, got 18 games full DLCs for that, all of them great games (Witcher 3, Shogun Total War, Digimon World: Next Order, FFIII and IV 3D Remakes, FFXII Zodiac...). Imagine spending 500 euros in a 2D skin for a game that's 15 years old and way, WAY off its prime.
@@dj_koen1265 With the price tags of high quality games these years, that's simply very false.
please, please don't stop banning ahri.
I will ban it for at least a year. Also im no longer giving riot money because i had no idea we were getting ripped off where the phillipines gets sweet discounts
@jeffthomas122 they released a 500 dollar skin to exploit the community. That's unacceptable and the people who buy it, rewarding the company, are scum. So we ban ahri so less people can use the skin and people will be less likely to buy it with the ban rates high
@@jeffthomas122 Did you watch the video you clicked on?
@@BowserGlazeryeah, I was still surprised about the price, It's still hella expensive here in the Philippines because of the currency value, but far from $450
@@keb8806 oh wait yeah
No one gets to play ahri in my games
The Ahri gate keeper
Wise word from cirno
i never ban her, id hate to buy a skin and never get to play it, plus banning her does nothing to riot
@@ron3940you’re part of the problem
@@ron3940it does, it makes Ahri less played and it infuriates the idiots who bought the skin (if you are ready to pay over 100$ on a *skin*, you need to reconsider your life choices. that's drug addict behavior, or worse, "buying yourself a chinese kid adoptee for the fashion statement" behavior)
It blows my mind that Riot isn't treated like EA in reputation. They often aren't even considered in the "what's the worst company" conversations.
They literally just trend follow popular games, barely put a new layer of paint of them, and quadruple the monetization. That's their ENTIRE BUSINESS.
They have no original ideas and treat their fans like utter garbage.
Probably because most people who care about such things have memory-holed the entire company and haven't touched anything from them for years.
1:12 when the cost in rp of the ahri bundle was announced it was 500$ to reach that rp amount. When it arrived to public servers riot added the option of $429.99. So its not that "$500 sounds cooler", it's that in the beginning that was it's price
I could buy over 400 good quality beers for that price
You definitely could!
For example?
@@nelzelpher7158in spain a good beer cost less than a euro
@@krzx4259 was there for Vaccation and i like Xibeca a lot
lucky. I'm in Canada, and reasonable quality beers like guiness is like $4. GOOD quality is like $10 (Val dieu - Grand cru, St. Bernard's abt. 12, Kasteel Donker, etc)
Just to show perspective, here in Brazil, the skin cost around 1.5x the minimun month wage. So if you work an entire month, you still can't buy it
then dont, the game is still free to play
@@alexeizaraiov yes, your right, he said it just to show perspective :|
+don't eat and don't buy anything else.
this is why you "Save" money. not justifying the skin, but if you really want it, you'll just save up for it or spend some saved up money on it
@@zninebiggs4911 Not applicable. I could buy this skin with a single paycheck, and it wouldn't hurt my bottom line, but for other less fortunate people in other countries, they have to suffer.
5 dollars for a slight recolor is also garbage
Still better then that, with 250 i can buy Other game
@@yunuda.scarlet with 250 you can get whole ps5 maybe or xbox console.
@@ravenspurplebeats5412 Used maybe
keep in mind that $5 fifteen years ago is the equivalent of over $10 adjusted for inflation. its even shittier than it seems lol
5 dollars for a blue? A fecking BLUE?!
i loved the dude from rito saying "u spend 200 for ur hobby every month why u cant spend 500 for the 5 pixels ?" (kinda like that)
The nerve to say that.
@@karlhans6678 its your money. you should be able to spend it your way. it doesnt matter what others think of it or do you want people telling you how to spend it?
@@zerodawn09except one day the game will close and those 500 will be gone with the game 😂😂 with that price tag you can buy a figure or 2 figures of Ahri which wont be gone when the game closes one day 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@zerodawn09 yeah its there money to spend but it doesn't make them any less of a dumbass. they have the freedom to burn there money and we have the freedom to judge the hell out of them for it
@@masonblaster3997 yes you can call them a dumbass. i have no problem with that. i do have a problem of people trying to stop them. what happen to :land of the free" for the U.S. people? too many people people think their way is the only way and then lose their minds when you dont agree. i would rather point out those idiots over the idiots burning their money. as i keep saying the main character syndrome is a problem.
the original pink mercy skin was only like $12, but accounts with it could sell for over $1000, just imagine
I cant picture it, im not a literal goblin.
