Why is EA/Respawn the bad guy for loot boxes?
If you have this attitude about Apex/EA/Respawn then I think that you are wrong to have this attitude, you DO NOT deserve to get lots of progression,unlocks, skins, and everything for FREE whilst the...
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F2P will be complaining they are getting 0 items for free and they are 'looking after the whales'trust me as a mobile game dev I have seen it all, tried every approach, the ones who don't want to pay always feel shafted. People are too entitled these days
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F2P will be complaining they are getting 0 items for free and they are 'looking after the whales'trust me as a mobile game dev I have seen it all, tried every approach, the ones who don't want to pay always feel shafted. People are too entitled these days
Maybe the ones u talk to, but there are tons and tons of guys like me.
We love the idea of free to play and we use such services in that way.
I never pay a cent for anything in free to play games, because just me playing the game is enough reward to the devs.
All they need is people playing to keep the numbers up and the small percentage of whales will furnish us with all the nice things we like in time.
I really appreciate the whales for paying for all this stuff for me, and I think this is the ultimate gaming model, zero barrier to access is the only way to fly imo.
Dont worry, this game will make a billion dollars soon enough, it doesnt need my money, just my time.
I am fine with what-ever little rewards I get for just playing, virtual clothes mean nothing to me so if they hide some behind a paywall I think its great bait to catch the whales.
All F2P games need these whales, if u let them buy what they wanted up front these games would not make billions like candy crush and fortnite.
Yes some people have gambling issues, they need some mental help for certain, but can we really expect game devs to cater to all mental disorders? Where to draw the line?
This is the free market everyone screams about with joy!
- U need to realize if they sold skins straight up they would need to be extremely expensive or they would cannibalize the loot box sales completely.
Imagine them selling $30-$40 for a single skin!! People would scream bloody murder and EA is evil, etc, lol.
U cant have both and u cant please everyone, the whales dont care they are usually single boys in their 20's with nothing to spend their money on anyways, if not this game it would be online poker or porn getting their cash.@DadPhilly
Your logic is fundamentally flawed. Why in the world should any game have the ability to soak $200 or more from a single player for additions that a lot of developers and games can give way at a fraction of the price and/or free?
The issue isn't about getting everything for free it's about getting your moneys worth.
"A now-deleted thread on reddit made the rounds a few days ago cataloguing the plight of a guy who spent $500 on loot boxes to try and get the ultra-rare Wraith “heirloom” set, thinking that with guaranteed legendaries every 30 boxes, he’d be bound to get it. He didn’t. Loot boxes, cosmetic or not, trigger something bad in people and it's not a healthy business model." - This directly citing Forbes- @Allen_Booth and thats why lootboxes exist because people are willing to spend 500 usd to get something from random chance, it would look stupid if heirloom was 500 usd in shop right? Stop blaming EA and start looking on that people who are willing to spend insane amount of money to take their chances.
Btw friend got that heirloom for free from lootboxes, so now he has no reason to spend money.
Also idk if that chance 1/500 is official but obviously not since he didn't get it and counting on 1/30 guaranteed legendary well thats way low for only 500 to have it guaranteed.
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