Sit back and watch this crap make record profits. It’s not Star Wars fans. It’s The Gamers™ who will pay anything for anything as long as it’s a videogame, like crackheads. The people who think this is outrageous weren’t going to buy it anyway, and those who are going to buy it will do so no matter the backlash. The overlap of people who wanted this game bad enough to care but also have the principles and values to consider the financial strategies abusive and complain about it is a very slim band of people. They will make headlines, sure, but they won’t move the balance enough to even tickle Ubisoft’s wallet.
What will stop them from claiming record numbers even if no one buys? And if a few people buy what stops them from simulating other players using clever AI so the few existing players think it is full? Simulate wait times, upgrade servers to support unexpected server overloads, etc. It’s all about generating fake hype these days to sell stuff.
There seems to be a widely held belief by corporations that star wars fans are suckers. Prove them wrong.
Sit back and watch this crap make record profits. It’s not Star Wars fans. It’s The Gamers™ who will pay anything for anything as long as it’s a videogame, like crackheads. The people who think this is outrageous weren’t going to buy it anyway, and those who are going to buy it will do so no matter the backlash. The overlap of people who wanted this game bad enough to care but also have the principles and values to consider the financial strategies abusive and complain about it is a very slim band of people. They will make headlines, sure, but they won’t move the balance enough to even tickle Ubisoft’s wallet.
This has happened before, this will happen again.
What will stop them from claiming record numbers even if no one buys? And if a few people buy what stops them from simulating other players using clever AI so the few existing players think it is full? Simulate wait times, upgrade servers to support unexpected server overloads, etc. It’s all about generating fake hype these days to sell stuff.