People who buy that crap are just wasting their money lol. Wallet "gamers" are probably one of most cringe gamers out there. like bruh imagine spending like 10k dollars on skins or some gacha lootboxes. Like bro if you are rich go buy a yacht or some other fancy shit and if you are average and make that bad financial decisions then idk go gambling or spend it all on lotery tickets at least you will have small chance to actually win something.
And then they re-release it for the same 12 dollars
you see, there is this figure of Ahri that RIOT sells, which costs around 300 bucks - it's a 1/7 Scale and honestly, i'd rather had it when people buy the figure that they get the Skin inclusive - it would have been a lot more worth it because hell, collecting figures is something a lot of ppl do and it is MORE VALUABLE than a skin that literally costs 200 bucks more. Riot really showed their true colors here and i am more than shocked and speechless.
you can buy the ahri figure and also buy a big enough jar to put her in for less than the skin, smh
The figure might even gain value with time and become a collection item - whereas a skin, especially if it is always for sale, not so much
And most important you can keep the statue for as long as it remains in good condition but the single moment league servers shut down all that money you spent on ahri's skin goes down the drain
@@starjadiancloneinvestigato1772 Ok, that's enough internet for today...
@@csashtanot even that. The skin is literally just code, it has no value.
If Riot made it that a major part of this skin profits go directly in to worlds prize pool I would consider making less fun out of Ahri players every time I see them using this skin in game
Hear hear.
The greed of this skin makes me physically sick. lol
I am not justifying the price, but people care too much about what others do with their money.
If they have the resources to get it, then there is no reason to hate these people.
You do not know them, and they do not know or care about you, so you should not care about them.
It really makes me think that we are just letting whales be taken advantaged of by greedy companies cause that's how I see it. It may be silly now but caring how people spend will indirectly make companies think how they should approach pricing. But yeah anyway, no. Let them care about how people spend money, we shouldn't be apathetic on spending habits because it will only invite predatory practices which they clearly did.
@@h0kakiI'll agree on this context. But I wonder if this exact mentality is why is so common for people to get not anywhere near enough income to afford housing despite working a full time job... Among other essential needs.
So it seems like the mentality of many cities is that you're not worth your life despite working a full time job.
@@h0kaki We do know them, here is a video from 8 years ago made by actual game devs watch?v=PBtXyv0Q1Eg
Whales - people who spend hundreds, thousands, on games - are not rich kids that can afford it. Most are just compulsive spenders, depressed ad lonely people, or those addicted to the game.
Riot is, quite blatantly, exploiting their own players.
The difference between $400 and $500 for a digital cosmetic is minimal. It's the principle behind marketing a celebratory skin for a pro player known for not using skins and exploiting their fame and impact on the esports scene for millions of dollars.
NFL merch such as the Game Jersey (which has the names of your favorite player on the back) only goes for about $130, and that is a physical item you can wear. I would have understood if they wanted to make this an exceptional skin and market it as an ultimate skin or even make a new class of skins for this specific case, but to insult the entire community for a cash grab is cringe and should be treated as such.
We had this issue last year with the $200 chromas, which is no different now; Riot needs to stop appeasing the whales and focus on building rapport with the community again.
I missed the 200.00 chromas, wtf was so special about a chroma to cost 200??? That seems way worse than this
????? This is COSMETIC. It has no impact on the actual game so why do you care. They gotta make money somehow, giving pricey cosmetics is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than it being pay to win
My main problem is what the hell are they gonna do next year? Uh? Are we gonna get a 500 skin of Mata? Uzi? Khan? Don't get me wrong, I would suck up Khan for less than a dollar but who are gonna buy a skin like that if it is not faker? And doing cheaper skins would be like an insult for the players you're supposed to praise in the event.
i still think a cosmetic microtransaction shouldn't EVER cost more than 5 dollars, with the average being 1 dollar.
This skin costs the same amount of money that I earn in a month, insanity
It physically hurts my brain that they are charging $500 for a skin Faker himself won't even use.
