I was like you for about 6 months into playing valorant. "Buying skins is such a waste of money, never spending anything on that" . And then the prime vandal comes to my shop at 990 vp via the night market... The floodgates began. Now I'm proud of my collection but at the same time embarrassed with how much I've spent. "Spend your money where you spend your time" I guess 😅
Ima be honest here valorant EVEN THO you cant sell the skins its still at the end of the day money spent on entertainment. Some of the skins are costly for sure but once again as long as it makes us entertained and feel nice its definetly worth it
@@FunnyBloxYT yea and on top of that like for me i just stopped spending in one place to make up for buying a skin every month or so, to quote @kungfukenny9300 "Spend your money where you spend your time" applies and it's alright IMHO if you cut spending elsewhere and it doesn't like stack. :!
I think the reason skins sell so well is because they literally have a different feel. I agree, with the amount of money I've spent in Val, I could have bought plenty of different games, but the quality of the skins is very appealing. They know that in competitive gaming, people like to show off one way or another, and skins are just a small payment away.
the biggest reason is fomo. they released 2 bundles (chinese knife and champions 2023) that will NEVER come back. no matter how shit the skins are (like the champions knife), people will still buy it
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When people complain about the prices of skins, my only thought is “just don’t buy it.” Riot can price their product how they want, whether we buy it or not is up to each player independently.
Fun thing about the shop in Valorant. It also learns your preferences. I've been screenshotting shops every night for a long time. And when i but skins from specific sets it has those sets come back into my shop far more frequently untill i dont buy a skin from the set twice. So i could over time buy a whole set within 2 months as long as i dont skip out on them too much one week. Its a weird system that nobody talks about but i did notice it
for me its the absolute opposite, been waiting on glitchpop vandal for over 6 months man :/ i have nearly every other glitchpop but ofc it just wont give me the vandal not to mention the fact it keeps trying to push on me ratshit like winterwunderland. the amount of times ive had the same guns and knives sometimes for multiple days in a row is atrocious and theyre not even good update: finally got the glitchpop vandal after an entire year of waiting, very happy about it. while i dont like the shop system, i was definitely super hyped to play with my new skin, and made me wanna play more so ig their system works
nahhh i keep waiting for one skin and it never shows up for months and all the other random shit keeps popping on store. Waited for elderflame judge for almost an year and bought other skins while it came to my store and had to spend money again to buy judge.
i kind of think they also watch what skins you are interested in. i mean if you inspect a certain skin that you don't have for some time or multiple times, you soon get it in the store. maybe it's just a false impression that i got but i think this has happened to me 2-3 times (i don't have many skins) and i wonder if anyone else tried this.
I'm proud of u for not spending alot (I spent like 700$ ish) I don't regret it tho it's always fun playing with skins and ppl asking for ur gun, but it does come with cons like not wanting to spend anymore and then getting ur fav skin and u are annoyed and u don't buy it but then a skin u like less comes to ur store and u buy it cus u don't wanna miss out (be careful for that) but skins are nice just don't get too many yk
To be fair, Shazam was waiting MONTHS for the Ion Sheriff to appear in his shop. So I feel like his reation was understandable. Great video, keep it up man.
It's not said enough, but the Radiant Entertainment System bundle is arguably the best skinline to be released so far. The animations, songs, inspects, and sounds are all top tier. They also made the variants have completely different animations, finishers, and sounds, essentially making it 3 skins in one. Personally, the arcade theme and color scheme isn't my taste so I didn't get it, but the price was made to seem outrageous when it really isn't. I really hope Riot doesn't get discouraged out of making variants do extra stuff because of the backlash they got for the price, I'd love to see this idea come around again
Yeah I was about to rebuttal that you can make the argument that the skin bundle is actually 15 skins and not 5 so it's a really bad example. I think there are other bundles we can argue are better examples because they aren't on par for the price. For example I think the Minima bundle should have been used for battlepass because 40 dollars was basically highway robbery.
I’ve put over 100$ into Val. Some minor regret, but honestly it’s so much better. Skins motivate you to improve and if you are dedicated to the game I’d say it’s worth it to an extent.
ive put in close to $650 into valorant for my "dream collection"... and I'm only a gold peak player. I don't "regret" it, as i continue to play and enjoy the game, but I still understand that I put in a lot of money into cosmetics ina video game when i couldve saved up for something more valuable.
I come from a poorer country where even buying games instead of pirating was out of the ordinary, so I'd never spend money on cosmetics in a free to play game. The only reason I've considered it in Valorant was because some skins have more visible bullet tracers, which is an obvious advantage, especially for me as I seem to have more trouble seeing things against the backdrop of the game's colourful maps. That consideration didn't last long though, I didn't realise how insane the pricing and the whole shop are.
I've spent around $80 after 3 years and I feel like buying one really good skin like it is another expensive game (not too often) is an enjoyable experience and responsible way of spending money. The problems arise when people fall into the state they want to buy every new skin instead of appreciating those they already have.
In the three years I've played Valorant I've only bought one skin and it was the Valorant GO! Sage Ghost :) I payed about 13 euros and I have never regretted it, although people sometimes tell me it's the ugliest Ghost they've ever seen and hardly anyone ever picks it up when I die. The more I see a skin in game the less interested I am in having it, that's why my Sage Ghost is precious to me, even after two years :)
Valorant just has some different vibe about it, I always made fun of ppl who’d buy skins in other games and then I started to play val, after some time caved in and got 1 vandal skin and since then it’s been a snowball effect and I’ve spent around $300 already 😭😭
I did buy a couple skins but mainly regret it after getting into deep rock it kinda took me out of the pricing bubble and made me realize how ludicrously pricy these skins are. when i can get banger cosmetics in deep rock all for free.
This is a very interesting and important topic. I hate this psychological tricks Riot is using against us. I have also spent lots of money on skins, and I think I am at a point where I have enough skins that I'm ok with the current collection I have, so that I don't have to spent any more money. Until riot finds a way to change my mind. I almost bought the champion's bundle. It was so tempting... but luckily I resisted... for now at least...
I spent 2k in league, but 4 battle passes in valorant.I have learnt from my spending in league and have improved my spending habits a lot. New skins will always be better then the last so 0 point in buying new ones for example.
