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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Before this shit existed (like back when the hottest shit was Quake), I thought it might be cool to get a professionally made skin everyone in the game could see for like $0.25-$0.50. A dollar, at most.

The first iteration of a system that could have potentially made that a reality, the things you'd actually wanna buy were $25-50. Like who the fuck workshopped these ridiculous prices?

[โ€“] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Adjusted for inflation, the price is probably the same ๐Ÿ˜…

But seriously they just charge whatever people will pay. It's not like it's free market, if people can't make their own custom skins.