Global Trade HQ changes
Greetings Mayors,
With over 8 million transactions made in the SimCity BuildIt Global Trade HQ every day, it is a very busy trade hub for Mayors based all over the globe!
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Forum Discussion
Your suggestion about removing price limits is not new. I think we've already concluded that there are many ways EA could make the Global Market a true free market capitalist economy, such as letting anyone set their own price, and allowing buyers to see just the items they want, sorted by price. That ultimately would be really cool. . . but would totally defeat the purpose of the game, which is to get people to spend real money.
I also think there are much better ways to make the market more ethical, while still aligning to EA's objective. The 30 sec refresh isn't necessary, but what about if the items are dimmed once they're not available anymore? I know there will still be issues around concurrent transactions, but at least this would save the 95% of trips I have to make to another city just to see that its not available anymore.
EA, you really must get a competent Solutions Architect on your team. Yes, they exist.
-FreeMarketMike
I also think there are much better ways to make the market more ethical, while still aligning to EA's objective. The 30 sec refresh isn't necessary, but what about if the items are dimmed once they're not available anymore? I know there will still be issues around concurrent transactions, but at least this would save the 95% of trips I have to make to another city just to see that its not available anymore.
EA, you really must get a competent Solutions Architect on your team. Yes, they exist.
-FreeMarketMike
"would totally defeat the purpose of the game, which is to get people to spend real money."
This is precisely the problem with freemium games. People used to create great games that the public was willing to pay for. I used to put endless quarters into arcade games and paid near 100 dollars for some PC or console games. I would be willing to pay to play this game too, but not in its current condition of endless frustration. I don't understand why I would pay cash to "upgrade" a picture of a building.
Every day since the Airport I have wanted to remove this game but sadly I keep hoping it will get better. I suck at rejection.
EA ruined Simpsons and DungeonKeeper and probably every other freemium offering the same way. Great games butchered into psychological torture mechanisms. I would gladly pay a subscription fee to play these games as they were originally imagined by the designer before the freemium aspect was hacked on.
I imagine most of the revenue is coming from kids too young to know they are being BULLIED.