I've only bought two skins, a phantom one (protocol) and a vandal (elderflame). Both were 2475, and i definitely feel they were worth the purchase. I didn't buy any radianite (and anyone who does is either an idiot, or are buying way too many skins at one time), and so my bill on the game comes out to around 50 dollars. I'd say it was worth it, both of the skins I have are Top 3 in my favourites, and just seeing the animations can get moral up after solo queue teammates bring you down.
I have a lot of skins in CS:GO and I never wanted to buy any skins in Valorant simply because as you said: As soon as you purchased one, you need a full collection to not make your inventory look weird. But when I saw that "Night Market Butterfly Knife" in my daily rotation I simply couldn't resist. Not only would it give me the nostalgy of my Butterfly Knife in CS:GO but also it doesn't have any colour. One might ask: "Well then why did you buy it? It's basically just an ugly looking vanilla knife." Exactly! That knife does not make my inventory look colourful hence I don't have any urge to buy any other skin in the game. It perfectly fits into the default skins on the guns. And I didn't buy anything since and I probably won't in the future. So in total I spent 35€ on Valorant and ended up using about 25€ of it. The rest will probably be sitting on my account forever or I might just buy some agent with it to have it gone.
As someone who invested around 500$ into the game and know people who invested more, buying skins is scary. It always starts of with one, then one more, then the entire inventory needs one, then you need a second.
Over the 2 years of play I have spent some petty money on Valorant skins. Probably around 150$ (EU region, poor country, skins cost less). By this point I have 5 premium vandal skins, two of them 2000+ credits, including new Champions Vandal. And I think I finally had enough. It took me way too long to realize that Valorant skins are the same as Fortnite skins. There are so many cool loks and esthetics, but in the end its the same game no matter the viduals. I don't regret paying this money, but now I have main guns skins and I am content. The most important mentality after buying your first skin is "well im fine now, *unless* this skin drops in the shop". Such mental gymnastics makes you more susceptible to buy any cool looning thing in the shop. I love my Champions Vandal, but honesly, if it was me, I would buy blub blub Vandal and be happy for the rest of my life
So far I've spent around €255 ($278) in Valorant. I have no major regrets other than the Oni Katana which I only bought because I was fed up with my karambit and wanted the Xenohunter. Unfortunately it didn't come to my shop before the katana came out :/. Immediately after 2-3 days I regretted buying the Oni Knife and later bought the Xenohunter anyway when it got into my shop (also because I was afraid that it would "never" appear in my shop again). Still, I'm okay with spending this money because I spend a lot of time playing this game!
Unless its a gun/knife im like really inlove with typically I think the best route is getting skins from the black market, usually you atleast get one decent knife/weapon skin. Might not be exactly what you want but atleast its just an arm instead of an arm and a leg
Whats funny to me is, that the amount of Valorant Points you purchase is exact as Riot Points in LoL, but because LoL shop economy was from old days before mobile monetization and rotating shop, you can actually get some good skins for the price you pay (new content is priced the new way ofcourse, but there is no rotating shop and the Night Market equivalent has higher discounts). So the pricing of points you get for real money is same from a game made 14 years ago, but the price for skins is made by mobile and rotating shop strategy. I like to support developers of the game i enjoy and put time in, but for someone who migrated from LoL to Valorant, this discouraged me from putting money in this game.
The most annoying thing to me is the radiant point shit, to upgrade your skins you literally Have To Buy The Battlepass. Or just buy through the store and pay more 10$.
Man I'm in the exact same predicament as u, except I didn't get a vandal in night market or in my store since the Champs one came out...I think I'll wait..hopefully
I can confirm it definitely works, tho as a fan of games like tf2, overwatch and cs I always kinda waited for a game like this one. Played from the beta, while still really enjoying it and honestly, in my case, I would buy all the skins I have either way.
Been playing since beta and ive spent total about £60, honestly i dont have any flashy skins but i enjoy the aspect of the game where i can kill others to take thier skin especially cuz in any lobbies above gold almost everyone has skins
I feel like they get away with the outrageous price tag of skins is with how skins are presented as art instead of just simple recolours with all the sound effects, animations and final kill scenes
I honestly am kinda mad about the new credits, "Kingdom points (KP)". By making agent levels no longer available by using small amounts of VP, (used to be 200 VP per level), it forces players to pay the full 1000 VP and so having say 800 VP is literally useless unless you plan on purchasing new skins. They could have added KP and keeping agent levels unlock-able using VP, but nope, now agents cost full price or KP only. If I'm not making sense, it's okay the system doesn't either LOL.
thinking about how most of the resources and manhours are going into selling shit to people instead of making a good game makes me insanely depressed. and it's only gonna get worse from here. I remember when I watched the BF3 gameplay as a child I used to get excited just by the thought of how much better are games gonna be in the future if they're so cool now compared to shooters from 90s. and now everyone plays the same games, they just have predatory monetisation.
I think the fact that the players have the freedom to get the skins, and the temptation of picking up skins or previewing skins makes it that much more tempting
Bro IG skins are more required for Pro players or Streamers/Content Creators because skins are a way of attracting viewers/subscribers. But IG most people on valorant would just buy skins for vandal/ phantom and not the whole bundle but they're definitely worth spending.
I was always a free to play olayer only bought a battlepass cause it had an axe and i liked axes and i had spare money, Somehow this year i luckily won around 25k Valorant points which is crazy and yeah i bought my dream collection and chilling :3 Still getting bad nightmarkets and good shops
@@blueleopard6339 it's not exactly a giveaway There was a discord server months back that none believed to be legit but it was, it was an early project of some students it's like buff but on discords that tracks your stats But with massive rewards cause they wanted to attract some people, I gave it a try and won a lot of cards Sadly it's been on maintenance for two months now and none knows when they coming back They wanted to add more games and stabilise a website or a client for their thingy :3
I reached 420$ spent on valorant after the release of the 2023 champions vandal. I still don't have a (non battle pass) skin for every gun in the game. I'm still missing marshal, ares, judge, and Bucky. To be fair, I do have 4 different vandal skins, two phantom skins, and two meele skins, but still not a full collection. Now, do I regret it? For the most part, no. It feels better and even more fun to play the game with skins, I have an ALT with all default and the amount of times I find my game to feel almost unsatisfying is more than you'd think. The only time I've ever regret a purchase is when I was trying to buy my first vandal skin, I wanted prime. I waited for so long when I eventually found the origin vandal. I thought, why don't I just buy this now and use it until prime comes in my shop? Well I bought it and guess what came in my shop the next day, prime. But that's completely just a coincidence and if we're being honest was my fault. Anyways, it's up to you to buy skins or not. If you'd ask me I'd say yes, but I'm also a spendaholic.