Idc I will ban her every time as long as I can. Stupid that this community accepts such a pricing. We will see more stuff like that in the future and its our own fault because we don´t do aynthing against it.
the people accepted it because even if ahri reached 100% ban rate it wouldnt have done anything to riot
people still would buy the bundle anyway
its not just a 429$ skin
its a 429$ bundle
the boycotting was a useless tactic
the only way that the boycotting would have worked
is if THE WHOLE WORLDDD and i mean EVERYONEE didnt buy any of the bundles
and banned themselves on purpose just to boycott a bundle
i bought the 244$ one because i wanted it
they made a special skin catagory for this skin, so yeah that implies there are more comming!
@@Avikai27 I still dont get the hate on this. Is the skin expensive? Yes. Do you lose anything when you dont buy it? No. If people wanna buy an expensive skin that does literally nothing to the next guy except looking nice, let them buy it.
@thomasschmid4814 accepting these kind of tactics from corporations have historically never been a good idea, they're pushing to see how much money people are willing to pay, and sure right now it doesn't affect you, but then they'll think "hey we got away with this, maybe we can raise the prices of all skins"
This is just how corporations work these days and I dont think I need to give you any example as everyday life is full of examples of these
Why do you care if prices are high tho? You can just not use it. While yes, Hall of legends is a scam in terms of remembering someone as there would be no players with that skin. But well, at least he gets some %cut from it so I hope it works for him
2:40 just to clarify its because the economy in these discounted regions is bad. People usually get paid around 600 dollars or something like that monthly in these regions. So salary wise its actually more expensive for people from these regions to buy these skins than it is for people from NA etc.
where i live, which has a similar economy to those regions, 361 USD is your monthly pay if you earn minimum wage, and to double that you need 5 years of experience as much and in better fields with proper education, the few that are rich here are huge tax evaders and rich politicians that comes from rich families
Riot think league of legends is Dota 2 when you can spend 500$ on cosmetic but Dota 2 cosmetic can buy,sell and trade
All of that is still a giant pointless market bubble. Real pricing should be like 70 cents per skins or 2 dollars max, more like CS2 skins at least or a normal game.
That moment when the statue looks better than the ingame skin 😂
how many of those figures are in jars now.
Shoulda been a $50 skin. Pricey but people wouldn't have been mad since it is a really nice skin.
In Dota 2, arcanas(skins like in the video) costs $35. I cant believe that valves are less greedy than riot games
@@aterfoswk5372 well some of the proceeds go to faker. So if the skin itself was $35. Then the $15 is just the Faker tax which I could live with
@@aterfoswk5372 35$ for one part of a set I believe. Also Arcana's are definitely not Hall of Fame level, they are epic/mythic or legendary at best. Definitely not Hall of Fame.
Also you seriously can't be saying Valve is less greedy than Riot. that is just hilarious.
@@aterfoswk5372 No. Arcanas are most similar to league ultimate skins which go for around $30. This specific Ahri skin is a one of a kind, it would be more like if Dota invented a new "super arcana" skin that was promoted as even better and more expensive than the arcanas. I hope this is just a one off because its faker related and it would be hard to milk another champ along with an esports pro because no esports pro comes close to faker's legacy, Ig we will see if they make a $500 Uzi vayne skin next but I don't think they will take that road because Faker as a celebrity is so big compared to anyone else.
@@aterfoswk5372 Not only they are generally cheaper, they came with a tons of customization, voice line and et cetera (Rubick arcana has like 100+ special spell interactions). This immortalized ahri skin doesn't even have customized ability icons.
I am just baffled by the amount of times that I have seen this skin in game already. Like I think everyone should be able to do with thier money what they want to do with it, even wasting it for something seemingly worthless is fine as long as you are having fun with it right, but this skin is the equivalent of buying a normal apple for 200$ instead of 1$ and I cannot justify it in my mind
it really took you playing league of legends to understand a basic concept like wasting money? overpriced cars, rent, buildings, clothes, food, restaurants, VIP of any sort on any other service never made you grasp that concept before? you mentioned apple im sure you also know how well apple (no pun intended) is doing with overpriced phones every year
your baffled because people spend money on things they like ?
go outside a little.
@@alexandreiss0agr276more baffled that regular ass people are straight up taking loans to buy this skin. If hurts my soul but while I can logically see that they are the ones making that stupid choice it still hurts to see regardless lol
@@alexandreiss0agr276 I'm personally baffled because with the money a single skin costs I could buy a hell of a lot of stuff thats objectively much more valuable.
