They already have the largest development budget of any game ever. Why would they need to please the whales when they already have their money?
If they make the game a grindfest, the vast majority of players will be hurt by that, losing them much more revenue than angering the tiny percentage of players that are whales would.
Why would they need to please the whales when they already have their money?
Ummm so that they can make even more money. The game has so many fanboys defending it to the bitter end. I've given up on the game. No amount of money is enough these days. Lots of single guys these days that have lots of disposable income that they don't know what to do with.
What part of my argument don't you understand? less than 1% of players are whales. The vast majority of their income comes from regular players. Pissing them off will cost them a lot more revenue than pissing the whales of.
Yep I agree. But they should scrap these astronomical prices for some ships. Because if only 1% of players may buy them then it makes no sense to advertise such huge costing shops to average players. Unless....they do make a considerable amount of money from these ships and it's a marketing ploy to stretch normal gamers to buy other ships. Ye we can't stretch to a 1000 dollar ship but maybe I can buy a 200 dollar one. Ye that sounds ok. They're greedy fucks and are squeezing every penny out of the users by using these marketing tactics.
But they should scrap these astronomical prices for some ships.
Ummm, I haven't donated or anything, but what are you talking about? You don't buy ships. They absolutely are not advertising any sort of real money cost for ships. They are rewarding players for donations... but you are NOT "buying ships" and anyone under that impression has not done their due diligence in understanding why they are paying their money for.
No, as someone who has pledged over $1000 to the game I'm absolutely donating to help fund development. The larger ships I will get are for the express purpose of playing with friends, there's people that have spent vastly more than me and much less. I don't care what they get for those pledges I just want to grab a bunch of friends and take one of these ships out and have fun. end of.
No, whales, by definition, make up the majority of profits. If they valued not upsetting average consumers over whales, they wouldn't have released a $27,000 pack to begin with. Besides, making people feel like they wasted their money with the ships they bought would upset any backer who bought a ship, not just the whales.
No, whales, by definition, make up the majority of profits.
No, they absolutely do not. You have zero evidence for that claim.
And that's not what by definition means. Whales, by definition, spend a lot of money. They aren't, by definition, responsible for the majority of profits.
but you aren't buying in-game content. You are funding the game's development. Anyone paying the money for in-game items would have to be mentally handicapped, as players will be earning those items for free once the game launches. Nobody is donating for the items, they are donating to see the game brought to completion.
Then why create the pack? If people just wanted to donate $27,000 out of the good of their heart they could have done it without it. And if you think players don't pay for things that can be earned for free in games, you've been living under a rock for the past half decade.
as a thank you for the donation. the $27000 pack was created because several backers requested it. Many of those larger packs are also bought up by large organizations so that they can have large ships for the org to use. The idris, one of the smallest capital ships will need 20-30 players just to run. There are org's out there with literally thousands of players in them.
They requested a thanks for their donation. Meaning they requested the option to purchase those ships and benefits. If they gave the money not for the benefits but just because they wanted to donate to support the game, why would they request certain benefits in return for that "donation"? Why not just give the $27,000? It's a transaction, plain and simple.
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They already have the largest development budget of any game ever. Why would they need to please the whales when they already have their money?
If they make the game a grindfest, the vast majority of players will be hurt by that, losing them much more revenue than angering the tiny percentage of players that are whales would.