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11 years ago
indieauthorALH wrote:
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:
Very well thought response.
Too start off its way deeper than just knowing what we like and don't like. There's a bigger agenda.
I agree spending some money is not that bad because of the longevity this game can have and entertaining as well as the frequent updates compared to other games. Just like if you have a hobby which you know you spend money on all the time if you can get a break or deal wouldn't you go for it? Just like any kind of entertainment as you stated, same thing applies here. :mrgreen: Some people have been playing since day 1 and those people SPENT a lot of money on this game. Me on the other hand I started in FEB and I have still spent a fair chunk of money in this game :oops: so I can't imagine how much these day 1 players have spent. All I was saying with the wheel spin thing was, is if you where playing as long as a lot of other players you might want to start evaluate what you want to spend your money on or not or how you spend it. If you can get it free why not because that was EA's way of making more money knowing that we can get everything in the wheel spin by the end of the event but they knew some people are impatient so why not make some extra money was probably on their mind. I think everyone went into Christmas update knowing they are spending donuts exactly why you should spend wisely. EA knowing this took a chance to milk it. :D And the way the first couple of days went they probably made more money from the wheel spin than the actual items with the update because people got frustrated and kept spending donuts on the wheel spin. If they would have sold those items individually it would have been a one time buy. But the wheel chance is just genius. Just like going to AC or Las Vegas. The house will always win unless you play smart. :mrgreen:
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