"Hey chud, let people waste money on predatory tactics, no noticing or reasonable criticism allowed.Go touch grass too!"
You are the perfect customer Riot wants. Made for each other.
i actually met a guy who bought the skin and still banned ahri every game. i added him and asked why he told me he is really well off and loved the skin so buying wouldnt affect him in monetary sense but he would rather more people still buy the skin he told me the most expensive bundle should have been 6-8k rp if riot wanted to feel greedy and it would have sold like bread and butter.
its the man the myth the immortal legend himself teomangurbuz how is the fight going? is poley still alive?
Lmfao, imagine being so pressed you ask a complete stranger why they bought something.
@@jordancallahan5893 well when someone blows half of a min wage on a skin i think asking them nicely isnt considered rude in here but it might be a cultural difference he can afford it so i asked him why he was banning ahri instead of enjoying the skin he bought
@jordancallahan5893 / "Pressed?" Has League rotted your brain to think people only do things out of anger and spite? Have you forgotten what morbid curiosity is?
@@jordancallahan5893imagine buying an unusable 500 bucks item that would be unavailable during power outage.
If riot ever Immortalized me with this tactic I would explode to oblivion
BRING BACK DUSKBLADE
“Riot did consider other countries economies” - yea if they did that they wouldn’t be charging $500 for a digital skin.
Only US centric view see this is 200$ skin.
For the rest of the world, it's "I have to abandon all my monthly bill" skin.
In PLN/zł it costs TWO FRICKIN' THOUSAND.
WHAT THE HELL
Not rlly no. But yeah the price is still hilarious
this isnt affordable for poorer americans either, skin is just made to bait out rich people to swipe like gacha games tend to do.
Why do you say only US... It's just as much in EU, kr, and ch...
2 tys za skina jest crazy 💀💀@@robertlupa8273
In Philippines thats almost a full month salary
Yeah 200$ in our economy is crazy 😂
Goes to show how much riot cares about their second-clas... Ahem I mean other players. The skin was never for the "poor" Filipinos in the first place
in Brazil we get around 250$ and the skin costs like 310 ^^
Crazy how a bunch of pixels is worth your entire month's grocery, tech equipment and an entirely new hobby
Hourly wage in Philippines is like 1.07 dollar per hour
Such a hypocite for riot to release a .. Faker Legend Theme Ahri skin .. when the man aka Hide In Bush himself dont even use skin . Im so lucky i quit league a long time ago so i can miss this kind of bs
but you didnt miss it + you still watched a vid about it? like i get it league sucks but why are you lucky xD
@@xd-hq5tb well the last time i played league when Nilah came out ... about 2 years ago or so . In that 2 year span , i literally got a better job and genuinely having a great life . I realize how much of an addict i am when it comes to play League . that aside , some league content do cross my FYP but i ignore them UNTIL i see the 500 bucks skin , now thats not something i can ignore
He's a bitch too tho. He endorsed the skin. He said he hopes people will use it.
Same! I left when Nilah came around and life is so much better 😎
@@raydranorae144 It's not leagues fault. It's you as a person.
Dethklok The Fansong: You're bunch of banks that i like to rob You're my online cash transactions You're my future stocks
These people paying $500 on a skin are the same kind of people that never go seek mental therapy because "its too expensive"
what about the people who spends over 100$ a week on coffee and cigerettes/ vaping. Same dumb shit you don't need lol
Faker's trademark has always been not using a skin, why did people think him not the skin was a big deal?
Dude the extra money I would save from not getting that skin would feed both me and my dog for weeks
It would feed me for a month and a half
The Russian and Turkish server that you can transfer to, to buy the biggest bundle for around 240$ are currently disabled, because of people abusing it like that.
What you do is, transfer your account to Russia or Turkey for 2600 RP, buy whatever amount on them servers via paypal and transfer back to the original server. Not working right now because of the greed of Riot with the Ahri skin. Theres a chance that they open transfers again before the event ends, since its been extended until the end of july.