I thought I would never buy any skin in Val but now 2 years later if spent over 200 € on Val and only regret buying one knife which had a cost of about 50 €.....
I've spent a total of $260 because I don't outright get the highest amount of VP just for a skin. I literally just spend a $10 and a $5 if I'm lucky or a $20 and a $5.
mind u for the radiant entertainment systems assuming u didnt have any radianite and wanted to upgraded all the skins you would have to pay $200 or more with the radianite and the bundle
Ive spent like 200~ USD on skins and I do regret buying some bundles immediately, like RGX 2 and forsaken, mainly because I don't use them anymore so it feels like I dropped 100+ in le valorant points for no reason. But in CSGO I don't think I've even spent that much I usually trade lol. If you're going to buy any skins, this advice goes to anyone, you should get skins for your main guns, so phantom/vandal/classic/ghost/Op and you should get a good sound effect. A good way to know if a gun has a good sound effect is not just by the preview, but how often you pick it up in-game off dead bodies.
I take the guns of the floor and I dont even have to pay for it. ALSO, I can use different vandal and phantom skins from different players who bought skins. So I dont have to worry about being bored of one skin.
as someone who has owned (account got banned) 9 vandals, 6 knife, 1 phantom, 1 operator and 2 sheriffs i can say that I have 2 problems with valorant's shop. The system of "buy the skin today or it dissapers" came from fortnite, but they didnt get the 2 crucial points from fortnite 1) It hasn't changed the amount of skins available in 1 day since the beginning, even tho riot released dozens of shit collections The more skins fortnite devs have added, the more skins appeared in the shop on 1 day. Riot? nah, they are good. There's like 50 collections of 5 skins each that I wouldnt buy even if im being held at a gunpoint and yet we still have 4 slots for skins in a day. But it gets worse, even when i was playing on my old account I saw how much of the same skins i am getting, i could get the same skin 4 times in 2 weeks. And now i am playing on an account with 2 skins and guess what? i have reaver sheriff 3 times in 7 days (not even trolling), like wtf i want ion vandal and i will never buy anything again but i am getting full garbage and the same skins for 2-3 times in a span of a couple days. 2) The "loot" is different for everyone In fortnite, the shop is the same for everyone, so if a good skins drops after 100 days of not being in the shop if you go ranked you will see a lot of people playing with it. In valorant everyone has a different shop, so if you are unlucky, someone else isnt. I have known people who didnt get their wished skins FOR HALF A YEAR, and now imagine the reaver vandal hasnt appeared in everyone's shop for half a year, heres the reality: RIOT CANT AFFORD IT, reaver is the best vandal for most people, and if a skin like that hasnt appeared in the shop for half a year it would be a massive tragedy to their money, so they would eventually add it in the shop and now you can buy it without being unlucky. I would've bought WAY more skins than i had on my account if they didnt have this stupid system where you have to wait for months for a skin to appear. You be like: damn, i want that skin, a week passes by and then you realise that you dont want it anymore, but guess what? if you could buy it during that week YOU WOULDVE but you couldnt so riot lost money because now you wouldnt buy it, so i think its quite dumb of them to at least not do those 2 things mentioned above. thank you for reading my essay
I’ve put hundreds of hours into this game and haven’t spent a penny I’ll never understand why people love skins. The default skins are my favorite since they are the most realistic looking. Also if I bought skins I would have squeakers asking me for them every pre round when I’m trying to get setup
Been a free to play player on and off since Covid. Just started getting back into the game, and it’s time for me to start investing into my account. I’ve only spent 10 radianite so far to upgrade this most resent battlepass’s level 50 ghost to the gold version. I’m not planning on buying anything unless it is a butterfly knife, BlastX phantom, or reaver/the dragon vandal. Even passed up the prime 2.0 karambit, to which I was yelled at my friends, but I made a deal with myself😂
buy the champions bundle it doesn't disappoint it has a song playing while you inspect it and glows when your top fragging and the finisher is very clean especially when you walk into it. also its a one off so once its gone it will never be back in the shop.
So a friend made a good point to me about my perspective on these skins. I agree they're overpriced but if they bring me enjoyment it's not wasted money. People spend and use money on different things that bring them joy. That could be clothes, shoes, cars, drinks, etc. If you want it and can afford it and it provides you any sort of enjoyment and pleasure then it was worth it in the end. However dont get me wrong I can see the manipulative practices and while I don't think theyre great by any means I enjoy the game and I like the skins so I'll albeit with some reluctance buy them nonetheless.
Spent like 500 MYR (or 109 USD) on Valorant from purchasing the Araxys(was sponsored 2/3 of it), run it back bundle and the latest one being the Champions bundle along with a handful of battle passes. Honestly after buying the champions bundle I start to question my life choices of spending 4 games worth of money on a skin that you’ll probably just die holding it and having your enemy crap on you with YOUR skin. Probably won’t buy anymore since I’m quite satisfied with my collection even though a part of it is default.
