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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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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyKaplan View Post
    People have already said they're cancelling their subs, and a staff member actually bothered replying this time around. Something like that? :3
    'We are aware of [...], look forward to it!" - You should already know that these are standard replies here, like you would see on many other game titles on reddit and otherwise.

    So unless you get a direct answer from Yoshida himself regarding this, never assume this will get through the right channels to receive serious consideration.

    And, yes - I am quite a naysayer regarding this, but given what happens currently about Star Wars : Battle Front 2 and Destiny 2 and how it got so bad between the devs and playerbase, suffice to say the approach around issues here needs to be addressed a bit firmer, lest we fall into the same patterns.
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