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11 years ago
andrewsworld1 wrote:
Interesting but have you thought that maybe the team just thought this was a cool idea and didn't care about sales as whatever they put out people buy... You never know one of them might have been outside smoking and saw a bunny and thought that it could be cool to zap bunnies and make it all funny by having them lay eggs. The prize system could just be something fun they thought they would try. :-)
:shock: seriously??? Sorry, I don't mean to be rude but I think its you thats been smoking something!!! :P
I don't know whether you're an idealist who's world is just so perfect but try and think practically here... EA are a Business first and foremost. They don't make games for any other reason than to achieve their bottom line, and most of us know what that is. I think to this end, the Easter update had been very well thought out and executed to achieve such. If this wasn't so obvious to some, then it certainly should have become evident when they started selling Gold eggs a few days before the deadline. This decision had been taken a long-time previously imho, as it had been in the code all along. After weeks of frustration many people were primed to buy these eggs. One of the main aims of a business is for demand to exceed supply and they created this in many ways already covered by the OP and others, so no point going over old ground so to speak... After watching players all whip themselves into a frenzy over certain prizes, and maintaining their usual silence on the subject, they very kindly 'gifted' us the opportunity to fill our demand, knowing full well what the result would be.
As for Whacking day, I agree it was the best event by far but think that time, unfortunately, has long gone. The prizes were best yet imo, so much so that EA released some of them to buy straight after the event; they obviously rued their missed opportunity to fill their coffers by letting us win such prizes. Since then each event seems to have been an attempt at finding the right formula to push us into parting with as much cash as possible but the last update was a stretch too far imho... Hopefully they'll realise that in the long-term they're missing out on potential revenue with players leaving or hacking their games and Premium players, such as myself, refusing to pay another penny on this game; I will wait and see what the next event is like and if its similar, with a heavy heart, that will be the end of this game for me.
Great post by the OP with some very valid points; very well structured. Apologies if my thoughts lacks the same clarity and structure but its been a very heavy 80-hour work week with only a few hours sleep in total... :?
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