Note that you need a VPN to get access to these regional store prices. Theres a high chance that they open it up before the event ends, because of people like me that wouldnt otherwise buy the ahri skin for 500$
@@Hgskgpoeote I wouldn't buy the most expensive bundle even for 20$
Honestly, going through so many hurdles to buy the bundle for over 200USD somehow makes me think less of the player that does it. The dude spending 500 is a lazy idiot, but the one using VPNs is a motivated idiot.
Russian disabled not cuz of this. Please fact check your info :)
@@psychokuca302 huh? russia has been disabled the last time expensive skins were up in the store as well. what are you talking about lmfao.
get some fucking hobbies instead of commenting with russophobia jfc
Use the 400 dollars to buy yourself a PC upgrade and not have to play this game anymore
Also why rebel when you can just, you know, not buy the skin?
Faker is the Jordan of League. He started when the game started, became the best assassin in the world with zed, played some off roles, stayed a legend and now he’s back to absolutely destroying again.
And just like Jordan the prices of their merch is unexplainably expensive
Funny thing is he was never the type to really use skins, so its odd they are paying tribute to him by creating the most expensive skin in the game. Odd indeed, and anti-consumer that some pixels would cost that much. I can buy some real quality clothing for that price.
I don't care? If he's Jordan, I'm a guy playing bball on a school yard
@@christopherdsuza7531well PPL drink wine and alcohol then piss.. it does not even benefit our body..makes sense?
@@PikachuPolice Actually they say red wine can be beneficial when you drink in modesty.
I mean what He was supposed to do. He showed indirectly and subtly that He don't care about this skin and it's promotion but obviously He CAN"T say it publically ...
I find it interesting how this new ahri skin is such big news when on Wild Rift we have multiple skins for $300-500 and nobody talks about it.
Cause mobile games were allways made to be transaction focused, no one cares cause every game does that
You should see the prices nintendo and niantic are putting on valueless packs on their games lol
Because wild rift is a completely irrelevant game
@@yet0another0account it’s still league,just mobile version
@@Pe_iki jeez these game prices r getting insane
What???? I left League of Legends, at a time where there was already a lot of skins and microtransactions, but are you seriously saying that people spent more than 100€ on a skin? Everything going above 10€ is already way too overprized, but a lot of people are willing to spent more than that already. You just can't tell me that people are spending over 400€ for an ingame cosmetic. What is wrong with the community? You can buy yourself so much more and useful with 400€. For example, fill up your tank and go visit another country. (This really works best if you live in Europe). If you don't have a car, it might be because you are spending too much money on something that is purely cosmetic in a game. It's not even like you will see it that much.
You are not guaranteed to play Ahri all the time, and even if you play her, you have to be always zoomed in, to really get something out of this skin.
6:05 not true, 30% goes to his TEAM, so not even the 30% goes just to him
3:20 8% winrate so chill
On the Russian server, the maximum bundle costs about 660 dollars, because due to restrictions you have to donate 1k1
Idc if the skin give me head everytime i use it, im not spendinf 420 on a cosmetic change
Is that the first thing that you have to think of.
ngl if I could buy something that would give me head forever for 420 bucks you better bet that my paypal balance is going to be 420 bucks lower for accounting purposes LOL
420 for infinite bj? maaan that is a bargain
If it gave me head everytime I used it, well I guess I would buy it lol.
If Ahri is giving me head every time I use it, it might have to be a business expense but you didn’t hear it from me 💀
I wouldn't go as far to ban people but for me buying a skin like this would just feel disrespectful to myself and others. Full teams of people decate entire years of their short lifetimes to make full games and sell them at like $20-40. To put that money towards something that I am guessing probably only took a month to make and a few thousand to commission tops feels so wrong. Anything above $20 for a cosmetic that's not for a charity feels exorbitant to me. I am no league player though, never tried it. The billions in revenue this game makes seems wild to me, people must really enjoy this game
The game is designed to be addicting, to get you on the dopamine spikes when you are actually winning and play good. Which doesn't happen a lot by the way since 8 out of 10 times on average you get shitty, braindead team mates. And that happens in every rank. It's nothing more than a addiction, just look at all the "top" league streamers. They are literally braindead vegetables who ride on copium and are severely addicted to the game. Most of them don't even shower every day, you can tell that by their looks. That's how bad the addiction really is. It blows my mind how nobody is talking about it...
