No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

[Jeffrey Smith]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

I’m not missing anything. I understand the feeling that their primary focus is DD. I don’t necessarily agree with it but I understand it.

But I don’t agree that they are going to scrap franchise mode. If that was the plan, why would they make any improvements at all, however minimal one may view those to be? Wouldn’t they use that time and manpower towards DD and trying to figure out a plan to get more people into that mode?



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You are 100% correct. If you were making money selling oranges why would you grow apples?
As a company they have to go where the money is.

Sucks though.


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[nemesis04]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

You are 100% correct. If you were making money selling oranges why would you grow apples?
As a company they have to go where the money is.

Sucks though.


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Apples generally don’t grow where oranges do!

[RogerDodger]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

You are 100% correct. If you were making money selling oranges why would you grow apples?
As a company they have to go where the money is.

Sucks though.


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I think we're in danger of forgetting - not you specifically but all of us - that SDS take 60 off us just for purchasing the game. That's more than they'll get from most DD players. No doubt there are some whose spending will exceed the cost of the game, but the average DD player won't be spending anything like that on stubs or whatever they sell. The bulk of their profit will still come from those of us who purchase the game to begin with.

[Caulfield]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

You are 100% correct. If you were making money selling oranges why would you grow apples? As a company they have to go where the money is.



Sucks though.

I still think w/o franchise, the Show would go the way of the dodo in 5 years. As crazy as it may sound, I dont think they need DD as much as they think they do. But ideally, if you can make money selling apples and oranges, I dont know why you wouldnt sell both. You gotta import and export. You cant just focus on the importing.

[Mercury112491]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] at people who think offline franchise would ever get taken out. Ya’ll need to chill.


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[MLB14]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

I think we're in danger of forgetting - not you specifically but all of us - that SDS take 60 off us just for purchasing the game. That's more than they'll get from most DD players. No doubt there are some whose spending will exceed the cost of the game, but the average DD player won't be spending anything like that on stubs or whatever they sell...

I think you're underestimating human stupidity and addiction.

[HypeRNT]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

I think we're in danger of forgetting - not you specifically but all of us - that SDS take 60 off us just for purchasing the game. That's more than they'll get from most DD players. No doubt there are some whose spending will exceed the cost of the game, but the average DD player won't be spending anything like that on stubs or whatever they sell. The bulk of their profit will still come from those of us who purchase the game to begin with.

lol? Where did you get that info from? I think its very common knowledge or at least would not be egregious enough to expect a DD player spending 2x the normal game cost over the life span of this game.... Thats very simple to do especially if you spend $25 on it every few months for some extra stubs/packs during promotions/holidays.

I personally spend over a $1000 on madden each year and about half of that on this game and im not even hardcore, its just something i save up during the year to spend on what i enjoy.

and if i was incorrect then we would not be seeing the trend that we see now where all the EA games feature UT modes because thats what makes them money the same way MLB the show is leaning toward DD, its just what makes sense and what works

Offline modes and single player is a thing of the past, look at call of duty, they did not even feature a single player for the first time EVER because of BR mode. I think its a trend we will see more and more because people would rather play online then offline

[kehlis]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

I think we're in danger of forgetting - not you specifically but all of us - that SDS take 60 off us just for purchasing the game. That's more than they'll get from most DD players. No doubt there are some whose spending will exceed the cost of the game, but the average DD player won't be spending anything like that on stubs or whatever they sell. The bulk of their profit will still come from those of us who purchase the game to begin with.

Huh? You understand that in order to play DD you have to buy the game just as anyone else does right?

What am I missing?

[nemesis04]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Some people spend serious cash on DD, not sure how someone could say they are getting less from people who actually play the mode.

[RogerDodger]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Huh? You understand that in order to play DD you have to buy the game just as anyone else does right?

What am I missing?

You're missing something because of course you have to buy the game to play DD. My point is about how much is spent above and beyond that. My view is that the additional spend on DD probably doesn't amount to much more than the value of another copy of the game, but as somebody who has never spent a dime on DLC for cards or packs I might be wrong. Very wrong, possibly. Maybe people are wasting hundreds of dollars on this stuff.

[nemesis04]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Huh? You understand that in order to play DD you have to buy the game just as anyone else does right?

What am I missing?

Must be some Yogi Berra logic there somewhere.

[nemesis04]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

You're missing something because of course you have to buy the game to play DD. My point is about how much is spent above and beyond that. My view is that the additional spend on DD probably doesn't amount to much more than the value of another copy of the game, but as somebody who has never spent a dime on DLC for cards or packs I might be wrong. Very wrong, possibly. Maybe people are wasting hundreds of dollars on this stuff.

Try thousands!

[kehlis]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

You're missing something because of course you have to buy the game to play DD. My point is about how much is spent above and beyond that. My view is that the additional spend on DD probably doesn't amount to much more than the value of another copy of the game, but as somebody who has never spent a dime on DLC for cards or packs I might be wrong. Very wrong, possibly. Maybe people are wasting hundreds of dollars on this stuff.

Okay,

So everyone spends the same amount on the game.

One population, franchise players, spend nothing more.

Another population, spends more on top of the price for the game.


I'm not sure what equation you are trying to make but of those two populations, one makes them more money than the other.

[RogerDodger]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Try thousands!

Madness if true... especially when that investment doesn't carry over from one year to the next and doesn't even offer a tangible reward at the end of it either.

As a franchise mode only player I would grudgingly accept some element of monetisation if it was beneficial to the game but my spend would never amount to more than a few dollars that's for sure.

[bravesfan1984]

Re: No Online Franchise in MLB The Show 19

Madness if true... especially when that investment doesn't carry over from one year to the next and doesn't even offer a tangible reward at the end of it either.

As a franchise mode only player I would grudgingly accept some element of monetisation if it was beneficial to the game but my spend would never amount to more than a few dollars that's for sure.

You grossly underestimate the wheelbarrows of cash people are willing to dump for online modes. Doesn't make sense to me, but it's like gambling. People get addicted.

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