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First and foremost, The First Descendant is a F2P game. The devs rely on the in-game shop, Battle Pass, and the like to keep the game afloat. You can spend the special currency, Caliber, on many things, like speeding up the notoriously long research times or purchasing Descendants outright, skipping the grind. And let’s not forget the various Skins and other cosmetics you can get. But, unfortunately, the prices for these Skins are a bit too much.
One Skin Costs the Same as a Family Dinner in a Restaraunt
Caliber is not the cheapest thing in the world. In Europe, for example, you need to pay €20 for 1000 Caliber. In Japan, the same number of Calibers costs ¥3000. Depending on the part of the world you’re playing in, that can be a steep price to pay for a Skin (with Skins usually costing 750 Caliber). This is discussed in a Reddit thread, started by Zidane62. “I was thinking about buying some cosmetics in this game. BUT some of the prices are nuts. For the maid outfits or swimsuits, you gotta spend the equivalent of two hours of labor in salary in my country’s currency to afford ONE of those cosmetics.“
More players give their two cents like epicflex saying: “I paid $8CAD after tax just to see Bunny’s face” or DrAvalancheX adding: “Yeah it’s insanely expensive…those ulti bundles for $100USD is crazy AF.”
Players Would Like Regional Pricing or Cheaper Skins
The world is a big place, and not every economy is the same. Five dollars may be “pocket money” in one part of the world, and a dinner in another one. The prices in TFD are the same regardless of the region you, as a player, are playing from. There are a couple of solutions for this issue. First, regional pricing, ie, prices are adjusted based on the location. “…there’s no regional pricing like most of Steam’s games have, so I end up getting [the short end of the stick] because I was born in the wrong place at the wrong time and don’t have a doctor’s salary.” said YangXiaoLong69.
Another solution is for Nexon to release more “low-level’ Skins. That way players with more limited budgets could also get their hands on some cool Skins.
Selling Cosmetics is What Keeps TFD Running
The game has to make some revenue, and since it’s F2P, it can only do so by selling Caliber. Some players don’t mind the steep price and are willing to pay. And, truth be told, they are responsible for keeping the game afloat. User xNightlightx said: “At the end of the day Nexon is a profit-driven business. You can thank the whales willing to spend this much for where the prices are at” and BaconKnight gave a spot-on statement, saying: “The prohibitive prices keeping people like us out actually also helps out in this regard because the more people are priced out of those cosmetics, the rarer it is, the more special it is, the more special the person willing to spend major bucks on it feels when they can get it and others can’t.”
Unfortunately, there is no right answer here. All of the aforementioned statements have a point in their own way. Adjusting the prices may help out the majority of players, but Nexon is a company after all, and has to make money. If things are working out for them just the way they are, then it’s unlikely something will change for the time being. Luckily for us, skins and other cosmetics are just that, cosmetics.