Update: Yeah, so that avatar on the PlayStation Store that costs $99.99? Someone's only gone and bought the bloody thing. Either that, or they somehow got a redemption code for it and rated it five stars. In any case, this new low has just hit an even lower low. Thanks again to the eagle-eyed Wario64.
Original story: What the hell is this? The already weird world of PlayStation Network avatars just got a whole lot weirder with the addition of a new avatar that costs $99.99. The 'State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem - Golden Prince Avatar' (as spotted by Wario64) was added to the North American PlayStation Store on the 1st November.
To be blunt, the avatar section of the PlayStation Store has long been a den of dodgy artwork that somehow sells at a premium. Avatars that are very loosely tied to PlayStation 4 games that you've never heard of are added by the bucketload week in, week out, but this $100 display pic is surely a low point for Sony's storefront.
What do you make of this? Please don't buy this thing in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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I think this was meant for the sheikhs of Dubai, lol.
For some people, money is literally no object, so for those who already have the solid gold toilet... why not, I guess? It’s a status thing I suppose
it must be some sort of error, i would check back in a few days and see if it's changed
$100 for vaguely gold coloured pixels that resemble Mohammad bin Salman 🤣🤣
Woe betide the poor (rich?) chump that buys this...
The Switch eShop has a lot of shovelware games.
The PS Store has shovelware avatars.
@Deadlyblack This is a high quality avatar.
shameful, they don't care whatsoever unless it gets enough attention
I think whoever added this won't be allowed to soon anymore lol
Idiots will buy it to show off they have more money than sense
Absolutely mental
I don't see any problem, the creator thinks its worth that price, its up to the buyer to decide if they want to pay that. Of course I think it stupid, but gamers have shown how stupid they are this generation in general.
I'm buying it. It looks very different from the other avatars in the store
@JayDub Agreed. It is the way of the world. People don't need $2 million cars, but several automakers sell them.
It's probably an error that they might fix later after a couple of crazy people already waisted their money on this
well that's one way to make your avatar 'exclusive'....
I bet whoever buys this must also have a golden PlayStation and golden controller too. I swear there was a time when there were free avatars in the store, but now when you go from lowest to highest price, everything starts at 0.99c
It's all player choice.
OMG i gotta have that way cool avatar like now. 100 bucks? No problemo.
It's amazing how silly this is and the fact Sony allows it. All you can do i shake your head no and forget about it.
No problem with it. It’s a marketplace and a niche luxury item to be used as a status symbol. I guess MbS bought a playstation.
Sure, it's ridiculous, but as we know, Sony aren't responsible for store pricing, the publisher is. Okay, they could have told its creator/publisher to do one, but then... free-market economy and all that.
Pricing error I hope
@LemonHaze You are so beautiful! So sexy!
So... yea....you know you can enlarge the image screenshot it, then use your phone to add this as your profile picture.. look at that. 99.99 for free..
It says more about the person who buys it....
A fool and his money....
Does it really matter? As long as people aren't being sold something that gives them an edge in a game.... any idiot dumb enough to do it could dump 20 grand on an avatar for all I care.
Because sometimes wiping your bum with 100 dollars isn't good enough.
The publisher knows who this is for and wants to take advantage of it.
I have this as my profile picture. Screenshot it and edit your profile on the mobile app. No one should ever pay such an exorbitant amount for something as useless as an avatar.
Would love to know how many people have actually bought this.lol
@FeloniousAssault That pic is from countless cam sites and all over places like Pinterest too. Yeah the girl in the pic is hot but I'm pretty sure Lemon Haze is a 30-year-old Dutch guy (and a stoner going off the name 😉).
Here, a bigger and fuller version: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/315463148877287331/
@Matroska can't believe you're openly supplying sexual gratification to some sad big cock on this forum.
All avatars and themes are overpriced fortheir quality. Even an avatar selling for £1 is a shameful ripoff.
@Demonicdroid beat me to it 😂
@Deadcow You can't tell me what something is worth. If I pay $99 dollars for something, even that avatar, then I have determined that it is worth that amount of money to me. Personally I have never bought an Avatar, and wouldn't but other people value things differently.
EA mad they didn't think of this.
@Deadcow why or how is this a scam? The price is, for most people, ridiculous, but it's well explicit. They're not caiming to give you more for that money.
There was an app, that just had a picture of a dimond and it sold for 1000$. And that's it.. Was it a scam? no. Was it stupid? yes. Still, people bought it..
@Deadcow It is up to you, as the seller of the marble, to name your price. It is up to us as the consumers to determine if that is appropriate, if it is then someone will buy it, if not then you'll either stop selling or reduce the price.
