However, the boycott campaign did not impact the expensive LoL skins of Faker as fans spent $660,000 in the first hour.
On June 23, Faker, Bin, and Elk joined a Douyin live stream to promote various physical and LoL products. According to a Sohu report translated by Dot Esports, over 100,000 people tuned in to watch the event, with the desire to purchase the special edition products, some of which were cheaper but in limited quantities.
Faker also played with the Hall of Fame Ahri skin and its custom effects during the stream, but he has not played with it in a game yet. This bias against skins in professional play has not changed. Nevertheless, during the one-hour stream, all the versions of the Ahri skin bundles were sold out to the last copy.
Sohu said that the basic and special edition of the bundle had been sold 4.81 million yuan, which is approximately 660 thousand US dollars. This figure also indicates that Faker and the Ahri Hall of Fame bundle were highly popular, particularly among Chinese players, despite the controversy over the costly item.
Some players have said that they would like to decline to buy the bundle as the price is an insult to the League community and its esports fans. Nonetheless, the high sales figures from the Douyin stream indicate that there is a healthy market for luxury products, even in the face of controversy.
This increase in sales makes it look like those who thought Riot Games would decrease the prices of future Hall of Fame bundles will be let down. However, the community is waiting to see whether Faker will use this Ahri skin in the actual gameplay or not.
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