Would you pay $250 for an item in Diablo 3?

No.

I won't, and I imagine nobody here will, but I remember seeing virtual items go for more. This question is easily extended to other things. Would you pay $1000 for a Kickstarter project? Would you pay $3000 for an old graphics card prototype? I wouldn't, but people do.

Wouldn't pay more then $20 for a REALLY good DLC let alone $250 for a single item.

I won't pay that high for any in-game item, period.

damn what a stupidity

For me, I won't do that.but for people who's got a load of money,I bet they will.

Not really. Apart from the story (which was kinda average) and the item drops which need to be worked upon a little, Diablo 3 is a great game. I played Diablo 2, I enjoyed the f**k out of it and I'm okay with the changes in D3. However, monetizing upon what used to be a great item system isn't what I'd call pleasing to me. I won't spend a dime in the real money auction house, even if I'm waiting for the PVP multiplayer and am aware that the RMAH will influence who wins in the arenas quite a lot.

I sold an item within 1 hour of launch for $250. It was a 1102 dps 1h spear with 80 str, 220 dex and ~80 vitality. Didn't actually expect it to sell, but was pleasantly surprised. I chose to get the money sent to my paypal instead of my Blizzard account, since I don't have anything to spend the money on with Blizzard, so they took a 15% cut. You get just over $211 after all is said and done if you sell an item for $250.

I would sell, but I wouldn't buy for that price

I wouldn't pay even 1cent. Isn't the satisfaction of Diablo finding loot?

Quite sad. I remember a time when games were being made for profit and to please the players... now they're just made for MORE profit and nothing else(because it looks like we're dumber and willing to play crappier games). Also apparently bribing your way to victory is the new definition of "fun".

Sorry if I misunderstood the idea of the thread, but that's how I see the whole scheme.

I sure would. To resell it to monkeys that would actually buy that. I mean seriously. 250$ would buy you so many AAA games since summer sale is close.

No I wouldn't even pay Diablo III, I prefer Sacred 2 and I'm waiting for the 3. They're better Hack& slash than Diablo guys ;)

I'm glad I didn't buy D3. The game itself is nowhere near to be worth 60€.

Never.

Ridiculous.

I would give my last used shorts for any items in diablo 3!

i wouldn't pay $50 for diablo 3... (40 or lower since australia is overpriced as s***)

Only reason I'd do that if I was certain I could resell it for more. Considering how many AAA games I could get during the summer sales with 250$...

paying $60 for the actual "game" is already a waste

Absolutely not, it's kinda stupid spending more money in an item than the game itself. Like the wedding ring in TF2, a single use item for the price of 85$. 85? Valve, are you stupid or what?

People bought those wedding rings in TF2 a little while back too. Just goes to show that more and more people need a heavy beating.

hell no

What I don't get is why the HELL did he buy the one with 1239DPS for $250 rather than the one at the top with 51 more DPS with no buyout and a low bid?!

I haven't got, and won't be getting D3 so couldn't say whether the top one is much better than the one he bought.

Might have to switch regions, can't imagine anyone in EU paying that much for a virtual item. US ppl on the other hand... Sigh and I have just dinged lvl 60 a few days ago :<.