whenever one of my friends ask me dude should I buy this skin I always say no dude valorant is not a game worth your money its waaaay to expensive go buy a game instead
i used about rm120 which is about 30dollars, for a battlepass skins around 3 batllepasses ago? and the 2023 champions vandal (i still dont have a bucky, op, and odin skin) the thing about val is that even if you have these normal battlepass skins, it can still somehow convince u to get a better skin which has a finisher and effects and everything- even tho you dont really USE the gun (im thinking of gettting a prime. 2.0 phantom that i dont really use from the night market)
i spent arounddd £27 on my inventory. i have this seasons battlepass (which is clean in my opinion) then ion vandal and infantry ghost (both from night market and both good guns) and i feel like i dont need to buy any other skins because i dont use the classic, bucky or odin that much. Good video though keep up the work
i have a turkish valorant account before the r.e.s bundle vp used to cost me like 30 euros for 8550 vp and after they raised the prices and now the max you can buy is 5550 vp and it cost around 22 euros so still a lot cheaper than its suposed to be. in this night market i got a ion phantom for like 1000 and it really cost me like 4 euros so why not
I recently bought the champs vandal and thats the only skin i will ever buy on valorant. People beg me to give me that skin so i make them a deal so they give me there skin in return, its such a simple strait to give me all the skins that i have not tried
I have over $900 spent from streaming money as an immortal. I kinda regret some skins because they afent as nice as ones coming out. I have one skin for every gun with finisher except for knife, judge and ares.
spent 50 on recon phantom, reaver vandal night marker and forsaken dagger in night marker, i plan on on just waiting for a good bp and buying it to fill up the other weapon skins. to be honest i bought skins to stop using the default and get a bit of a change
Buy the blub blub vandal. It will be way more satisfying to play with it when u shoot. One downpoint is that it doesnt have a finisher or it would have been a banger.
the only time I spend money on Valorant was this seasons Battlepass, wich is pretty nice for me since I never buy Vandals, Odins or Buckys anyways. But the Battlepasses just seem like too good of a deal, like I could pay 30 bucks on a single vandal skin or 10 bucks for a skin on almost every weapon, granted they don't look as amazing as the expensive skin, but it's just so much better than skinless
Ayy my dude go for the RGX vandal trust me you wont regret it, if you get bored on how it looks you can literally change its color mid game and with variants you’ll have like 30 different styles for it, in other words its the only vandal you’ll ever need
i spent around 60 euros on val, in the long run its really not much to be honest tbh. 60 euro for a premium vandal, phantom, spectre and every other skin got filled out with bp skins. my spending on 2018 fortnite however...
radianite can be obtained for free from both battlepasses and events but im playing the game for like 2 months now and all i collcted is 100 meaning i could fully upgrade 2.5 skins keep in mind tho im 100% f2p meaning i don't get as much from the battlepass
I bought prelude vandal, and since I have radiative ( I was a f2p) I got it, I also got soulstryphe scythe for percent off, I don't regret it, (40 bucks total)
main thing is, a guy who plays multiple games, spends equally in all games, not too much, not too less, that guy has average amount of skins in every game, and a guy who plays only valorant has ABSURD amount of skins sometimes, because if you playin only a game why no invest, and some people play just for fun and they don't want any skins as they don't wanna spend any money on games, these people probably play multiple games, what i am tryna say is skins r overpriced agreed but people who only play valorant will not complain, but an average all games gamer will say "overpriced riot is gonna get fined for so much skins", for a all time valorant player skin is an accessory to add extra stuff to their gameplay as they r only gonna play valorant, whereas if someone plays multiple games, they will not spend money on only 1 game or might not spend money at all, cause if u buy a skin, u get addicted to buy skins in that particular game and then all your other games are just lying around, while the game you spent money on becomes your first priority if r dedicated to play 1 game sure spend 20-30$ and thats good, if you don't wanna spend, DON'T, and if u play multiple games try not to spend all your money in 1 game, or just don't spend money on any game
It's addictive by the way. Spend once in Val and u are done. Hooked forever. Even if u play rarely u will find urself never satisfied with what u have. I literally have 5skins for vandal. But it's not enough I always want more. . So I stopped playing for a long time and got back It was ok for a month or so then the sensation of wanting more skins came back. Now I didn't spend since the Oni bundle and I don't think I will ever spend again even if I have to quit the game. It's very frightening monetazation strategy.
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I was like you for about 6 months into playing valorant. "Buying skins is such a waste of money, never spending anything on that" . And then the prime vandal comes to my shop at 990 vp via the night market... The floodgates began. Now I'm proud of my collection but at the same time embarrassed with how much I've spent. "Spend your money where you spend your time" I guess 😅
That night market deal is actually quite good tbh.
Ima be honest here valorant EVEN THO you cant sell the skins its still at the end of the day money spent on entertainment. Some of the skins are costly for sure but once again as long as it makes us entertained and feel nice its definetly worth it
@@FunnyBloxYT yea and on top of that like for me i just stopped spending in one place to make up for buying a skin every month or so, to quote @kungfukenny9300 "Spend your money where you spend your time" applies and it's alright IMHO if you cut spending elsewhere and it doesn't like stack. :!
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I think the reason skins sell so well is because they literally have a different feel. I agree, with the amount of money I've spent in Val, I could have bought plenty of different games, but the quality of the skins is very appealing. They know that in competitive gaming, people like to show off one way or another, and skins are just a small payment away.
50 dollar
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the biggest reason is fomo. they released 2 bundles (chinese knife and champions 2023) that will NEVER come back. no matter how shit the skins are (like the champions knife), people will still buy it
CSGO skins better
most of val's skin looks like skins from chinese fps games and they always have a pattern for being either shiny, edgy, or too bright
ok man, the algorithm better make this one of the most viewed videos
Fr, he cooked
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It did lol
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thx bro more vids on the way
frrr soo true. Its so sad that vids like theese get a fraction of the views than way worse vids
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When people complain about the prices of skins, my only thought is “just don’t buy it.” Riot can price their product how they want, whether we buy it or not is up to each player independently.
You’re naive if you think that. It’s all psychological warfare. These companies know which buttons to press.
Fun thing about the shop in Valorant. It also learns your preferences. I've been screenshotting shops every night for a long time. And when i but skins from specific sets it has those sets come back into my shop far more frequently untill i dont buy a skin from the set twice. So i could over time buy a whole set within 2 months as long as i dont skip out on them too much one week. Its a weird system that nobody talks about but i did notice it
You should publish this!
for me its the absolute opposite, been waiting on glitchpop vandal for over 6 months man :/ i have nearly every other glitchpop but ofc it just wont give me the vandal
not to mention the fact it keeps trying to push on me ratshit like winterwunderland. the amount of times ive had the same guns and knives sometimes for multiple days in a row is atrocious and theyre not even good
update: finally got the glitchpop vandal after an entire year of waiting, very happy about it. while i dont like the shop system, i was definitely super hyped to play with my new skin, and made me wanna play more so ig their system works
It's confirmation bias
nahhh i keep waiting for one skin and it never shows up for months and all the other random shit keeps popping on store. Waited for elderflame judge for almost an year and bought other skins while it came to my store and had to spend money again to buy judge.
i kind of think they also watch what skins you are interested in. i mean if you inspect a certain skin that you don't have for some time or multiple times, you soon get it in the store. maybe it's just a false impression that i got but i think this has happened to me 2-3 times (i don't have many skins) and i wonder if anyone else tried this.
