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11 years ago
indieauthorALH wrote:+534
This response might come off as defensive...but...
"EA is doing statistics based on your moods, habits, play time and etc. You guys are just lab rats being tested on unless you are aware of it. "
I don't have a problem with this at all. Knowing what we like and don't like, what we are and aren't willing to spend real-world money on, helps the devs make more money, sure. But it also helps them make the game better for us by giving us more of what we clearly like, and less of what we clearly don't.
I don't mind spending real-world money on the occasional donut splurge, because it makes the game more fun for me and compensates EA for this excellent game, from which I've gotten countless hours of fun. Considering the many $50 - $70 console games lots of people buy and love, I really don't get why some people---and I'm not saying this is YOU, OP---think it's some kind of rip-off to spend real-world money on an app they get just as many hours of entertainment from (if not more: my son typically 'beats' a console game in less than a week and I've been playing TSTO daily, nonstop, since July).
I also don't know why so many people---again, not saying this is YOU, OP---seem to think there's something sleazy about EA setting up incentives in the game to get people to spend real-world money. It's a great game, the devs deserve to be compensated, and it's entirely possible to play the game without ever spending a single real-world dollar and still complete all the mainline quests. It's not like those so-called "free" apps that have pre-determined limits where you eventually hit a wall and stay stuck until you fork over real money. :roll:
I'm one of those who spent donuts to get extra tokens, but I went into the Christmas update expecting and planning to spend real-world money. If it warms my cockles to see my little Springfield all done up in Christmas lights and snow people, if it amuses me to have Plow King and Mr. Plow duking it out, it's money no less well-spent than the money others might spend on console games, amusement park tickets, gambling in Vegas, nightclubbing, concert tickets, or any other kind of entertainment. :)
I can agree with you re: not feeding the trolls and not duplicating threads. I haven't been playing long enough to relate to the land shortage so many long-timers are frustrated with, but I expect I'll get there eventually. :thumbup:
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