Some advice for Resurrected skins

[NexusMercer]

3 minutes ago, Bumber64 said:

Except you haven't lost value unless you're planning on reselling, in which case you were scalping. The utility value of using the skin remains the same. It seems you're unhappy that peasants are now able to afford nice dinnerware previously restricted to the wealthy.

Reason #2: Actual users of the skins have not lost any functionality. Still works the same.

So you think it's right for Klei to go against their own promotional promises? I can accept discounts on merchandise, even if Klei decides to give it away for free, because that's normal business practice. But I cannot accept Klei promoting the exclusivity and rarity of their merchandise skins on one hand, and then violating that very promise on the other. Maybe you think as long as the skin is usable, it doesn't matter—but this is actually an issue of integrity. Almost everyone is only focused on being able to buy the skins at a lower price, while ignoring the core issue here — Klei’s integrity.

[Bumber64]

18 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

So you think it's right for Klei to go against their own promotional promises?

Your concern that the difference in rarity isn't sufficient to keep their promise is outweighed by the desires of the multitude of customers that literally begged Klei to sell these skins again. Give the people what they want.

Profiteering by making old, exclusive skins available for exorbitant prices is the worst of both worlds. IDK why that was ever a serious consideration, because it would actually destroy their integrity.

Edited July 2, 2025 by Bumber64

[NexusMercer]

8 minutes ago, Bumber64 said:

Your concern that the difference in rarity isn't sufficient to keep their promise is outweighed by the desires of the multitude of customers that literally begged Klei to sell these skins again. Give the people what they want.

So it's acceptable to ignore previous marketing claims? First they promote the exclusivity and rarity of the skins to attract a group of buyers, and then later come up with an excuse to overturn that—calling it “meeting the needs of regular players.” Isn’t that the textbook definition of a scam?

[Bumber64]

3 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

So it's acceptable to ignore previous marketing claims? First they promote the exclusivity and rarity of the skins to attract a group of buyers, and then later come up with an excuse to overturn that—calling it “meeting the needs of regular players.” Isn’t that the textbook definition of a scam?

11 minutes ago, Bumber64 said:

Your concern that the difference in rarity isn't sufficient to keep their promise

[NexusMercer]

9 minutes ago, Bumber64 said:

Profiteering by making old, exclusive skins available for exorbitant prices is the worst of both worlds. IDK why that was ever a serious consideration, because it would actually destroy their integrity.

The only reason I can think of is that Klei simply doesn’t care about these things—they just want to make money. Because they didn’t handle the previous Calico Chester situation this way. Calico Chester was out of stock for two years, and prices on the second-hand market even went up to $300. Later, they released a remastered version of Calico Chester. I suspect one of the reasons they didn’t release resurrected skins back then is because they were also launching other new merchandise at the same time, and doing so would have seriously hurt the sales of those products.

[Bumber64]

2 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

The only reason I can think of is that Klei simply doesn’t care about these things—they just want to make money. Because they didn’t handle the previous Calico Chester situation this way. Calico Chester was out of stock for two years, and prices on the second-hand market even went up to $300. Later, they released a remastered version of Calico Chester. I suspect one of the reasons they didn’t release resurrected skins back then is because they were also launching other new merchandise at the same time, and doing so would have seriously hurt the sales of those products.

They might do so later. I'm not going to speculate on the reasons.

Edited July 2, 2025 by Bumber64

[NexusMercer]

1 minute ago, Bumber64 said:

They might do so later. I'm not going to speculate on the reasons.

I believe they just wanted to make money from the merchandise skin buyers first, and then profit from the regular skin collectors afterward. Maybe that wasn’t their intention at the beginning, but something must have happened later that caused a shift in the company’s direction. The only thing that’s clear now is that Klei is trying to maximize profits as much as possible.

Including this resurrected skin, plus those China-exclusive blind box figures.

[Bumber64]

17 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

The only thing that’s clear now is that Klei is trying to maximize profits as much as possible.

