04-11-2017, 04:57 PM
(04-11-2017, 04:11 PM)mikoha Wrote: There are 724K+ chars in game. Many of those are secund+ accounts and I guess that 5 extra spots for prem count too in that number. So perhaps real numbers of players is around 150-200K.
If 10% of those are prem and they pay 6$ each per month, that end up in 90-120K $ each month. That should be more than enough to have 4 devs working full time on this game.....and not only 2 devs working part time. There should also be money enough to hire some temporary artists, coders or whatever else, that's needed for a special upgrade. I have no way to know if those numbers are correct or not, but I don't think they are that far from real numbers. They might even be lower than real numbers.
Devs don't even need to get a new idea about next upgrade, because.....
I assume the 724k is the registered accounts number. Easily 95% of those are inactive, and 10% of players being prem is also a tad optimistic i fear. I doubt the makers will come public but i wouldnt bet theres more than 5k premium users, and the servers are certainly not free.
All in all i would be very surprised this game is the cash cow u think it is, and if it were im pretty sure the devs would give way more attention to it.
Also, my view is paying prem gives u access to the existing prem material, it doesnt guarantee updates.
If devs wanted to make it more profitable, they d need to go into the micro transactions formula (sell ig cash and exp, friend list size, a bigger bios room etc) because the subscription model very rarely works without the "whales" being able to throw insane amounts on games they like. But im certainly not advocating it, and i doubt many pple would appreciate that move here.
That said, i certainly agree with the "WE NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION" part, lack of communication really transformed the small hat/glass update into a negative for some people, just because it came before the next pose or the bank.
So yes i would beg the devs to put a monthly post (forum/twitter or whatever) saying what they re working on, it would greatly improve pples moods here.
I d also suggest they nominate a player's representative (can be a mod) which would go through the suggestion thread and regularly (monthly?) sort it into a list like this one http://www.mnfclub.com/forum/showthread....3#pid28893 , but more official (and public, so u can have feedback) and which we would know for sure the devs do read because right now i just fear all the good ideas in it are just unnoticed.