With the recent price rises this mostly isn't the case any more [1].
So today's "news to me" moment was RN paying for thing in Euro, was 100% sure you would be paying for them in Royal Pounds™
I live in Franceland, thus its Euro or the local currency of Bread.
And now I will forever read your nick with a French accent in my head
That's right. I did indeed know this from SOTG shenanigans, but that period of my life is shrouded in mist these days.
This right here is why I don't either. Ship customization would probably go a long ways. I don't like the idea of buying a 'kit' perse. I'd rather mix and match pieces to suit my desire if I do so. FC's could use some love, what there's like 4 ship looks (not paint jobs). Like why not more at this point in the game? Just the layouts are eh for the most part. Customizing FCs might get me to spend money on Arx. Not just buying paint jobs. Maybe for the interior? Interior layouts? I don't know, plenty of options for FDEV to explore if they want people buying arx. Fortnite is a pretty popular yet silly game but it's money maker is on their skins and they have hundreds of skins they rotate through for people to buy plus they create new ones routinely. FDev could adapt some of that mentality into their business model for people to buy arx. Right now, as you said, it's not appealing, would appear for most as well.
I actually think the upcoming new feature will be base building exactly because of this: the opportunity to generate more income from customization of bases. They don't need to put actual game-play there at all, just an editor for already available building blocks and the possibility to claim real-estate on landable bodies. Of course the claim should only be possible via ARX. Perhaps also couple it with rare on-foot mats, so you will increase the incentive to buy-in to Odyssey. Optionally they could offer those mats in bundles via ARX as well for those not interested in Odyssey or mat grinding.
Will you pass on the Type 8 early access? Given the P2 success, I guess they will use the same modus operandi.
Depends how it is spec’d but possibly not as they don’t seem to have the paints I was collecting anymore and I still have bought Arx left from a year ago.
I'm really curious how much of a success it was really. Still only 0.23% of the registered ships on Inara are P II, which is still a good bit less than 0.32% Cobra IV, and how many of those 0.23% were actually bought with money and not just accumulated ARX ?
I'll do whatever I wish, won't you?
I think the early access FOMO specifically targeted the accumulated ARX, whereas the pre-build options focus on new players. No clue if the Inara statistics represent a valid measurement in this case.
I wonder how much of the player base Inara represents?