Tesla lantern is valued at $100. They're on track to offer everything for $10. They could get away with $70. That's hardly maximizing.

Edited July 2, 2025 by Bumber64

[NexusMercer]

13 minutes ago, Bumber64 said:

Tesla lantern is valued at $100. They're on track to offer everything for $10. They could get away with $70. That's hardly maximizing.

Wasn't the Tesla Lantern figure only sold for $10 (or maybe $20, I forgot)? They might end up releasing a resurrected skin for it and sell it for just $5.

Just like the Creepy Cauldron back then.

[RexySeven]

4 hours ago, NexusMercer said:

Even if you're willing to spend more money to support them? If there's no return for what you give, then why do you support them? Do you just simply want to spend money?

Because people like and enjoy the actual game at hand and want to support it's further development and not be overly obsessed with lousy virtual skins to the point of creating conspiracy theories and cope about how devs somehow schemed 10 years in advance to betray your "loyalty" specifically and "scam everyone who bought original merch" like a cartoon moustache twirling villian.  

Edited July 2, 2025 by RexySeven

[RexySeven]

If they ever wanted to "maximize profits" they would've pull Riot Games and make this skin available for 80$+ dollars on their shop because there's clearly a huge demand for it. They could've make so much money with that but they willingly decided to not prioritize predatory monetization practices like other companies usually do and instead did reasonable price for a single skin. 

[Radicaljoe]

Klei is absolutely the least money hungry company I've ever known. DST is on sale for pocket change like 2/3rds of the year and you STILL get the free copy for a friend even with the discount.

They're like, the opposite world version of EA

[RexySeven]

1 hour ago, Radicaljoe said:

Klei is absolutely the least money hungry company I've ever known. DST is on sale for pocket change like 2/3rds of the year and you STILL get the free copy for a friend even with the discount.

They're like, the opposite world version of EA

I wish all the insane hate and accusations Klei receives each update for goofiest of reasons was instead targeted towards actual elephants in the room that use every possible way to squeeze as much money as possible from players via abusing most predatory microtransaction, gambling, FOMO, battlepass and gatcha tactics you can ever think about while doing barest minimum to improve the games they advertise. 

[NexusMercer]

4 hours ago, RexySeven said:

Because people like and enjoy the actual game at hand and want to support it's further development and not be overly obsessed with lousy virtual skins to the point of creating conspiracy theories and cope about how devs somehow schemed 10 years in advance to betray your "loyalty" specifically and "scam everyone who bought original merch" like a cartoon moustache twirling villian.  

You're still avoiding the issue of them disregarding their previous marketing claims and only focusing on the cheap skins. And Klei isn't as kind-hearted as you think—if they really cared about the players, they would have already released all types of resurrected skins. They clearly know how popular their promo skins are. So why do you think Klei isn't doing that?

It’s the same as the previous example—Klei didn’t handle the previous Calico Chester situation this way. Calico Chester was out of stock for two years, and prices on the second-hand market even went up to $300.

2 hours ago, Radicaljoe said:

Klei is absolutely the least money hungry company I've ever known. DST is on sale for pocket change like 2/3rds of the year and you STILL get the free copy for a friend even with the discount.

They're like, the opposite world version of EA

You're still avoiding the issue of them disregarding their previous marketing claims. A low in-game price doesn't justify ignoring their previous promotional statements. You’re unwilling to address the core of the problem because this move benefits you, and you don't care about the people who are upset about it.

44 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

I wish all the insane hate and accusations Klei receives each update for goofiest of reasons was instead targeted towards actual elephants in the room that use every possible way to squeeze as much money as possible from players via abusing most predatory microtransaction, gambling, FOMO, battlepass and gatcha tactics you can ever think about while doing barest minimum to improve the games they advertise. 

If you think not honoring previous marketing promises is one of the goofiest reasons, then I have nothing more to say. If a company doesn't even respect its most loyal paying customers, then ordinary users aren't likely to be treated with much regard either.