I think its awesome, that the game earns this way, so you are not forced to buy anything.
What is the name of the game here? 1:32
It's valorant 😭😭
Valorant (Araxys skins trailer)
Stop lying it's CS 2 and it's new graphic update
Sorry hahaha new joined player here started one month ago, watching valorant channel to learn about this game
@@chriss3147 np bro, it does look super different to valorant tbh.
I'm proud of u for not spending alot (I spent like 700$ ish) I don't regret it tho it's always fun playing with skins and ppl asking for ur gun, but it does come with cons like not wanting to spend anymore and then getting ur fav skin and u are annoyed and u don't buy it but then a skin u like less comes to ur store and u buy it cus u don't wanna miss out (be careful for that) but skins are nice just don't get too many yk
You literally fell into the FOMO trap. Don‘t be a shill.
Tf is a shill
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To be fair, Shazam was waiting MONTHS for the Ion Sheriff to appear in his shop. So I feel like his reation was understandable.
Great video, keep it up man.
It's not said enough, but the Radiant Entertainment System bundle is arguably the best skinline to be released so far. The animations, songs, inspects, and sounds are all top tier. They also made the variants have completely different animations, finishers, and sounds, essentially making it 3 skins in one. Personally, the arcade theme and color scheme isn't my taste so I didn't get it, but the price was made to seem outrageous when it really isn't. I really hope Riot doesn't get discouraged out of making variants do extra stuff because of the backlash they got for the price, I'd love to see this idea come around again
Yeah I was about to rebuttal that you can make the argument that the skin bundle is actually 15 skins and not 5 so it's a really bad example. I think there are other bundles we can argue are better examples because they aren't on par for the price. For example I think the Minima bundle should have been used for battlepass because 40 dollars was basically highway robbery.
I believe I've spent a solid 700 dollars on this game 😂, and no, I don't regret it. It brought me joy.
fuck me bro, i thought 400$ was bad for me
Rich boi I have also spent like 50 $
It's fun 😍😍
@@Ghost-pu4yj I'm far from Rich 😅
Same bro😊
700 dollar wasted 😂😂😂
I’ve put over 100$ into Val. Some minor regret, but honestly it’s so much better. Skins motivate you to improve and if you are dedicated to the game I’d say it’s worth it to an extent.
no reason to be dedicated to a game tho, if you aren't earning money from it
you can buy AAA titles for the same amount as of a skin in valorant
@@ashish__- yea ik, but for me i stick to a few specific games cuz i dont have the storage for it. personal preference really
i personally made 2-3 skin purchases i regret, but i made them like 2 years ago
ive put in close to $650 into valorant for my "dream collection"... and I'm only a gold peak player. I don't "regret" it, as i continue to play and enjoy the game, but I still understand that I put in a lot of money into cosmetics ina video game when i couldve saved up for something more valuable.
I come from a poorer country where even buying games instead of pirating was out of the ordinary, so I'd never spend money on cosmetics in a free to play game.
The only reason I've considered it in Valorant was because some skins have more visible bullet tracers, which is an obvious advantage, especially for me as I seem to have more trouble seeing things against the backdrop of the game's colourful maps.
That consideration didn't last long though, I didn't realise how insane the pricing and the whole shop are.
I've spent around $80 after 3 years and I feel like buying one really good skin like it is another expensive game (not too often) is an enjoyable experience and responsible way of spending money. The problems arise when people fall into the state they want to buy every new skin instead of appreciating those they already have.
In the three years I've played Valorant I've only bought one skin and it was the Valorant GO! Sage Ghost :) I payed about 13 euros and I have never regretted it, although people sometimes tell me it's the ugliest Ghost they've ever seen and hardly anyone ever picks it up when I die. The more I see a skin in game the less interested I am in having it, that's why my Sage Ghost is precious to me, even after two years :)
Valorant just has some different vibe about it, I always made fun of ppl who’d buy skins in other games and then I started to play val, after some time caved in and got 1 vandal skin and since then it’s been a snowball effect and I’ve spent around $300 already 😭😭
I did buy a couple skins but mainly regret it
after getting into deep rock it kinda took me out of the pricing bubble and made me realize how ludicrously pricy these skins are.
when i can get banger cosmetics in deep rock all for free.
I usually never buy anything in games. Arcade phantom changed my mindset completely
This is a very interesting and important topic. I hate this psychological tricks Riot is using against us.
I have also spent lots of money on skins, and I think I am at a point where I have enough skins that I'm ok with the current collection I have, so that I don't have to spent any more money. Until riot finds a way to change my mind.
I almost bought the champion's bundle. It was so tempting... but luckily I resisted... for now at least...
I spent 2k in league, but 4 battle passes in valorant.I have learnt from my spending in league and have improved my spending habits a lot. New skins will always be better then the last so 0 point in buying new ones for example.
Bruh, how do you have only 2.39k Subs? Thats outrageous!
You are underrated. Keep up the grind
thx bro just hoping to grow more soon
I always find it funny when the valorant community re-discovers things that have already existed for so long in CS:GO.
U grew fast love to see it👍
I regret every purchase I've made on Valorant, and those purchases will forever hunt my mind
I've only bought two skins, a phantom one (protocol) and a vandal (elderflame). Both were 2475, and i definitely feel they were worth the purchase. I didn't buy any radianite (and anyone who does is either an idiot, or are buying way too many skins at one time), and so my bill on the game comes out to around 50 dollars. I'd say it was worth it, both of the skins I have are Top 3 in my favourites, and just seeing the animations can get moral up after solo queue teammates bring you down.
