Make Grumple Free!
i think we are getting a free reindeer
Forum Discussion
philippama998 wrote:
spanser posted on thebfiles its 120 atm (still total speculation)
How can you guys discuss so emotionally about something that is unknown to all of us?
I might understand a discussion if the Grumple should be free or not, but discussing even the amount of donut pushes the limit simply because its all speculation.
No one knows for sure if and for how much the Grumple will be available for purchase. We will find out in time.LPNintendoITA wrote:
philippama998 wrote:
spanser posted on thebfiles its 120 atm (still total speculation)
How can you guys discuss so emotionally about something that is unknown to all of us?
I might understand a discussion if the Grumple should be free or not, but discussing even the amount of donut pushes the limit simply because its all speculation.
No one knows for sure if and for how much the Grumple will be available for purchase. We will find out in time.
i know he posted it but as you mention correctly it is just speculation. We have just seen adjustments in community prizes. The forum went bananas for days speculating how much time it will take to achieve things.philippama998 wrote:
LPNintendoITA wrote:
philippama998 wrote:
spanser posted on thebfiles its 120 atm (still total speculation)
How can you guys discuss so emotionally about something that is unknown to all of us?
I might understand a discussion if the Grumple should be free or not, but discussing even the amount of donut pushes the limit simply because its all speculation.
No one knows for sure if and for how much the Grumple will be available for purchase. We will find out in time.
i know he posted it but as you mention correctly it is just speculation. We have just seen adjustments in community prizes. The forum went bananas for days speculating how much time it will take to achieve things.
Who's to say it wasn't changed BECAUSE of the forum complaining about it? It'd be interesting.mwdalton wrote:
philippama998 wrote:
LPNintendoITA wrote:
philippama998 wrote:
spanser posted on thebfiles its 120 atm (still total speculation)
How can you guys discuss so emotionally about something that is unknown to all of us?
I might understand a discussion if the Grumple should be free or not, but discussing even the amount of donut pushes the limit simply because its all speculation.
No one knows for sure if and for how much the Grumple will be available for purchase. We will find out in time.
i know he posted it but as you mention correctly it is just speculation. We have just seen adjustments in community prizes. The forum went bananas for days speculating how much time it will take to achieve things.
Who's to say it wasn't changed BECAUSE of the forum complaining about it? It'd be interesting.
Somthing that I thought of too and I think thats possible.
However I tend to believe they noticed it themselves as well that something didnt go quite as planned and changed their approach. After all EA is not just some small software hut but has massive experience in game development and is a multi million dollar enterprise where decisions are made on the board table and not based on internet posts (I hope I am not getting banned from the forum for saying that as a reply to the forum moderator :( :oops: ).
The case with the community prices was a little different: the event was ongoing already and it was predictable that in this pace it would most likely fail. EA had to react in order to keep everyone happy (premium payers as well as free players).
The Grumple has not yet started so its not clear if EA would fail their income expectation in case it costs donuts and isnt free (every character must have an expected income which defines the donuts it goes up for sale).
In reverse logic: the more people request to have him (even for free), the higher the market demand is thus the price can be higher.
After reading that EA has reached the nine digits, they must have a spcial task/sales/marketing team dedicated to this game. So what would be their motivation to give the Grumple out for free if people are willing to pay?MaxxSpider wrote:
i think we are getting a free reindeer
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pRL2ot2J58/UmjlfwfGFFI/AAAAAAAAOd8/do0NRAr-hmY/s1600/both.gif- Free Grumple! He's been locked up long enough! :)
neuroheart wrote:
marco_rosa833 wrote:
I think its fair that EA has some premium content this Christmas.
They should have some premiums, of course. No profit would mean no game.
However, I have seen dozens of people talking about how much they spent on donuts to just keep spinning the wheel until they had all those prizes. I have several neighbors who must have bought the packs of gift bags to be able to give me gifts daily. There's no way that EA has not already made an absolute killing on premium holiday content, so money is not really a strong argument in favor of charging 120 donuts for a seasonal character that does not seem to come with a building or decoration of any sort.
And let's not forget that a full set of snowmen would cost 160 donuts, mostly to just raise vanity. (And then anyone who does that screams themselves hoarse because a lot of the snowmen are on the wheel.) And if you want a couple more elf houses? That's 120 right there. So, sure, the only big-ticket single item might be Santa's Village, but all those 20s and 60s for those who spend them have to be adding up rapidly.
We get at least one FREE coin every day. I just hit my 30k gift card mark, so by visiting neighbors I will receive either four or five FREE coins every day until this event ends. That's about 80 more FREE chances at the wheel to receive all the prizes. It's also truly foolish to spend donuts on prizes you know are on the wheel simply because you want it NOW. Even though they aren't coming so fast, we do get FREE gift bags to spread around to our friends. Sorry, but I don't feel sympathy for people who waste their donuts due to impatience, and they certainly do not deserve a bonus for spending money just because they spent it on crap.neuroheart wrote:
But please don't try to make charging $10 for a character about fairness in the premium content, or about how EA needs more money. EA has made nine digits off this game, they aren't hurting for Tapped Out money.
The reason that EA makes money off of the game is that they include premium content in their updates, so people buy that stuff, which is where the money comes from. In the case of this update, they actually released much less premium content than any other event they've ever done, and focused almost entirely on non-premium content. So, of course, people will complain about the not free stuff anyway. Oh, right, I forgot -- somewhere in all of those paragraphs of complaints, you specified that you weren't complaining.- Holy smokes! I'm sending out a search party for HCoinSlot. 43 posts in a thread with the word "Free" in the thread title, and he hasn't shown up yet?! Something awful must've happened to him.
(... Annette is worried ...) 8) conalmcainsh wrote:
MysteryZombie wrote:
marco_rosa833 wrote:
EA has been really generous this holiday. If you look at the premium items, the only big tag items this holiday is Santa's Village (200 donuts), which was just a re-release from last Christmas. Both Costington's and Claus Co are free. EA didn't have to do that. I think its fair that EA has some premium content this Christmas.
Admittedly, I don't understand the thought process behind releasing Grumple Christmas Eve but that doesn't matter.
The Grinch did his thing on Christmas eve. So having their Grinch rip off come on Christmas Eve makes sense to me.
Precisely good sir. Not to mention it makes the character rarer and therefore more special for those that make the purchase.
+1