Edited July 2, 2025 by NexusMercer

[RexySeven]

43 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

You're still avoiding the issue of them disregarding their previous marketing claims and only focusing on the cheap skins. And Klei isn't as kind-hearted as you think—if they really cared about the players, they would have already released all types of resurrected skins. They clearly know how popular their promo skins are. So why do you think Klei isn't doing that?

Because they let you have an exclusivity over these merch items for an entire decade? Is entire decade of complete, not even questioned, full exclusivity, not enough for you???

"disregarding their previous marketing claims and only focusing on the cheap skins." Was there written somewhere that they aren't coming back until the end of times? Do they obligated to never touch something again ever via physical contract with you personally or something? Was there even marketing campaign to begin with?
They clearly know how popular these items are, that's why they bringing them back! After 10 years! We don't even know if resurrected skins are gonna come back later if ever. Maybe it's literally only these two backpacks for years because of how long ago they were released and now impossible to obtain other that willingly scam yourself by resort to inflated re-sellers prices. 

You've been explained dozens of times here what are the reasons why klei are bringing them back but you just absolutely refuse to accept that and even questioning how and why people buying something if it doesn't come with extra value long term or not collecting worthy.

43 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

It’s the same as the previous example—Klei didn’t handle the previous Calico Chester situation this way. Calico Chester was out of stock for two years, and prices on the second-hand market even went up to $300.

If they made calico chest resurrected at that time you'd still come here and complain how they betrayed skin collectors by "devaluing" calico chest skin. Instead they decided for it to still be exclusive for undetermined amount of time for people who bought it. 

43 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

If you think not honoring previous marketing promises is one of the goofiest reasons, then I have nothing more to say. If a company doesn't even respect its most loyal paying customers, then ordinary users aren't likely to be treated with much regard either.

Was you loyal to begin with or you just here for the fact skins are rare and you had to have them for you collection?

I mean, you clearly said it previously that you care only for the skin.

Edited July 2, 2025 by RexySeven

[NexusMercer]

7 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

If they made calico chest resurrected at that time you'd still come here and complain how they betrayed skin collectors by "devaluing" calico chest skin. Instead they decided for it to still be exclusive for undetermined amount of time for people who bought it. 

If they handle the same issue differently, you should be asking why they’re doing that, instead of focusing on the people who are upset about it. You’re the complete opposite of @lowercase skye—you're at the other extreme. You see Klei as your friend no matter what they do, and you believe they shouldn’t be criticized for anything.

[RexySeven]

2 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

You see Klei as your friend no matter what they do, and you believe they shouldn’t be criticized for anything.

Why did you drop hundreds of dollars for a company that actively hates it's consumers then?

[NexusMercer]

27 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

Because they let you have an exclusivity over these merch items for an entire decade? Is entire decade of complete, not even questioned, full exclusivity, not enough for you???

"disregarding their previous marketing claims and only focusing on the cheap skins." Was there written somewhere that they aren't coming back until the end of times? Do they obligated to never touch something again ever via physical contract with you personally or something? Was there even marketing campaign to begin with?

They clearly know how popular these items are, that's why they bringing them back! After 10 years! We don't even know if resurrected skins are gonna come back later if ever. Maybe it's literally only these two backpacks for years because of how long ago they were released and now impossible to obtain other that willingly scam yourself by resort to inflated re-sellers prices. 

What you're saying is like claiming, "This law has protected you for 10 years, so it's time to let those restricted by it indulge a little." We're talking about a company's integrity, while you're focused on whether someone benefits from it. In reality, this is just a business practice—you shouldn't be projecting extra goodwill onto it.

15 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

Why did you drop hundreds of dollars for a company that actively hates it's consumers then?

Because they weren’t like this before.

27 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

Was you loyal to begin with or you just here for the fact skins are rare and you had to have them for you collection?
I mean, you clearly said it previously that you care only for the skin.

