Scalpers are just capitalism functioning efficiently. So, they are absolute scum for ruining fun things, and the release of Larian’s physical “Collector’s Edition” proves that once again. Baldur’s Gate 3. This oversized box has been sold out through official channels and is currently listed for more than $3,000.
This drew significant concern from Larian Publishing Director Michael Douse, who tweeted (exxed?) his disgust at the listing he found online.
“Man, hate scalpers,” he wrote on the X.
Well, you know, it yes A commodity, no matter how emotionally attached he may be to it, but his conclusion is not wrong. “If you buy this for a trade, all you’re doing is making other people sad.” There’s also a lot of money to be made, but yes.
The Collector’s Edition was originally released during the game’s early access period in December 2022, but given its original price of $270, it took several months to sell out. It wasn’t until the game was officially released in August 2023 that it became more difficult to get started, and Almost immediately hit $1,000 on eBay.
Given that new editions have been unavailable for quite some time, those who wanted to own a box of books, stickers, a beautiful 25cm figurine and, most importantly, a cloth map had to turn to a dealer, which perhaps Not surprising. And, since the value of an item depends on how much a person is willing to pay, after one year Prices on eBay right now range from $1,000 to $3,000.
scalp the ox
This is obviously not as clear-cut as “scalpers are bad,” because it’s definitely bad for such people to prevent passionate fans from buying items they want to own and keep them at a predetermined price. This situation is first caused by artificial scarcity of an item, where a company deliberately does not produce as many people as want to buy it, and then prices the item at far away more than it costs to make (because that’s how business works) to reduce the number of those who can.
If it’s mass produced, it probably won’t be a “collector’s” edition (whatever that actually means – “I’ve collected them all”) Baldur’s Gate 3 Boxed edition! There is no market for scalpers to take advantage of.
And…what was lost? People take special pride in having something that others want but don’t get? Well, that’s bad. Larian could make scalpers disappear by producing more collector’s editions. But scalpers should get lost because they ruin everything in the name of fast, tasteless money.
So I hate it all.
you able Or buy the deluxe version of the game?which doesn’t come with the stunning Mind Flayer statue, but does have a paper map, posters, stickers, 3-CD soundtrack, and even a physical disc that installs the game, along with a bunch of in-game bells and whistles. $80.
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