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Does Riot want to make money ?

FANTAsticOrange·9/27/2015, 3:10:39 PM·1 votes·666 views

A concept I've never really understood is why really popular Skins and Icons are taken out of the shop, such as championship skins, snow day skins, etc. If Championship Riven went on sale right now, for 1350 RP, 9/10 Riven players that don't already have it would instantly buy the skin, giving Riot more $$$. So why, why put nice skins in the vault? There is the whole concept of the skin being valuable because its limited edition but no, that's not the thing: its got nice god damned graphics and just looks amazing! Something a lot of recently made skins don't share. So my question is, does Riot not want to make money, or are they just too stubborn to put their nicer skins out into the open?

And for those of you that will cry blood murder because you already have a particular legacy skin, then Riot could implement a border for first buys like the Project set to signify that you were first.

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DrCyanide9/27/2015, 3:14:54 PM2 votes

If Championship Riven went on sale right now, for 1350 RP, 9/10 Riven players that don't already have it would instantly buy the skin, giving Riot more $$$.

That is your answer right there. By pulling the skin back into the vault for a while, they manipulate the demand for it when they put it back on the shelf. 9/10 Riven players would not buy the skin if it was always available (probably more like 4/10), but with it being in and out of the market they feel like they've got to buy it.

SmokedAlmonds9/27/2015, 3:16:05 PM1 votes

Some people(a lot in my experience) value rarity, even if artificial. That is more than just people who want it now that can't get it, but people who bought it knowing it would be limited.

Even from a financial standpoint its probably not in riots best interest to piss off people who bought it and are happy that its unavailable to gain a few sales.