What’s the purpose of you saying that? Are you trying to imply that I’m not a player, but just some damn scalper? If I were a scalper, why would I redeem those skins myself? Wouldn’t it be more profitable to sell the codes? If someone who’s willing to pay a high price for their merch and skins, and has hundreds of hours in the game, doesn’t count as loyal—then who does?

If you want to see my Steam profile, I can send a screenshot.

Edited July 2, 2025 by NexusMercer

[RexySeven]

2 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

Because they weren’t like this before.

Like what? A faceless video game company that have profits on the list first like you said companies usually do? Or did they just became this now? Or when they decided to give newer players something from a decade ago that weren't stated to be exclusive forever to begin with?

[NexusMercer]

12 minutes ago, RexySeven said:

Like what? A faceless video game company that have profits on the list first like you said companies usually do? Or did they just became this now? Or when they decided to give newer players something from a decade ago that weren't stated to be exclusive forever to begin with?

Isn't it obvious from the fact that they handled the same issue in two completely different ways? On top of that, they released China-exclusive blind box figures, and instead of letting you buy them directly, they made it a lottery system—just to get you to buy more. Doesn’t that show Klei is now prioritizing profit above all else? And do you really think only what's written in a legal contract counts? So all the things they said in their merch promotions can just be brushed off as meaningless? Isn’t false advertising a form of fraud?

Edited July 2, 2025 by NexusMercer

[RexySeven]

Just now, NexusMercer said:

Isn't it obvious from the fact that they handled the same issue in two completely different ways? On top of that, they released China-exclusive blind box figures, and instead of letting you buy them directly, they made it a lottery system—just to get you to buy more. Doesn’t that show Klei is now prioritizing profit above all else? And do you really think only what's written in a legal contract counts? So all the things they said in their merch promotions can just be brushed off as meaningless? Isn’t false advertising a form of fraud?

Do you realize that these mystery boxes are made by other company but with DST characters as a collaboration?

 

3 minutes ago, NexusMercer said:

So all the things they said in their merch promotions can just be brushed off as meaningless? Isn’t false advertising a form of fraud?

You still didn't provide a single confirmation that items are one time limited only. 
"Each Crabbit Plush includes a unique digital item redeemable in Don't Starve Together!" - that is the entire marketing campaign mentioning the skin btw. 
I really can't see where it says "this item is completely exclusive promotion to this merch item and cannot be re-released on the later date in-game". Oh well.

[NexusMercer]

1 minute ago, RexySeven said:

Do you realize that these mystery boxes are made by other company but with DST characters as a collaboration?

 

You still didn't provide a single confirmation that items are one time limited only. 
"Each Crabbit Plush includes a unique digital item redeemable in Don't Starve Together!" - that is the entire marketing campaign mentioning the skin btw. 
I really can't see where it says "this item is completely exclusive promotion to this merch item and cannot be re-released on the later date in-game". Oh well.

Klei said that the exclusive skins were meant to serve as proof of purchase for players who bought the merchandise, and now you're telling me that the only thing that serves as "proof" is a tiny “proof of purchase” tag on the skin? Does that sound reasonable to you?

[RexySeven]

1 minute ago, NexusMercer said:

Klei said that the exclusive skins were meant to serve as proof of purchase for players who bought the merchandise, and now you're telling me that the only thing that serves as "proof" is a tiny “proof of purchase” tag on the skin? Does that sound reasonable to you?

Yes, actually. They kept their promise tho, you can't deny that.

[NexusMercer]

1 minute ago, RexySeven said:

Yes, actually. They kept their promise tho, you can't deny that.

If you already believe that this kind of wordplay doesn't count as deception, then I have nothing more to say.

Even though you’ve already recognized the problem with what they did, you still choose to defend them.

[RexySeven]

Just now, NexusMercer said:

If you already believe that this kind of wordplay doesn't count as deception, then I have nothing more to say.

Alright, well, then good luck waiting for next resurrected skins from newer merch to be released in next 6-7 years I guess so you can save 20 dollars on it.
In the mean time, I'll enjoy having it right now by paying extra 20 dollars to have physical item and the cool skin that comes with it.