Grab A Pulse Red Xbox Series X Controller, Get A Free Sea Of Thieves Emote

Wow, the state of the f-ing world today: get a free, bloody useless and totally disposable, non-tangible "emote", when buying an almost $100 controller...

And that is supposed to persuade people? (shakes head in disbelief)

@ThanosReXXX
Seems like a pretty dramatic reaction . Let me use that same mentality in response to your overly dramatic response.

Wow, the state of the f-ing internet forums today: get something for free to go with a cool new color (giving people options) that is actually closer to 50 and not 100 dollars....

And you found this worth complaining about?
(shakes head in disbelief)

@Stonecarver That seems like a pretty dramatic reply. Smh.

@Stonecarver Not dramatic at all, just kinda annoyed, is all. Admittedly, I'm in a bit of a mood these days, due to all the COVID restrictions and all, so that's probably seeping through as well.

But having said all that, I honestly don't see any added value in getting a free emote when buying a controller, much less see it as an added incentive to buy said controller, so to me personally there's no added value to it whatsoever.

@ThanosReXXX apologies for the snarky reply. I was in a mood yesterday . The issue I have is, why does there have to be the added value? The added value is the different color scheme . Depending on where you get the controller , it's either 5 dollars more or the exact cost. That is the norm for multicolored controller. What they are giving us is literally free. Not to mention , it is added value to some Sea of Thieves players. I think the complaint would be warrented if this controller was actually closer to 100 dollars like you falsely stated.

Maybe I would better understand this if you told me what you think they should give us for free to give this value?

@Stonecarver No offense taken, so no apologies needed. You did misunderstand, though: what I meant was that the digital "freebie" doesn't add any extra value whatsoever, and doesn't feel like an added incentive/trigger to me to persuade me to get this controller.

I wasn't criticizing the controller but the free emote that you get with it. I just find it stupid, and a prime example of today's disposable society. The Fortnite crowd and such will probably be cheering wildly in favor of these kinds of offerings, but to me it means absolutely nothing.

I do like the controller, so I wouldn't need any promotional extras to persuade me to get it, and in my humble opinion, it also shouldn't be necessary to add anything extra. It's already a limited edition controller, so that in and of itself should already be more than enough of a promotion towards triggering the target audience.

P.S.

I'm in IT-related sales & marketing myself, so perhaps I'm also looking at this with a slightly different view compared to the average person. That might clear things up a bit more, perhaps.

I see your point. When its treated as an incentive to purchase something ....lackluster would be the word I am looking for.I dont really pay much attention to marketing these days. Im not sure how big of a deal it is.

Devils advocate to my previous post; while its strange for me to say , I can see this as taking advantage of the die hard Sea Of Thieves fans. I was heavily ino WoW and there are complitionists who have to collect everything. I will addmit , emotes rub me the wrong way too. I think its ok to have emotes under a paywall if that paywall is in game currency or achievements . It feels a bit shady when the only what you can obtain emotes is by paying real world money. "Look at me, I got this cool emote and i have it and you dont because I boight a 60 dollar controller" Whike no one is forcing us to spend money it still feels wrong.