System and method for providing in-game pricing relative to player statistics
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1. A system configured to facilitate providing an individualized experience that varies for users, the system comprising:
- one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;
execute an instance of a virtual space, and to implement the instance of the virtual space to facilitate participation by the users in an online game that takes place in the virtual space, and to facilitate interaction of a user with the virtual space by executing actions in the instance of the virtual space in response to receiving the user'"'"'s input;
store inventories of resources that are available to the users in the virtual space, the inventories including a first inventory of resources available to a first user in the virtual space;
determine a user metric that quantifies an aspect of the first user'"'"'s gameplay within the online game, the user metric quantifying one or more of progress of the first user within the online game, a power level of the first user within the online game, a skill level of the first user within the online game, a level of virtual technology advancement of the first user within the online game, and/or a success of the first user within the online game;
effectuate presentation to the users of offers to purchase resources, the offers including a first offer for the first user to purchase a first set of one or more items; and
determine prices for the offers for the individual users based on the user metrics for the individual users such that the price of the first offer for the first user is determined based on the user metric for the first user; and
determine a first price range based on the user metric for the first user, wherein the offers presented to the first user are restricted to offers having prices in the first price range, the first price range being determined based on the user metric for the first user, andwherein, responsive to the first price being in the first price range, the first offer is presented to the first user.
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Abstract
One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing players pricing of in-game virtual items associated with their experience and their progress in the game. For example, the first player and the second player may have similar triggers, similar in-game events, and actually have different prices and currencies inside each story depending on each player'"'"'s progress in the game, thus creating an individualized experience that may alter from player to player.
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1. A system configured to facilitate providing an individualized experience that varies for users, the system comprising:
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one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to; execute an instance of a virtual space, and to implement the instance of the virtual space to facilitate participation by the users in an online game that takes place in the virtual space, and to facilitate interaction of a user with the virtual space by executing actions in the instance of the virtual space in response to receiving the user'"'"'s input; store inventories of resources that are available to the users in the virtual space, the inventories including a first inventory of resources available to a first user in the virtual space; determine a user metric that quantifies an aspect of the first user'"'"'s gameplay within the online game, the user metric quantifying one or more of progress of the first user within the online game, a power level of the first user within the online game, a skill level of the first user within the online game, a level of virtual technology advancement of the first user within the online game, and/or a success of the first user within the online game; effectuate presentation to the users of offers to purchase resources, the offers including a first offer for the first user to purchase a first set of one or more items; and determine prices for the offers for the individual users based on the user metrics for the individual users such that the price of the first offer for the first user is determined based on the user metric for the first user; and determine a first price range based on the user metric for the first user, wherein the offers presented to the first user are restricted to offers having prices in the first price range, the first price range being determined based on the user metric for the first user, and wherein, responsive to the first price being in the first price range, the first offer is presented to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer implemented method for providing an individualized experience that varies for users, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
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executing, by the one or more physical processors, an instance of a virtual space, and implementing the instance of the virtual space to facilitate participation by the users in an online game that takes place in the virtual space, wherein facilitating interaction of a user with the virtual space by executing actions in the instance of the virtual space in response to receiving the user'"'"'s input; storing, by the one or more physical processors, inventories of resources that are available to the users in the virtual space, the inventories including a first inventory of resources available to a first user in the virtual space; determining, by the one or more physical processors, a user metric that quantifies an aspect of the first user'"'"'s gameplay within the online game, the user metric quantifying one or more progress of the first user within the online game, a power level of the first user within the online game, a skill level of the first use within the online game, a level of virtual technology advancement of the first user within the online game, and/or a success of the first user within the online game; effectuating presentation, by the one or more physical processors, to the users of offers to purchase resources, the offers including a first offer for the first user to purchase a first set of one or more items; and determining, by the one or more physical processors, prices for the offers for the individual users based on the user metrics for the individual users such that the price of the first offer for the first user is determined based on the user metric for the first user; and determining, by the one or more physical processors, a first price range based on the user metric for the first user, wherein the offers presented to the first user are restricted to offers having prices in a first price range, the first price range being determined based on the user metric for the first user, and wherein, responsive to the first price being in the first price range, the first offer is presented to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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