Ftball2theGroin wrote:
Lanky wrote:
Ftball2theGroin wrote:
I would happily pay a flat fee for the game. However, EA knows they can make more money with this tiered system, so here we are. If they want to offer me 70% of the game for free, and 100% of the game for $300, I know which one I'm more likely to pick.
They take cheapskates like me into consideration when designing how to maximize their profits, so I'm not going to lose much sleep over not giving ($100 million in TSTO profits) EA enough of my money.
Yet you are happy to pay a game that cost them money to develop, giving them absolutely nothing back, but state that the cost is too high? Regardless of the fact that they have a gigantic revenue income? I think you hit the nail on the head with the "cheapskate" labeling, which is basically what it falls down to. But then, if you are of that view, why expect things to be for free because you think it should be?
if you pay $30 , which isn't much money if you are playing the game constantly., you can get a lot of content. $300 is a mass over exaggeration...
You seem to make a lot of unflattering assumptions about freemium players yet claim to be trying to understand them. Meh.
Feel free to point out any of the assumptions that you feel are wrong - hell, that's what public forums are for! :)
Ftball2theGroin wrote:
Agreed. A new crop may be the worst gift ever. I was expecting something for doing 32 hours of pointless tasks to advertise the new episodes. If you're going to buy me off, Fox/EA, buy me off! Give me a building that costs you effectively zero dollars! Something!
Just a recent post - as a freemium player who wont pay anything, why should you be given gifts and free content? Especially as you also have a feeder town to get extra use of the free parts of the game.
I am not trying to argue or flame, nor am I thinking i am "better" (far, far from that), just want to find out the psych behind it.