I have a lot of skins in CS:GO and I never wanted to buy any skins in Valorant simply because as you said: As soon as you purchased one, you need a full collection to not make your inventory look weird. But when I saw that "Night Market Butterfly Knife" in my daily rotation I simply couldn't resist. Not only would it give me the nostalgy of my Butterfly Knife in CS:GO but also it doesn't have any colour. One might ask: "Well then why did you buy it? It's basically just an ugly looking vanilla knife." Exactly! That knife does not make my inventory look colourful hence I don't have any urge to buy any other skin in the game. It perfectly fits into the default skins on the guns. And I didn't buy anything since and I probably won't in the future. So in total I spent 35€ on Valorant and ended up using about 25€ of it. The rest will probably be sitting on my account forever or I might just buy some agent with it to have it gone.
As someone who invested around 500$ into the game and know people who invested more, buying skins is scary. It always starts of with one, then one more, then the entire inventory needs one, then you need a second.
I am baffled that you only have 1k subs, the quality is very good and explains topics very well. Keep up the work man 😮
Over the 2 years of play I have spent some petty money on Valorant skins. Probably around 150$ (EU region, poor country, skins cost less). By this point I have 5 premium vandal skins, two of them 2000+ credits, including new Champions Vandal.
And I think I finally had enough. It took me way too long to realize that Valorant skins are the same as Fortnite skins. There are so many cool loks and esthetics, but in the end its the same game no matter the viduals. I don't regret paying this money, but now I have main guns skins and I am content.
The most important mentality after buying your first skin is "well im fine now, *unless* this skin drops in the shop". Such mental gymnastics makes you more susceptible to buy any cool looning thing in the shop.
I love my Champions Vandal, but honesly, if it was me, I would buy blub blub Vandal and be happy for the rest of my life
Tbh I would rather pay 50 bucks for reaver karambit instead of 150k for the csgo karambit. Plus it looks better
So far I've spent around €255 ($278) in Valorant. I have no major regrets other than the Oni Katana which I only bought because I was fed up with my karambit and wanted the Xenohunter. Unfortunately it didn't come to my shop before the katana came out :/. Immediately after 2-3 days I regretted buying the Oni Knife and later bought the Xenohunter anyway when it got into my shop (also because I was afraid that it would "never" appear in my shop again). Still, I'm okay with spending this money because I spend a lot of time playing this game!
Unless its a gun/knife im like really inlove with typically I think the best route is getting skins from the black market, usually you atleast get one decent knife/weapon skin. Might not be exactly what you want but atleast its just an arm instead of an arm and a leg
Yoooo i didnt watch ur vid for 1 day and u alr at 1k+ yoo man congrats!! 🎉
Whats funny to me is, that the amount of Valorant Points you purchase is exact as Riot Points in LoL, but because LoL shop economy was from old days before mobile monetization and rotating shop, you can actually get some good skins for the price you pay (new content is priced the new way ofcourse, but there is no rotating shop and the Night Market equivalent has higher discounts).
So the pricing of points you get for real money is same from a game made 14 years ago, but the price for skins is made by mobile and rotating shop strategy.
I like to support developers of the game i enjoy and put time in, but for someone who migrated from LoL to Valorant, this discouraged me from putting money in this game.
riot: “man this gambling thing is the worst right?”
valorant item shop:
Your videos are so well made and commentated, keep it up and u will be big ❤
The most annoying thing to me is the radiant point shit, to upgrade your skins you literally Have To Buy The Battlepass. Or just buy through the store and pay more 10$.
Man I'm in the exact same predicament as u, except I didn't get a vandal in night market or in my store since the Champs one came out...I think I'll wait..hopefully
I can confirm it definitely works, tho as a fan of games like tf2, overwatch and cs I always kinda waited for a game like this one. Played from the beta, while still really enjoying it and honestly, in my case, I would buy all the skins I have either way.
This is so true, even worse when u get half of a bundle and now u gotta collect em all, I'm literally 1200$ in the hole on skins
nearly $400 on valorant so far, and I don't even have a skin for every weapon
Nice vid bro 👍🏻
Been playing since beta and ive spent total about £60, honestly i dont have any flashy skins but i enjoy the aspect of the game where i can kill others to take thier skin especially cuz in any lobbies above gold almost everyone has skins
Radiante makes the premium skin price almost 45$-65$ each
frfr why do they price their skins like this 😭
neptune vandal is worth it, it feels satisfying to use and doesn't get old. The only thing is no finisher but that doesn't really bother most
bro these videos are better and better. Can’t wait for that play button!!
hopefully lol :D
I feel like they get away with the outrageous price tag of skins is with how skins are presented as art instead of just simple recolours with all the sound effects, animations and final kill scenes
I honestly am kinda mad about the new credits, "Kingdom points (KP)". By making agent levels no longer available by using small amounts of VP, (used to be 200 VP per level), it forces players to pay the full 1000 VP and so having say 800 VP is literally useless unless you plan on purchasing new skins.
They could have added KP and keeping agent levels unlock-able using VP, but nope, now agents cost full price or KP only.
If I'm not making sense, it's okay the system doesn't either LOL.
thinking about how most of the resources and manhours are going into selling shit to people instead of making a good game makes me insanely depressed. and it's only gonna get worse from here.
I remember when I watched the BF3 gameplay as a child I used to get excited just by the thought of how much better are games gonna be in the future if they're so cool now compared to shooters from 90s. and now everyone plays the same games, they just have predatory monetisation.
a really good video ngl, great mic quality
I think the fact that the players have the freedom to get the skins, and the temptation of picking up skins or previewing skins makes it that much more tempting
Bro IG skins are more required for Pro players or Streamers/Content Creators because skins are a way of attracting viewers/subscribers. But IG most people on valorant would just buy skins for vandal/ phantom and not the whole bundle but they're definitely worth spending.
I spend soo much on valorant, at first i was like "oh i'll just get vandal and phantom" To now having 20+ collection 💀
I was always a free to play olayer only bought a battlepass cause it had an axe and i liked axes and i had spare money,
Somehow this year i luckily won around 25k Valorant points which is crazy and yeah i bought my dream collection and chilling :3
Still getting bad nightmarkets and good shops
what gw did u win?
