Doesn't matter. If in the future other companies and games adopt that, like CS:GO, Overwatch, CoD, Battlefield, etc. some of them are not owned by Chinese companies, so doesn't matter.
I'm sick and tired of this stupid tin hat wearing conspiracy theory preachings about China and spying. Everyone is spying on you. Even your phone and laptop's camera and microphone are spying on you. If you don't want to get spied on, sell or destroy all your technology and go live in a cave in the wilderness... sheesh.. I'm sick of all those nutjobs thinking if they install AdBlock or use VPN they are automatically safe or only China are the bad guys... everyone is the bad guys.
China are professional league assholes, Europe lets all the immigrants from the Middle East in like it's no problem and they destroy it with their backward views and refusal to integrate, get cultured and get a job, but instead live on social benefits and commit crimes, also Europeans are taught to be pussies who should be accepting of all the poor immigrants, America has the worst education system in the planet that breeds brainwashed tools that can't think for themselves, many Americans can't even tell what Jakarta or Bratislava are capitals of and think Paris and London are countries or can't even realize there are more than one country in North America...
I don't want to turn this into something political because this is a discussion for games and I won't respond to any further comments that will escalate the political bull crap... We all play games to escape that, but I wanted to express how sick and tired I am of just one side being portrayed as the bad guys and the others being regarded as the good guys when they all are the same trash.
Its always easier being scared of, and pointing at, “them” instead of “us.” Doesn’t matter who is pointing at who btw.
/Cheers, Lahnmir
So true, but that does not mean "them" are always fault free just because people jump the gun to point. Nor does it mean we are fault free either, pointing works both ways.
Both sides of the fence could be doing wicked things at the same time. This game and their government could be doing nasty things all while "our team" is doing them too. We like to think in terms of good guy/bad guy, when really they're all pretty bad. Maybe too much war, espionage, and cold war history has jaded me, but there are not real good guys.
I tend to think of it more in terms of bad and worse rather than good and bad.
I'm not sure who these people spending lots of money even are because the game offers such a poor value proposition in its cash shop.
The $5/month Welkin pass is justifiable enough, but the actual kneejerk microtransactions are so overpriced as to be farcical.
A mere 10 summons would cost you approximately $25-30. And with a rate of 0.6% per summon, there is a very real chance that half the price of a video game just got you 9 garbage weapons and a 4 star character. There's nothing micro about those transactions.
It only takes a few. Games like SW:GOH have grossed over $1b with published drop rates of 0.01%. Value proposition isn't something a lot of people, especially in mobile gaming, consider.
No wonder everyone is developing mobile games. You have to be a fool not to.
Mobile games tend to be cheaper and less time consuming to produce. With clearly the same or better payouts.
It's a dam good game for mobile if you do not factor in the cash shop. It proves that you can make games a lot better then most of the games on the mobile market.
The real question is if there is anyone out there willing to risk over 100 million dollars to make a good game like that while still using fair sales practices with no gimmicks.
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I tend to think of it more in terms of bad and worse rather than good and bad.
It only takes a few. Games like SW:GOH have grossed over $1b with published drop rates of 0.01%. Value proposition isn't something a lot of people, especially in mobile gaming, consider.
It's a dam good game for mobile if you do not factor in the cash shop. It proves that you can make games a lot better then most of the games on the mobile market.
The real question is if there is anyone out there willing to risk over 100 million dollars to make a good game like that while still using fair sales practices with no gimmicks.