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    Quote Originally Posted by CosmicKirby View Post
    Unless you just 'really' want a predictable flow of ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE, back and forth forever.
    You make it sound so horrible when in fact that's one of the few ways to make sure people don't feel as left out as they do now. Otherwise, think about it like this - we get female only outfits so many times in a row. Ok, but you're going to get your guys only outfits soon and in an equal amount otherwise we're getting into the equality everyone's talking about. Sounds good? Not really. Not only will the people who want to dress up their guy charas had to wait this long and maybe gave up by now, but now the people who want to dress up their lady charas will have to wait an equal if not longer period of drought because SE needs to make it up to the guys. The longer such a period will last, the harder it'll be to pacify costumers with things like 'but it's their turn'.
    The only real counter-argument I can think of to having the gender-locks alternate is that they can't think up enough male-exclusive outfits to put in the shop to match the female outfits... but that'd be admitting the problem threads such as this are addressing in the first place!
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
    The only real counter-argument I can think of to having the gender-locks alternate is that they can't think up enough male-exclusive outfits to put in the shop to match the female outfits... but that'd be admitting the problem threads such as this are addressing in the first place!
    Well, you're supposing a rather absurd theoretical here. One that isn't worth worrying about.

    The real counter argument is that a predictable release schedule isn't as marketable. Say you're a guy character who plays mostly for glamour. A guy outfit comes out on the mogstation but you don't want it. These outfits come out like every 2 months or so, and the next set will be female. What's keeping you playing for the next 4 months?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CosmicKirby View Post
    What's keeping you playing for the next 4 months?
    This point is moot given how often and frequent we have Yoshi-P saying that they don't mind people taking breaks and actually encourage it. And someone taking a break but coming back when their outfit comes in is better than people who are tired of being disappointed on a principle level and drop the game outright because they feel like they don't matter as customers who pay the same sub.
    To actually address your question, that's a problem that exists currently as well, doesn't it? Not liking the outfit they release? The difference is that in the suggested situation I know for a fact that I will definitely, 100%, have a shot at an outfit I might like when my turn comes. But in order for me to have a chance at an outfit I'd like, they need to make an outfit for my chara's gender, don't they...? Currently, we don't have even that, while we do have what seems to be a growing pile of broken promises on the matter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
    This point is moot given how often and frequent we have Yoshi-P saying that they don't mind people taking breaks and actually encourage it.
    It's most certainly not Moot from a marketing perspective. And Yoshi is very much not in charge of that department, nor is he in charge of the Mogstation. As the way he has requested Krile's outfit and the like proven otherwise.

    Currently, having a bit of un-predictability in Glamour/Mogstation releases does in-fact help sales. There's a reason Impulse Buys are a very marketable field.
    People are less likely to spend on non-essentials if given time to think it over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CosmicKirby View Post
    People are less likely to spend on non-essentials if given time to think it over.
    It'll still be an impulse buy because we don't know for certain when outfits will drop, nor what outfits they'll be. From a marketing perspective, I think it's a bad idea to treat about half your characters like they don't exist because then you won't just lose out on the money they would've paid on glamour, but also their subs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
    It'll still be an impulse buy because we don't know for certain when outfits will drop, nor what outfits they'll be. From a marketing perspective, I think it's a bad idea to treat about half your characters like they don't exist because then you won't just lose out on the money they would've paid on glamour, but also their subs.
    I do think they are well aware of that 'marketing perspective' and care for the whole playerbase, though it doesn't hurt them to give one of them more attention if the expected income from the said side is higher when it comes to certain items.
    People vote with their money. And it seems it still goes well enough for SE to keep that direction going.

    So, unless you guys make a major stink about this, the trend will go on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arrius View Post
    So, unless you guys make a major stink about this, the trend will go on.
    People have already said they're cancelling their subs, and a staff member actually bothered replying this time around. Something like that? :3
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