@@blueleopard6339 it's not exactly a giveaway
There was a discord server months back that none believed to be legit but it was, it was an early project of some students it's like buff but on discords that tracks your stats
But with massive rewards cause they wanted to attract some people,
I gave it a try and won a lot of cards
Sadly it's been on maintenance for two months now and none knows when they coming back
They wanted to add more games and stabilise a website or a client for their thingy :3
I reached 420$ spent on valorant after the release of the 2023 champions vandal. I still don't have a (non battle pass) skin for every gun in the game. I'm still missing marshal, ares, judge, and Bucky. To be fair, I do have 4 different vandal skins, two phantom skins, and two meele skins, but still not a full collection. Now, do I regret it? For the most part, no. It feels better and even more fun to play the game with skins, I have an ALT with all default and the amount of times I find my game to feel almost unsatisfying is more than you'd think. The only time I've ever regret a purchase is when I was trying to buy my first vandal skin, I wanted prime. I waited for so long when I eventually found the origin vandal. I thought, why don't I just buy this now and use it until prime comes in my shop? Well I bought it and guess what came in my shop the next day, prime. But that's completely just a coincidence and if we're being honest was my fault. Anyways, it's up to you to buy skins or not. If you'd ask me I'd say yes, but I'm also a spendaholic.
I've only bought the reaver from my night market cause it was 50% off only $9 I was so happy and have never regretted it
I thought I would never buy any skin in Val but now 2 years later if spent over 200 € on Val and only regret buying one knife which had a cost of about 50 €.....
I've spent a total of $260 because I don't outright get the highest amount of VP just for a skin. I literally just spend a $10 and a $5 if I'm lucky or a $20 and a $5.
I’ve spent too much on skins but I’ve also played a lot I’m like around lvl 100 immo 1 so I feel like it’s worth, makes the game more enjoyable
gg for the immo 1 at only lvl 100, lvl 63 B2 here kekw
Lvl 120 g2 💀
mind u for the radiant entertainment systems assuming u didnt have any radianite and wanted to upgraded all the skins you would have to pay $200 or more with the radianite and the bundle
Ive spent like 200~ USD on skins and I do regret buying some bundles immediately, like RGX 2 and forsaken, mainly because I don't use them anymore so it feels like I dropped 100+ in le valorant points for no reason. But in CSGO I don't think I've even spent that much I usually trade lol. If you're going to buy any skins, this advice goes to anyone, you should get skins for your main guns, so phantom/vandal/classic/ghost/Op and you should get a good sound effect. A good way to know if a gun has a good sound effect is not just by the preview, but how often you pick it up in-game off dead bodies.
I’ve spent a little over 1.9k on valorant skins, and as I’ve started to play less over the months I have also spent much less on the game as of recent
Bro you got my favorite vandal in your night market 😂
(Blub blub vabdal)
I take the guns of the floor and I dont even have to pay for it. ALSO, I can use different vandal and phantom skins from different players who bought skins. So I dont have to worry about being bored of one skin.
as someone who has owned (account got banned) 9 vandals, 6 knife, 1 phantom, 1 operator and 2 sheriffs i can say that I have 2 problems with valorant's shop.
The system of "buy the skin today or it dissapers" came from fortnite, but they didnt get the 2 crucial points from fortnite
1) It hasn't changed the amount of skins available in 1 day since the beginning, even tho riot released dozens of shit collections
The more skins fortnite devs have added, the more skins appeared in the shop on 1 day. Riot? nah, they are good. There's like 50 collections of 5 skins each that I wouldnt buy even if im being held at a gunpoint and yet we still have 4 slots for skins in a day. But it gets worse, even when i was playing on my old account I saw how much of the same skins i am getting, i could get the same skin 4 times in 2 weeks. And now i am playing on an account with 2 skins and guess what? i have reaver sheriff 3 times in 7 days (not even trolling), like wtf i want ion vandal and i will never buy anything again but i am getting full garbage and the same skins for 2-3 times in a span of a couple days.
2) The "loot" is different for everyone
In fortnite, the shop is the same for everyone, so if a good skins drops after 100 days of not being in the shop if you go ranked you will see a lot of people playing with it. In valorant everyone has a different shop, so if you are unlucky, someone else isnt. I have known people who didnt get their wished skins FOR HALF A YEAR, and now imagine the reaver vandal hasnt appeared in everyone's shop for half a year, heres the reality: RIOT CANT AFFORD IT, reaver is the best vandal for most people, and if a skin like that hasnt appeared in the shop for half a year it would be a massive tragedy to their money, so they would eventually add it in the shop and now you can buy it without being unlucky.
I would've bought WAY more skins than i had on my account if they didnt have this stupid system where you have to wait for months for a skin to appear. You be like: damn, i want that skin, a week passes by and then you realise that you dont want it anymore, but guess what? if you could buy it during that week YOU WOULDVE but you couldnt so riot lost money because now you wouldnt buy it, so i think its quite dumb of them to at least not do those 2 things mentioned above.
thank you for reading my essay
Amazing video man, keep it up!
I’ve put hundreds of hours into this game and haven’t spent a penny I’ll never understand why people love skins. The default skins are my favorite since they are the most realistic looking. Also if I bought skins I would have squeakers asking me for them every pre round when I’m trying to get setup
Been a free to play player on and off since Covid. Just started getting back into the game, and it’s time for me to start investing into my account. I’ve only spent 10 radianite so far to upgrade this most resent battlepass’s level 50 ghost to the gold version. I’m not planning on buying anything unless it is a butterfly knife, BlastX phantom, or reaver/the dragon vandal. Even passed up the prime 2.0 karambit, to which I was yelled at my friends, but I made a deal with myself😂
buy the champions bundle it doesn't disappoint it has a song playing while you inspect it and glows when your top fragging and the finisher is very clean especially when you walk into it. also its a one off so once its gone it will never be back in the shop.
