Optical Illusion
Minmatar
Rionnag Alba
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.07.31 15:11:00 -
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I donĘt think anyone in the eve community has an issue with CCP using revenue from eve to develop another product. Even the dumbest of trolls would be stupid to think that a company in such an aggressive market could survive solely with one product.
The reason people are unhappy is simple. And i will give an example to show you.
You go out and buy a new Ford. ItĘs nice, Alloys, Aircon, Sat Nav ECT. 2 years later Ford announce they are working on a new model, and its plainly obvious to the customer that the good money they pay for the precious vehicles, is part of the finance used to pay for research and development of that new car. The customers donĘt complain though, because, Ford continue to service your old vehicle, they continue to produce spare parts for you to replace your old ones, and even offer you nice promotional deals throughout your life as a Ford customer.
ItĘs literally that simple. I have no qualms with a company using profits made from my purchase to develop/research/promote other services, as long as they live up to their end of the deal with the purchase i made. CCP, unfortunately decided there customers of eve online would need to wait for urgently needed improvements, fixes and debugs that is actually destroying the fundamentals of the game. And funnily enough, unlike other companies, who could survive without one of their products, CCP couldnĘt. All of their plans blogged by devs relies on eve continuing to succeed, Incarna, is useless without Eve's player base, and so is Dust[insert randomly generated number here].
So, top and bottom of it, CCP, Remember where your priorities lie. We, the player base, Old and new, have and will continue to shape your game. You cannot survive without us. If crisis meetings arenĘt occurring right now then itĘs simply too late for you. I also think it would be in your best interests to directly approach your customers, whether it be a new devblog, Eve-chat speech, or video feed to reassure us you have woken up and smelt the coffee, otherwise your days are numbered, and that would be a shame.
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