I don't even play lol, but after knowing this, I immediately made a lol account just to ban Ahri
200$ may sound cheap to you but in the Philippines, thats more or less 3 months of rent here. You can buy a meal for a whole day for worth 4$, buy a midrange phone, or N Switch for that price.
$200 is not cheap in any country. A skin in a game should never be worth this much, it is absurd.
I have to be honest, that Ahri skin release made me completely change my mind on Riot Games and LoL in general. And it actually made me turn again Riot Games, and they'll never see me again on the game, it might be a small amount, but I don't care, Riot never game a flick about their player base, I can't get why LoL is one of the most popular games out there... Anyway, I hope other players got the final decision of forever quit LoL, I'm proud of you if you did so.
LoL got so big because of marketing Dota never did so at the beggining so LoL got the reputation of being the good MOBA
Also Dota skins you can mix and match them most characters got slots for Head shoulder torso waist legs i say most because they have Actual monsters and not Sexy Monstergirl Mantaray and you can also sells those skins in the market and buy them for cheap i got Kunka a new hat for 0.13 cents
They also have item diversity alot better and complex then lol though
It sounds strange but there was a time when League was THE example of a F2P game in nearly every aspect. Before Tencent really got their hand high up inside Riot, they had actual good practices.
Due to technical limitations most skins were minimalistic, but the pricing was fairly low. Ultimate skins were rare, and most skins were in the 975RP range. And going into Season 3 Riot decided to no longer release simple re-colors and pallet swaps (which were brought back many years later as chromas).
OG LoL had no P2W mechanics (albeit it was a bit grindy), was fairly cheap - not just in base pricing, but we had a lot of discounts, and all purchases were just that: you saw something you liked, you paid for it. Even when other companies started to adopt lootboxes and seasons passes, for a good while Riot was going against the current and keeping fair practices in their game.
The modern monetization of the game is fairly recent. It started with lootboxes around the time TFT also came into the game. Granted, unlike other games, Riot actually made an effort to make lootboxes more sustainable. They act in conjunction with the progression system, not limiting your options but giving you more. You can still buy things directly, but if you get a bit lucky you can save a few bucks. Unlike CS and other games, LoL was genuinely making their lootbox a bad investment, but still a nice F2P reward.
Thing is, from that they delve into battle passes, and while those are better than lootboxes, they only made an addictive game even worse. It started with limited passes a few times of the year with big events, and now we jump from one to the next.
Now that Tencent is hungry for more cash, and has successfully lobotomized the top branches of the company, they are going to go back on all the good practices they had in the past. It's sad, really, seeing LoL become the opposite of what it used to be praised for.
@@ggwp638BC the rune system was pretty p2w thouth do i buy a new champ or get this 7 AP at game start or a new runepage so i can be flexible the grind was awfull it took me 3 months to buy a runepage and get all runes for it ie Crit, Tank, AP
One word: Addiction.
Game is designed to give you huge dopamine spikes, which in turn make your brain addicted.
Google Dr. Huberman and his talk about Dopamine and how it makes you addictive to things that create Dopamine spikes.
3:21 you said winrate, this graph shows banrate
I dont play LoL but I find it so weird when people get mad at the price of cosmetic stuff, sure its pretty but it literally changes nothing
Dayum I remember it took me a week before I made the decision to purchase the world breaker malz skin that’s $20 but it looks really cool cuz he looks mayan. Can’t imagine spending $500 one skin, that’s crazy to me and I make $150k a year
Me and my friends have come to an agreement that if we up against an Ahri w that skin. She will be hyper focused. No matter if we win or not. They are not allowed to have fun
Childish.
@@shironeko5183 Playing the game the way you want it is a good idea I would say. Childish or not
@@shironeko5183 looks like you bought the skin and got hyper focused by the enemy team the whole game
@@ckpn4771 No, I haven't bought the skin, I just think this boycott is stupid, since it won't do shit. If you idiots really wanted to hurt Riot, you would all quit the game.
@@974cerebrate It's fine to play the game the way you want it, but to punish people for simply using a skin is grade-schooler childish.
this is such an L that this skin even sold once, now we will get overpriced skins all the time. Just look at what happened to TFT monetisation.
6:10 we know?? riot said in FAQ that 30% goes to him and his team, the rest is for riot to do what they feel like. It's shitty
dont buy them
@@tenzenchang-otanez5659 imagine that I don't bc they are too expensive, that doesn't mean that I can't criticize this price and monetisation as a whole
@3:18 You said win rate and not ban rate :P
8% winrate? That is so high! Lets buff Ksante!
