Synthmilk
The United Peoples of Synth
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Posted - 2012.12.24 22:24:00 -
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Sentient Blade wrote:CCP stands to profit from the production of CREST (and the API) otherwise they simply would not have made it.
I am very glad I do not live in your world.
Because in my world, people tend towards making things for the benefit of a target group, if not everyone, and it is the desire to improve the experience of those people that drives development, with profits coming in as a reality check that limits what can be done with the available resources.
[economic rant]
Sure, many people, such as your self, put profits first, and the quality and capability of the product, and the well being of the customer, second. This is why we not only have the CoD and BF series of mindlessly entertaining titles, among others, but why there are so many horrible products out there in general, that only just barely meet the requirements they were intended to, not to mention it is why many economies are in ruins. In theory and practice, the "Profits First" mentality fails, horribly, being sustained simply by government subsidies and bail outs, with taxpayer money.
[/economic rant]
While CCP will benefit from creating tools that strengthen the community, if you think that is the ONLY reason they have done it, or even the primary reason, then I pity you for being so cynical.
If CCP was more concerned with making money than creating their product or providing services to the community, they would have removed the open, player driven economy, made it impossible to attack anyone else in Highsec at all, and done numerous other things to water EVE down into something that average casual couch jockey would pick up and play.
Instead they have stuck to maintaining a game that is still challenging to play, not to mention code, balance, and maintain, listened to, and implemented, player feedback, and generally been a hell of a lot better than most other developers of any genre of game when it comes to doing things for the players benefit, at the cost of an even larger bottom line that they could have gotten by doing something else.
So I want to thank you CCP for giving the community these tools, and for placing more value on improving your game and building the community than your profits. |