Seriously? I mean, seriously?
The free Avatar Chocobo pet codes that Square Enix gave away to anybody who promoted Final Fantasy XIII online have apparently become huge commodities on eBay. This of course lends itself to the question: If they want them so much to spend up to a hundred bucks, why the Hell wouldn't they have just done the small amount of legwork needed to get a code for free?
I have a code myself and I didn't even know what I did to earn it. What I do know, however, is that I'll be putting it on eBay as soon as I've finished writing about it. Far be it from me to ignore a chance to exploit human stupidity.
Oh, and if you want your own Xbox Live Avatar to have a Chocobo virtual pet that does nothing, no need to spend a ludicrous $50+ on something that seems to do bugger-all except look a bit cute. If you want a complimentary Chocobo code from Destructoid, all you have to do is be the poster of the 100th comment to this thread while mocking the stupidity of somebody who'd buy it on eBay.
Final Fantasy XIII Chocobo Codes Are Hot Commodities On eBay [Siliconera]
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9:00 AM on 01.02.2010
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Anyway, wow... these things are going to be made available to the general public eventually. Why the fuck would you buy it on eBay? Seriously, people are starving in other countries and people buying a digital fucking bird that does fuck all.
if i had wnough money to piss it on shit like this
i would
maybe they want to be the first in america? lol who knows.
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AWESOME.
Or chocobos are serious business.
If anyone wants mine, feel free to @reply me on Twitter with a message asking for it and I'll gladly give it to you.
I'm never going to use it lol.
Time to make a listing. Or maybe I should wait a week when demand goes up.
Your premise is false. Nobody wants these things bad enough to spend up to a hundred bucks. Looking at the twenty-five completed auctions, I see one moron spent $50.00, which is completely ridiculous, but all the rest went for less than $20.00, and the average price is less than $15.00. Of course, that's still too much to pay for a stupid avatar pet, and I think most of the auctioneers in the screenshot above are going to be sorely disappointed.
There is so much dumbass stuff for sale, but people buy it. Most DLC is utter shit anyway because you don't technically own it. Avatars costing $$$$, ok, hey for those who want it, fine. Freedom doesn't make you smart, it allows you to be stupid.
Even if I had I'd rather spend it on a hooker.
But if you think about it, this isn't new. For thousands of years human beings have spent their wealth on shiny baubles and jewelery that did nothing. Even today you get people who spend hundreds of dollars on shiny crystal animals that just..... sit there doing nothing. And what about all those who spend money on buying shiny mobile (cell) phone covers that again, do nothing. Or what about the people who buy homeopathic remedies, which consist of nothing but water and MAYBE a few molecules of active ingredient (so in essence, it's just water, plain, pure tap water, and people will pay through the nose for these "cures").
So is it stupid? Yes. Is it anything new? No.
o well. cheers to whoever ends up with this fabulous extra freebie