A solution to the entire market problems
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I don’t mean to be crass but how would they make money by doing this
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I don’t mean to be crass but how would they make money by doing this
Well, they could just offer up all items (cards and equipment) for fixed prices in stubs. Operate just like any mom and pop store online. The bots leverage the trade option, the ability for vast numbers of people to set sell and buy prices. I guess if SDS's motivation is entirely about enticing people to spend hard money for stubs, this option would preserve that option.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL interesting - would love to see how something like that went down with the community tho lol
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Interesting enough, on every card this morning that had good flipping margins...within 10 minutes of good action a "random" sell bid comes along and absolutely nukes the margin by listing it barely above the buy bids. It's happened on four separate items this morning so far
If you mean the current buy price is barely above the sell price and it crushes the margin? I just buy it and list for a profit. It has never hurt me and you'd be surprised how often it immediately sells at a win.
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@SQT18_XBL That's what I've done. "Set it and forget it"
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Can one imagine the degree of harm caused by bots getting into a stock market trading system and causing the kind of havoc the customer base sees happening with the MLB The Show community market?
The stock market is literally run by bots, AI, and algorithms. And they have caused this kind of havoc.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL interesting - would love to see how something like that went down with the community tho lol
It would be a mass exodus, or the forums would blow up like they did Friday with pitchforks
No way they could so something like that in the middle of this release. Maybe in a new game but I think you’d have more people riled up than already are
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@CoachPappy17_PSN wouldn’t this severely limit the market. And basically kill off collections.
It would definitely limit the market, but IMO this is a baseball game and not Economics 101. The bots and card flippers force us to use a manipulated market so I am not worried about that.
I don't think it would hurt collections at all. I have finished all my collections and haven't flipped a single card. I have sold every duplicate card I earned. I did pull Ohtani, but by now most grinders have opened enough packs that they should have pulled Ohtani or Judge.
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@CoachPappy17_PSN how would it not affect collections if you made every card sellable only once. You would have to choose between selling that card and collecting. And while it is a baseball game some people are heavily into the market to be able to invest and flip to make stubs that they will need for new cards.
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Disagree with you saying most players should have pulled judge or Ohtani by now. I’m one of many that have opened thousands of free packs and haven’t pulled either.
I had to bite the bullet and spend over 800K stubs during the flash sale last week to get both. No intention to use either card, strictly to complete live series collections.
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@CoachPappy17_PSN how would it not affect collections if you made every card sellable only once. You would have to choose between selling that card and collecting. And while it is a baseball game some people are heavily into the market to be able to invest and flip to make stubs that they will need for new cards.
I didn't say you could only sell cards once. I said you could only sell cards you earn. I also understand that many people are heavy into the market, but their market play drastically changes the market, and collecting, for everyone else.
