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Old 02-15-2008, 07:57 PM   #33
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People keep saying that people have to support them by purchasing from the cash shop so that they can afford to make the game better. Then you also turn around and defend Outspark for the lack of game content saying that they actually have no power to make the game any better, or make any changes at all for that matter. It's a bit of a mixed messege.

So basically then no matter how much money you pump into them it isn't going to affect the actual gameplay at all since the changes will come how and when they come either way. All the players should feel responsible for is covering all the costs of keeping the game up and running, but those prices don't indicate that to me. They're trying to squeeze as much out of payers as possible, (naturally it is a business), but it's still not fair and seems a bit greedy seeing as all the profit they get doesn't reflect on the game the payers are playing.

Those prices are high, way too high if you ask me. For the price of a few items I could buy a new pay to play game with much more content and a few months of play time. Does it really cost that much to run this little game? I highly doubt it. More likely the cash shop players are just paying to help them launch and host other games that they don't have any control over and so take no responsibility for content-wise. Pretty nice racket really.

Also don't forget that Outspark isn't exactly rubbing pennies together. They've received pretty significant funding. I think I read it was like 4 million dollars for the startup and then they received another 11 million dollars in a second round of funding last month. What are they gonna do with all this funding and any cash shop profits if they can't actually improve the games they host?
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