I do not know if this money goes to ED's development but he goes to Frontier
Which is basically the same thing
Which is basically the same thing
Do ED store proceeds go into Elite development?
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He can't, he already made that claim a few weeks ago and couldn't prove it.
Why would it? I mean ED is a business, they take money and they spend on development and support. Or take as a profit.
I bought ED because I love the game. I buy cosmetics if I like them. Yes, I still spend money with thought in mind I support company...
But nutshell is this - no company gets income from game and goes "ohh they pay well but we won't care about project because it is so profitable". It does not make sense. Every unit bought, any cosmetics acquired shows up in their internal numbers and says - hey, ED is game people love, so yeah, keep adding to it. It is positive feedback loop.
If these theories how bad FD is when it diverses their portfolio with such awesome games like PC and JWE...seriously guys?
Maybe, just maybe you feel they are too slow for giving you something you want. Which is fair...But nothing to do with how FD spends money they recieve from you.
I bought ED because I love the game. I buy cosmetics if I like them. Yes, I still spend money with thought in mind I support company...
But nutshell is this - no company gets income from game and goes "ohh they pay well but we won't care about project because it is so profitable". It does not make sense. Every unit bought, any cosmetics acquired shows up in their internal numbers and says - hey, ED is game people love, so yeah, keep adding to it. It is positive feedback loop.
If these theories how bad FD is when it diverses their portfolio with such awesome games like PC and JWE...seriously guys?
Maybe, just maybe you feel they are too slow for giving you something you want. Which is fair...But nothing to do with how FD spends money they recieve from you.
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There won't be guarantees, but it seems highly probable that the more people spend on cosmetics, the more Frontier will work to keep players happy with the game over the long term. People not playing the game won't be buying from their store.
You don't read Aviation Week, do you?
No I don't. In real life I only fly RC helicopters.
But actually... To know that people ARE the same everywhere is kind of... comforting. In a very weird way.
If the OP only buys extras to ensure the development of Elite, then I suggest he donates money directly to Frontier stating exactly how he wants that money to be used.
I shall look at the extras with a critical eye, and decide if what they are offering for the money is worth the purchase. I'll let Frontier themselves look after their own business.
I shall look at the extras with a critical eye, and decide if what they are offering for the money is worth the purchase. I'll let Frontier themselves look after their own business.
It is like 2 plus 2 equals 4 right? But I guess everything is debatable these days...sigh.
If you haven't read the prior threads on the topic, then you should start here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...siness-model?p=5536528&viewfull=1#post5536528
There is a massive difference between taking Horizons pre-order revenue for Elite and putting it into Planet Coaster before Horizons is developed and putting profits remaining once Horizons is adequately developed into other games.
The first situation gives us what we have now with Horizons being delivered as a minimum viable product a full year later than planned. The second situation would have adequately developed Elite before putting revenue and resources into other games.
Doris needs a station named in her honour.
On topic: Buy more skins as JP needs developing
I think not even the buys from ED on its own or Horizons are only for ED. Planet Coaster was developed shortly after ED so, which money would they took to make this game ?
Next is Jurassic Park and dont forget the console versions... instead of concentrating on ED with that money they use it for all games... as a company I fully understand this point but as ED player, I am feeling a little bit betrayed because I supported the game since 2015 but the progress is slow as hell and we still cannot win or earn a single Paintjob in the game...
It's even worse that that. FD is selling paint jobs and diverting that money away from developing paint jobs. Surely, they could have invented a new color by now.
Don't get me started about the lack of bobblehead technology.
It's outrageous and I'm outraged!
Same! I bought a couple of the bobbleheads. I want that money to be used to develop more bobbleheads. It's unfair if that money is used to make paint jobs or something dumb like that.
Well that explains a lot, you know what they call BMW drivers...
Oh and in answer to the OP, no it would not make me spend any money in the store.
I won't forget, as I and many others wouldn't be here without the console versions. Thanks to ED on PS4, I've bought the full game, paint, colorful lasers, and etc. That's more financial resources for Frontier to further develop ED. At least that's what the optimistic angel on my right shoulder says.
IKR?
The situation with Horizons is more like pre-ordering a drink at a coffee shop using a phone app. Only when you arrive to pick up your drink you find that instead of actually making your drink the staff spent their time preparing scones. This was despite knowing full well that you had already paid for a drink and expected it to be made on-time. When you show up to pick up the drink all they have are scones for you to purchases which are completely unrelated to what you already paid for. Then when they finally make your drink they forget the syrup and give you a smaller size coffee than what you actually ordered.
The situation with Beyond is like the coffee shop cancelling the pre-order app because the company finally realizes that no one is going to pre-order drinks under those circumstances. Instead we get one of those cards where you need to collect stamps to get a free coffee and Beyond is essentially us redeeming that free coffee. Only it's a small coffee that isn't nearly good as the coffee that we had already paid for so it's not really helping despite being "free".
There are plenty of additional customer service analogies I can make for how FD has been treating the Elite playerbase, and none of them are particularly encouraging.