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On Get Satisfaction, David Reedy Expressed His Insight Into Why Zynga Has Closed A Few Cities. David Also Wrote A Very Nice Description Of The Story-Line And The Neo-Imporium. I Thought That The Following Excert Deserved More Attention And Needed To Be Shared. It's A Good Read. Be Sure To Check Out The Original Thread On Get Satisfaction And Support David.
World of Warcraft presently has almost 12-million worldwide players.
Each player pays for a monthly subscription of at least $15 per person generating revenues of almost $200-million per month for a single game.
People generally pay at least $40 for expansion packs in addition to their monthly subscription.
Mafia Wars (and all other Zynga games) are free to play.
The vast majority of its players do not pay for it... not now, not ever.
The burden of it lies entirely in the hands of those who DO pay for it.
As for missions, mini-games, events, modules, etc., the players themselves have said time and time again that they need more to do in the game.
Mafia Wars tries to accommodate all player's needs regardless of whether they pay to play or play for free.
But, I agree... event overload has become hard to deal with at times. And when it has become a burden, once again, the players spoke and Mafia Wars listened.
The greater majority of Mafia Wars players, especially the pay to play people, are fighters and/or in Families. They have very loud voices being mostly the paying representatives of ALL Mafia Wars players. Mafia Wars has tried to work with these people to better the fighting game for everyone.
Mafia Wars TRIES to please everyone. Unfortunately, there IS no pleasing everyone no matter how hard they try.
The integrity and stability of Zynga's servers is primary. It's hard to lay a stable foundation to 17-million+ registered Mafia Wars players with every new event, city, module, etc. that comes out. Slow rollouts are the only way they can guarantee that it won't crash the servers upon release to everyone.
If they offered a $40 CD with the expansions to players... things might be different. Unfortunately, this is not, and can not be, the way it works.
Each player pays for a monthly subscription of at least $15 per person generating revenues of almost $200-million per month for a single game.
People generally pay at least $40 for expansion packs in addition to their monthly subscription.
Mafia Wars (and all other Zynga games) are free to play.
The vast majority of its players do not pay for it... not now, not ever.
The burden of it lies entirely in the hands of those who DO pay for it.
As for missions, mini-games, events, modules, etc., the players themselves have said time and time again that they need more to do in the game.
Mafia Wars tries to accommodate all player's needs regardless of whether they pay to play or play for free.
But, I agree... event overload has become hard to deal with at times. And when it has become a burden, once again, the players spoke and Mafia Wars listened.
The greater majority of Mafia Wars players, especially the pay to play people, are fighters and/or in Families. They have very loud voices being mostly the paying representatives of ALL Mafia Wars players. Mafia Wars has tried to work with these people to better the fighting game for everyone.
Mafia Wars TRIES to please everyone. Unfortunately, there IS no pleasing everyone no matter how hard they try.
The integrity and stability of Zynga's servers is primary. It's hard to lay a stable foundation to 17-million+ registered Mafia Wars players with every new event, city, module, etc. that comes out. Slow rollouts are the only way they can guarantee that it won't crash the servers upon release to everyone.
If they offered a $40 CD with the expansions to players... things might be different. Unfortunately, this is not, and can not be, the way it works.
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