One more post in this thread, and then I'm done with all this drama.
I just want to throw out some 'food for thought' spaghetti to see if maybe this will stick to EA's wall?
Marketing 101
If you want to sell your product:
a) Ensure your product is the best quality it can be.
b) All parts function as advertised.
c) Generally meets your customer's wants/needs.
d) The selling price is made reasonably affordable for overall general consumption (if that's your targeted demographic).
Shoving ads into your customers' faces (during their gameplay time of all things) while your product is still broken in many parts (aka not functioning as advertised) AND after they've already spent hundreds of dollars (10 years later)? That does not sell more of your product.... that just simply insults your customers' intelligence.
If you want to convince your new F2P players to buy more of your add-on products, then at the very least, allow your older players (the ones who've been opening their wallets for the past 10 years) the option to completely get rid of the invasive/offensive button in their game options.
Don't insult the many, just to sell to the few.
That is all. :|
