Hot take: Milking the whales is fine and healthy for the game

Players, youtubers and every League Subreddit especially love to lose their shit about expensive gacha chromas or the new ahri skin. I dont get it tho. Honestly.

These are products that are very clearly made for whales. Riot said so multiple times. They are the LoL-Equivalent of some 3000€ gucci handbag (whose value is equally as made up as the 450€ ahri skin, regardless of it's a physical good or not). The only difference between a gucci handbag and a 450€ skin is that the money that's generated from the skin benefits and finances everyone who doesn't pay for league. Honestly they could make the coolest skin possible and sell it for 1000€ - i dont care.

If you're rich you get to buy cool pointless shit, thats just how life goes.

There are so many free to play games that are pay to progress or pay to win. Expensive useless cosmetics are a preferrable model for almost all players, no matter the pricepoint. The main part of League are the champions and runes, which have both become MORE accessible over time.

So idk, lynch me if you want but i dont care if they milk the whales. I think it's good even. So what i cant have that one ahri skin. I can also not have a rolex but i still have a watch.

Edit: I agree with everyone who points out that it's in bad faith to make such an expensive skin be marketed as a celebration of such a beloved figure like faker.