Is the Halloween update destined to be a huge disappointment?

theredjacket wrote:

JoshSherer wrote:

Undaunted-001 wrote:

JoshSherer wrote:

theredjacket wrote:

JoshSherer wrote:
Now, if someone wants to present a GOOD reason why they should stay gone (being immature about being exclusive or claiming that EA cannot come up with an inventive way to bring episode tie-ins back are not good reasons). Good reasons for bringing them are extra money for EA (which in turn leads to a longer game for us), it's not fair to screw over new people, there is almost no additional work or coding to make items accessible that have already been designed and implemented, etc.

It's not fair to screw over "old" (for lack of a better word) people. While they are petty and childish there are people who will feel screwed over if everything is re-released and if you upset those people and they stop playing and EA stops making money then EA would be sad, because EA likes money. That's why, as I previously stated:

theredjacket wrote:

EA needs to keep the people frothing at the mouth for new Limited Time items while also keeping those people who are missing a few items happy by offering a slow trickle of previously released content.

It's simply the best business model, the model that makes them the most money.

Now your main error in argument:

"a GOOD reason why they should stay gone " a good reasons to return previously released content

EA is not interested in Good. EA is interested in cash and they make tons of it, obviously whatever they are doing is working to their favour so I’d assume they’ll just keep doing it.

Some might even say EA is evil, and that EA is the “Worst Company in America” (two years in a row) and EA obviously knows you, that’s why they referenced you in their game and honestly, what’s more fun than watching you squirm and complain because you missed out on items?

How would the older players be screwed over by re-releasing old items? It has zero effect on them, and no one is going to quit because of it. And if you find 1 psychopath out there who does quit because they are being bratty about older items being re-released, I will find you 20 million people who are going to pay real money for it. EA is a business and wants to make money. They don't care about what 500 bratty whiners have to say. They care about the wallets of 30 million people. But again, I'd love to hear how older players are being screwed by re-releasing old items.

you know I love you josh. But there needs to be sum kinda rewards for early adopters of the game don't cha think?

I've never owned a video game that rewards early buyers, and I own MANY video games. I didn't even have an iPhone in October. This isn't a reward, its just a punishment.

You've never owned a video game that offered a pre-order bonus?

Many games reward people for paying for a game before it is even released. This is a very poor argument on your behalf.

Also, any games offer exclusive content to one game system or another, so for all the android folks they could just think of the content they missed as exclusive apple friendly content.

I've pre-ordered many games and I've never received a copy that was different than the others as far as game content is concerned. The cartridge may have been different or it may have come with an extra collectible of some sort, but the content is the content. I'd say the poor argument comes from you as the two situations are not comparable and you're grasping for straws at this point.