I'm sure even Faker makes mistakes 😔
Your honour, League of Legends...
I don’t play this game but does that almost 500 dollar skin give neck at least?
I made my peace with those 200 dollars mythic chromas, but to do this when I started playing the game because of Faker and was going to buy the skin even if it's gonna be ultimate skin (syke on that huh) and then they do this. This is no way to honor his legacy. You honor his legacy by honoring his fans, it's all he's ever been thankful for.
nah is a 500 dollar skin for som country's i even saw someone on twitter they had to pay like 600 dollars bcs of taxes
6:08 correction not into his pocket, into his TEAM'S pocket. It has to go through them first
its both. 2024 inductee is faker, "some lol teams" is probably t1. so just following the description faker is directly getting the money.
I don't get how Riot thought a digital model of a girl with 8 wolves coming out of here a** is worth $500 dollars.
If the fox lady doesn't come through the screen and give me the sloppiest toppy during my game then it isn't worth spending more than 5 bucks on.
$400 for a little ego stroke. Could've done so for free.
I don’t think it sold well in the west. I legit haven’t seen a single person use it in hundreds of games
Yeah but the west hardly matters here.
Well, not seeing and selling are two different things. For example, let's say you played 100 games exactly. With a 9% pickrate, you'd meet an Ahri 9 times throughout all of these matches. Not necessarily the guy playing Ahri that game had the skin, even if someone else in the team had it. And this isn't even accounting for the increased banrate and the people inting when they see the skin, so people who bought it are less inclined to use it.
Let's be real, it's just a skin. If you ever wanted to collect all skins, this is the answer: It's a mistake.
500$ is a week-long vacation in my country
i don't even play league but $400 for a SKIN is downright criminal
As a Gragas Impregnator main, is my duty to Ban Ahri every game.✊
bomba
You got my respect for banning ahri, but you play that fucking monster gragas so you lost it.
How did this skin change league of legends exactly? I think I missed it.
8 minutes tldr of basically 2 sentences. welcome to youtube.
Dont forget. The $500 skin, only 30% goes to T1, the team of T1 and then Faker. Thats small. The rest is pocketed by riot. At this point if you want to honor him give him the money directly or play like him, ie play with no skin just like him.
I could literally buy 20 large pizzas plus some drinks and decorations, invite family and friends over and have a pool party and not feel like I wasted 400 and something dollars smh.
I feel the dude is on the ahri side of the skin
Yesterday, the entire lobby bullied the ahri player with the skin. I couldnt blame them.
Still, what about those unfortunate Ahri players who were caught in the crossfire who don't have the skin? The skin price is outrageous sure but banning the champion feels petty and unfair to those who play ahri anyway
Yeah no one cares about them. And i dont think banning Ahri will change anything honestly
bro the boycott was literally started by ahri mains
@@qayxcv21GaMePlayCZDropping their mains to combat a greedy company is a W move tbh
Don't worry. Being Ahri main is also a sin
i would rather buy space marine 2 + stalker 2 and still got plenty of more money to spend on other good games coming
This skin cost 20$ more than my mom's new work laptop international shipping included...
@@franciscoriccio51Such a low spec laptop then
@@kaskanterN Yeah its the acer aspire 3 (2023) you don't need much to use microsoft office and it has a nice 512gb ssd,and my point still stands you could run LOL at low graphics with More than playable fps.
I live in Brazil, so the prices of skins and games are no 1:1 with the USA prices, but they are still very expensive even if you convert the prices. Like, a game here is around 50 dolars (300 BRL). I have only spent 300 dolars on my steam account because I only buy games on promotions like black friday (just like most brazilians). So you can imagine how surreal it is for us to spend 400 Dolars in a single skin
The statue is a normal price. It's perfectly fine.
I mean there is just nothing that can justify charging $400 for a skin unless it ensures me I’ll win every game 😂😂
I will still ban her to matter what
This is what happens when this shit isn't criminalized.
Spending my monthly salary on a skin is so fucking crazy
working for 500$ is even crazier...
@@Ir0b33 Well different countries different prices but you are indeed right
This five hundred dollars created a beautiful netfilix series