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Someone mentioned this in another post:
"And thats really one of their biggest problems in adding fun to the game.. They are too afraid to give something back, because it could risk costing them a slight piece of their profit."
As a company SC has to balance keeping players involved, and turning a buck. They can't do one without the other right.
Do you think they're leaning too far one way or the other? Where's the fine line?
Oh please...
I don't have SC's financial records, so i can't give an informed opinion.
I can, however, speculate and complain that they are gonna lose players if they keep this up, and claim that they don't know anything about running a business.
But i choose not to.
We had them give us a decent xmas present in the boosts, then they reduced the cost of them permanently (barracks) so they are not afraid to give something back.
They are a bit stuck for giving too much because it could affect the game and of course annoy everyone that earlier had to work harder to get where they are.
More deals, more often. Increase the puny gem rewards for achievements and instead of pushing upwards in levels, start improving the core of the game. That would be giving a lot back in investing in the games longevity rather than the quick bucks of adding a level, which quite frankly a two year old could do in a few minutes.
I know allot of people scoff at the gem boost specials but I like them personally. There a simple way to change things up and help smooth out bumps in the road. I can understand why SC prefers this over having loot permanently high.
But I really think they should implement Master Mind's daily quest thing. Once you get to Th9 everything takes FOREVER. I am really concerned when I hit Th10 the game is going to feel drawn out and tedious.
Hmm with my 200th post(not a big deal, but yay) id like to say its hard to complain at supercell. They created a game that is miles ahead of what we have seen on ios before. I love this game, but the content is stale. I don't see the need in creating more threads about it though. Supercell knows(or at least they should). But sandalhat is right; they need to progress or people will start to move on.
I think people assume way too much about SC's intentions. They obviously have detailed information about the amount of players leaving the game, new players joining, and gem purchases. Eventually it will get to a point where it doesn't make business sense to continue to develop the game, and they will simply let it slowly die out. It happens to every game, but I don't think we are anywhere near that point with CoC though.
Also, every game I have played has grown stale eventually. When it does, I don't blame the gaming company. I just pack up my bags and move on. Its normal.
I don't think they are leaning to far either way. Most game apps have a shelf life of 30 days - that is the average time someone plays. Also - only 20% of players continue to play a game the second day after it's downloaded.
SC is currently making 2.4 mil a day on 2 games that are both almost a year and a half old. Boon Beach isn't included in that because I'm too lazy to go look up the numbers for that, so I didn't include it at all.
Now having said that, we all know there are people enjoying this game that never make gem purchases.
So I think they are doing something right so far - and they sure know more about gaming then I ever could. I also trust that they also want to keep both games running as long as possible in the manner they already do- meaning fresh content & making a $.
Thats just my $.02 cents though.
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I think this post hit the nail on the head for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete82
The difficulty for me is that this community is not representative of the coc player base as a whole. I would say (and of course I don't know for cetain) players that buy gems are under represented and we have better than average farmers in the community.
Customer feedback via this forum, facebook etc. will be important to them, but ultimately SC has to make its business decisions based on the whole player base, using all the informaion they can gain from their servers in addition to direct feedback.
SC is doing very well out of its games at the moment, so it must be doing something right for the whole player base. The fact that many people have played a long time are now thinking of leaving is just part of the natural cycle for a game.
I think Kendra made some good points too.
I'm still having fun with this game and just past my 1 year clashiversery! I never thought I'd play a game for over 3 months, and especially a mobile game, so I think supercell has created something quite spectacular!
My 2 cents.