@Deadcow Sorry m8, but that's not how the world works, especially with art.
You can try to sell anything above the price. It's up to the person who buys it to decide if the value is good for them.
Even if it's not art. A car in second hand, for example. You see the same car, same model, same year, same km's, etc. Usually there's a price range that is acceptable. Other times, you find one a lot cheaper or more expensive. That's what makes a good deal and a bad deal..
About your example, yes, it's a scam. Because you say that it is special, when it is not.. Or maybe it is a super rare marble and it isn't a scam at all.
About the avatar. It says it is an avatar. It doesn't claim to do anything else.. So, once again, where's the scam?
You can say what you want about art, there're things that look stupid and cost millions.
Just search for "onement" by Barnett Newman or
"orange, red, yellow" by Mark Rothko.
@PunkRx_Lockly
Arab Money!!!! "Busta Rhymes Voice"
Look at Amazon and Ebay there are items sold which far exceed the normal price its a way to launder money. Sony should be on top of this and take down the avatar
This has actually been out for ages. It was taken down and re-added this week, which makes it even dodgier.
Anyone who purchases this is literally a mug.
What a complete and total rip off.
@LowTech It's not a scam per se. But it is an attempt at trying to dupe people out of their money, by attempting to make the avatar a prestigious item.
If the item is 100 dollars, this will stop most sane people from purchasing it, or at least stop people who don't have more money than sense.
This is exclusively aimed at people who want to use the avatar as a status symbol on their account. A worthless billboard of pompous bragging rights (that ultimately noone but themselves will care about), and the creator of the avatar will likely be laughing all the way to the bank off the back of these chumps.
I mean, can't fault them for that, making a few bucks off the back of rich, spoiled individuals who are so insecure about themselves that they feel inclined to purchase an overpriced avatar just to make a statement to others about how wealthy they are, in a way it's ingenius, but ultimately to most intelligent people, completely and totally dumb.
Does anyone know if this avatar supports HDR?
Ah, the Golden Fleece!
@Rob_230 Ha !
@Demonicdroid I see that the robots have begun their quest for domination.
Of course, for starters charge 99.99 for avatars, THEN THE WORLD!
It's not there anymore.. and it obviously was a typo.. all the other avatars are .99 cents.. obvious typo.. way to get your panties all ruffled became someone made a typo.. if you bought that. Sony would definitely refund you if you called them and talked to them like you were a respectful human being
@themcnoisy "surprise" mechanics LOL
@Grindagger there is always going to be stupid people who will buy garbage like this regardless.
You buy this kind of thing when you want to laugh at poor people. Buying this is the same as saying "I would rather waste 99 dollars on a jpeg file than help you."
I was gunna buy food but na I’ll go this instead
What an idiot!
Bobby Bonilla probably bought it to show off to Mets brass.
Or maybe one of these other guys to rub it in.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27078321/happy-bobby-bonilla-day-why-mets-pay-119m-every-july-1
@Turismo4GT
You mean I can put an Avatar on that resembles a genocide thirsty war criminal terrorist, sweet!!! Anyone got $100 I can borrow? 🙃
@Grindagger i second that motion lol
@PunkRx_Lockly haha. Lol
@JayDub o k b o o m e r.
There are several "premium" avatars that toy will receive a download code for via email if you get a platinum on their respective game. Horizon Zero Dawn and White Knight Chronicles are good examples of this, maybe this avatar was added to be a plat trophy reward but has to be available for sale for that to happen? By giving it a $99 price tag it still retains the exclusivity of the platinum trophies.
@RPGpro No, it’s not. There’s no game this goes with this nor would someone do that I imagine. It’s just a greedy hope that 10 people will buy it.
@Deadcow someone sold their bath water and people bought it
@Jaz007 maybe it is, but it could just be someone working around some rule of having something for sale before something else can be triggered (such as giving it for free via specific methods) only the people that listed it know the real reason and they're unlikely to share it.
Think of nascar where each car has to have sold 5 units for NORMAL ROADS before they can race....some normal customer has to buy a racecar to drive their daily commute before those cars can be entered into the race.... yes... really...odds are they pay $1m+ to park it in a garage for all eternity.... but that counts....
This is likely the same situation with the $99 price-tag being there so that no-one actually pays for it
@Demonicdroid haha nice avatar!
It'll be on sale next week, 50% off!!
They sell it at this price because a sucker is born every day, as the saying goes, and someone will be dumb enough to buy it.
@Dodoo thank you!
Uummmm.......... It's $133.49 here in Canada........... Speechless
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