Quote Originally Posted by [CM]]forgetaboutit View Post
That would account for quite a few people(200-300 is my guess) and when most of these 2k spenders stop spending due to a very large change in their gold bonus Gree dy will probably fold this game as it not being profitable anymore
lol at you thinking its the 2k every few month buyer carrying gree

Quote Originally Posted by kuksluk View Post
I think a lot of players were doing the $2k tier every 3rd month or so due to the illusion of it being a "good deal".
I'm sure, now that illusion is gone, they won't switch to $1-2k/month. I don't think Gree believes that either...
The new bonus tiers hardly give any illusion of being a "good deal". I sincerely doubt it will lure any significant amount of new players into becoming high rollers like the old program did.

This change can't affect spending any other way than negatively.

The questions remain...
What is the purpose? (knowing it will decrease spending)
Why does the change only affect CC?
And why do it in such an blatantly provocative manner?
of course this change won't make 2k every few month spenders into 1-2k every month. nobody ever said that. in relative terms, i expect that a handful of those players will quit altogether, some will reduce their spending, a few will stay the same, and a small fraction of them will actually increase their spending.

the point is to get away from the inconsistent income stream of $2k this month and nothing for the next 1-2 and move more towards the $500 every month players. gree completely expects some of the current $2k every few month spenders to turn into $3-4-500 every month players, and i tend to agree. then you add in the new players that come along, who are getting less freebies than we are now, but they have no clue. they just think they are getting a cool bonus of gold for spending they would already have done. Gree give up some short term cash and ill will for a better long term model.

don't get me wrong, i do have an issue with the way it was done. they certainly caused themselves some extra unnecessary grief and bad press, that is well deserved. i just tend to think the decision ultimately makes sense for them.

i have no doubt this will hit MW and KA too. they just can't do that all at once or they may upset too many players at one time.