Valorant has a new skin pack that costs over 100 euros. For some players, that’s too much, even if they find the skins pretty.
Riot Games’ tactical shooter Valorant offers a large, steadily growing selection of various skins. They change the appearance of the respective weapon and partially offer special animations, such as when reloading or achieving a final kill.
Some skins also change the sound a weapon makes when shooting. However, there are no skins for individual characters.
Recently, Riot Games released a new skin pack for Valorant called “Radiant Entertainment System.” Now there is a lot of criticism for the game developer because some players find the price of the skins far too high.
What kind of skin pack is this? The “Radiant Entertainment System” is a bundle with 5 skins for the Bulldog, Phantom, Operator, as well as the silenced pistol Ghost and the “Knife”.
The skins give the weapons a “Retro Gaming” design with partially animated details and magazines that look like classic video game cartridges.
What the pack looks like was shown by Valorant on Twitter:
30 euros for a skin – pack as expensive as 2 AAA games
How much does the pack cost? A skin from the new pack is said to cost 2,975 Valorant Points (VP) that players would have to buy for at least 30 euros if interested, as they cannot be earned. The price for the “Knife” of the bundle costs separately 5,950 VP, about 60 euros.
- To acquire 2,950 VP, you would have to buy 2,050 points for 20 € and then another 1,000 points for 10 €.
- Alternatively, 3,650 VP would be available for 35 €.
- A package with 3,000 points for 30 € does not exist.
The entire bundle costs 11,900 VP, which is approximately 110 euros. The package also includes background cards and other little things that would otherwise have to be purchased separately.
The skin is good, but is it that good?
What do players say about the pack? Many players express interest in the bundle on social media. Especially the magazines in cassette design are well received, and some players say they would buy the skins – if it weren’t for the price.
- Alex Lockheart:
It’s really a great bundle, […] you can see the love for older games in this bundle. But I am sorry, it is WAY too expensive. I love your game, but the bundles are not worth the price of two AAA games (via Twitter).
- BorutoHype69:
Bruh, they [Riot Games] have set the price too high. Such a cool and unique bundle, but it won’t sell nearly as much because it is so expensive (via Twitter).
- Black Sheep:
The bundle costs more than the entire game Legend of Zelda. I mean, the skin is good, but is it that good? More worth than a whole game (via Twitter)?
Players like to spend money on pretty armor or colorful paint for their weapons. The probably most famous example of players spending a lot of money on skins can be found in Valorant’s competitor Counter-Strike.
There, players donate thousands of euros to open crates or to acquire a desired skin from other collectors.