I’ve spent 350 on skins playing since beta, don’t regret it. But im from LATAM and that’s a lot of money here
Gonna be honest I used to be free to play as well only getting skins from bday gift cards . And now I have both champions phantom and 2023 vandal
So a friend made a good point to me about my perspective on these skins. I agree they're overpriced but if they bring me enjoyment it's not wasted money. People spend and use money on different things that bring them joy. That could be clothes, shoes, cars, drinks, etc. If you want it and can afford it and it provides you any sort of enjoyment and pleasure then it was worth it in the end. However dont get me wrong I can see the manipulative practices and while I don't think theyre great by any means I enjoy the game and I like the skins so I'll albeit with some reluctance buy them nonetheless.
Spent like 500 MYR (or 109 USD) on Valorant from purchasing the Araxys(was sponsored 2/3 of it), run it back bundle and the latest one being the Champions bundle along with a handful of battle passes.
Honestly after buying the champions bundle I start to question my life choices of spending 4 games worth of money on a skin that you’ll probably just die holding it and having your enemy crap on you with YOUR skin. Probably won’t buy anymore since I’m quite satisfied with my collection even though a part of it is default.
whenever one of my friends ask me dude should I buy this skin I always say no dude valorant is not a game worth your money its waaaay to expensive go buy a game instead
i used about rm120 which is about 30dollars, for a battlepass skins around 3 batllepasses ago? and the 2023 champions vandal (i still dont have a bucky, op, and odin skin) the thing about val is that even if you have these normal battlepass skins, it can still somehow convince u to get a better skin which has a finisher and effects and everything- even tho you dont really USE the gun (im thinking of gettting a prime. 2.0 phantom that i dont really use from the night market)
Really good and well thought out video!
i spent arounddd £27 on my inventory. i have this seasons battlepass (which is clean in my opinion) then ion vandal and infantry ghost (both from night market and both good guns) and i feel like i dont need to buy any other skins because i dont use the classic, bucky or odin that much. Good video though keep up the work
i have a turkish valorant account before the r.e.s bundle vp used to cost me like 30 euros for 8550 vp and after they raised the prices and now the max you can buy is 5550 vp and it cost around 22 euros so still a lot cheaper than its suposed to be. in this night market i got a ion phantom for like 1000 and it really cost me like 4 euros so why not
i put in a lil bit over 300$, don't regret it tbh, only some skins, but overall I'm happy with most of the purchases
I recently bought the champs vandal and thats the only skin i will ever buy on valorant. People beg me to give me that skin so i make them a deal so they give me there skin in return, its such a simple strait to give me all the skins that i have not tried
i got a battlepass as a gift and then never bought anything else because i am not addicted to valorant skins
I have over $900 spent from streaming money as an immortal. I kinda regret some skins because they afent as nice as ones coming out. I have one skin for every gun with finisher except for knife, judge and ares.
spent 50 on recon phantom, reaver vandal night marker and forsaken dagger in night marker, i plan on on just waiting for a good bp and buying it to fill up the other weapon skins. to be honest i bought skins to stop using the default and get a bit of a change
Buy the blub blub vandal. It will be way more satisfying to play with it when u shoot. One downpoint is that it doesnt have a finisher or it would have been a banger.
The thing is, you will beat most 60 dollar games in 20 - 30 hours, but you can play valorant forever.
Havent bought anything, I dont think I will, unless a crazy good battlepass with a vandal skin comes out.
the only time I spend money on Valorant was this seasons Battlepass, wich is pretty nice for me since I never buy Vandals, Odins or Buckys anyways.
But the Battlepasses just seem like too good of a deal, like I could pay 30 bucks on a single vandal skin or 10 bucks for a skin on almost every weapon, granted they don't look as amazing as the expensive skin, but it's just so much better than skinless
ive spent 600 dollars and i regret every single skin i have bought except for champions vandal and neo frontier sheriff
Ayy my dude go for the RGX vandal trust me you wont regret it, if you get bored on how it looks you can literally change its color mid game and with variants you’ll have like 30 different styles for it, in other words its the only vandal you’ll ever need
A lot. I don't regret it. The Champions 2023 bundle is ok. The knife should have had a better inspect though.
I hav the ion vandel and the cronovoid and a few other skins I dont regret a single penny of spending on them
I spent like 100€ ( recon basilong butterfly knife, ion vandal and battlepasses )
ion vandal is goated ngl
i spent around 60 euros on val, in the long run its really not much to be honest tbh. 60 euro for a premium vandal, phantom, spectre and every other skin got filled out with bp skins.
my spending on 2018 fortnite however...
Ive spent $186 CAD i got orgin vandal reaver phantom the tree ghost the champions bundle and 2 battle passes
radianite can be obtained for free from both battlepasses and events but im playing the game for like 2 months now and all i collcted is 100 meaning i could fully upgrade 2.5 skins keep in mind tho im 100% f2p meaning i don't get as much from the battlepass
I bought prelude vandal, and since I have radiative ( I was a f2p) I got it, I also got soulstryphe scythe for percent off, I don't regret it, (40 bucks total)
main thing is, a guy who plays multiple games, spends equally in all games, not too much, not too less, that guy has average amount of skins in every game, and a guy who plays only valorant has ABSURD amount of skins sometimes, because if you playin only a game why no invest, and some people play just for fun and they don't want any skins as they don't wanna spend any money on games, these people probably play multiple games, what i am tryna say is skins r overpriced agreed but people who only play valorant will not complain, but an average all games gamer will say "overpriced riot is gonna get fined for so much skins", for a all time valorant player skin is an accessory to add extra stuff to their gameplay as they r only gonna play valorant, whereas if someone plays multiple games, they will not spend money on only 1 game or might not spend money at all, cause if u buy a skin, u get addicted to buy skins in that particular game and then all your other games are just lying around, while the game you spent money on becomes your first priority
if r dedicated to play 1 game sure spend 20-30$ and thats good, if you don't wanna spend, DON'T, and if u play multiple games try not to spend all your money in 1 game, or just don't spend money on any game
It's addictive by the way.
Spend once in Val and u are done. Hooked forever. Even if u play rarely u will find urself never satisfied with what u have.
I literally have 5skins for vandal. But it's not enough I always want more.
. So I stopped playing for a long time and got back
It was ok for a month or so then the sensation of wanting more skins came back. Now I didn't spend since the Oni bundle and I don't think I will ever spend again even if I have to quit the game.
It's very frightening monetazation strategy.
0:50 nice reference