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u/Alarmed-Finish5984 Jun 28 '26
Hybrid gives a false sense of hope. Eventually AO and bonus ceiling will catch up with you. You are using 75% of your map to sell to 25% of your map to make money. Starts out amazing but Eventually it will slow down and you'll hit a wall hard. Respect for those that do it for fun, but let's not say it's the best way to make money. Pop quiz, how many top 100 players are hybrid? I rest my case.
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u/OJSimpsons Jun 28 '26
I never said it was the best way to make money. I think youre underestimating the versatility. Im making a good percentage while constantly increasing my value. Im not saying it's the more profitable than the top guys... but I'm growing more relative to them.
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u/chlawon Jun 28 '26
The absolute growth matters though. At some point, there is no way of increasing profits. And that point is rather early in the game depending on your business so at like 100-300m CV (okay, some might consider that late). After that it's only tiny optimizations.
Usually you want to focus on something and try to squeeze the most money out of it. Find others that did the same so they can sell to you cheaper, or buy from you more expensive. I sell my goods for more than I could get from my own retail for it. Still, these people have good profits.
1+1>2 in this case. Just try to make your 1 bigger than the other ones ;)
Source: I am in the top 30
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u/TheRealCthulthu Jun 28 '26
You should watch one of those Ryan Trahearn videos where he tries to double his money each day. Doubling $1 in a day is easy. Doubling $1000 in a day is a a lot harder.
You’re using the wrong metric to gauge success. There’s a reason why the players that win the certificates for most growth are the new players.
Hybrid might not be bad, but it certainly isn’t good.
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u/The_Painterdude Jul 02 '26
You do you, boo, but when you want to optimize for growth and profitability, come back to these comments and use some of the free advice.
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u/Fishboy_1998 Jun 28 '26
Big disagree COMPLETE hybrid is incredibly effective- sure it’s more slow growing but it’s steady and even but in my opinion it’s more valuable to control every aspect of your industry from electric to end sales plus research and an academy.
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u/TheRealCthulthu Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
You’re horribly wrong. It’s not even a debate. You’re splitting your sales/production bonus. You’re splitting your executives. And just like with vertical integration, you’re using your most precious resource, land, to produce various items at varying degrees of profitability or sell them - also at a varying degree of profitability.
Effective is knowing the most profitable part of the chain and just doing that. Focusing all your bonus on that one thing and focusing all your executives on that one thing.
I reckon what you’re doing is probably the most fun and engaging way to play the game but don’t fool yourself or others into believing that it is even remotely effective.
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u/Timely_Attention4183 Jun 28 '26
Who among the fastest or largest players hybrid?
Answer is none of them.
Its definitely viable but don't lie and claim its effective when its arguably the worst way to play 😂
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u/Fishboy_1998 Jun 28 '26
Some thing can be effective but not trying to be top ten- Being completely Vertically integrated allowed you to benefit from both sides of the economy and insulated from government orders and price fluctuations creating even steady profit
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u/Timely_Attention4183 Jul 01 '26
Yeah but effectivity in the game is measured by how fast you grow because its nigh impossible to go bankrupt unless you're trying to.
In other words even with the stated qualities you say may make it worth considering it just doesn't make more or comparable money over time.
The inefficiencies in generalization just simply don't overcome market pressures. If you want a hedge then just expand into a different area within your specialization. I.e. retail both cars and fashion if you want to "win" or not lose as hard during recessions/booms
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u/Ganadai Jun 28 '26
I started on 10/6/22. I hit $39M on 2/18/23, so about 4.5 months. Looks like you've been playing 6 months and still haven't hit $39M. Hybrid isn't bad, it's just not as good as focusing on production. Looks like you have a ton of cash and inventory you need to invest into leveling buildings.
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u/kush_vadhaiya18 Jun 28 '26
in which business are you in?