Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20200213191831/@comment-32997411-20200214111721

Whether or not I  like this daily cap, I still think it's a brilliant business decision by EA.

First of all, the daily cap is a brilliant way of generating daily traffic. This part is very, very important for them because they have to convince third parties (i.e. the owners of F1) that there actually is an interest in their licensed products.

Next thing is, they are gonna make A LOT of money of all those people that are coming back daily and thats because many people suffer from this stupid thing called 'fear of missing out'. Great examples are found everywhere here on the board: 'will the F1 cars still be around next update?', 'It takes forever to get them all', 'it takes forever to FU them all', 'best farming races?'etc. I literally spent real money on the very first day when F1 became available because I wanted to have the car that very first day. Had i waited 3 days, I could have saved myself € 16 or so.

Imagine your self being absolutely new to the game. What do you see? A lot of cars you can't afford probably, but when looking closer you might think: 'hmmm.. if I only pay € xx and keep coming back to race daily and watch a gazillion ads to speed up service, then i might have a chance of getting them all'. This exactly what EA wants you to think and i guarantee you, this is exactly what 99% of all players new to the game is thinking. You really think new players use a balanced strategy for acquiring in game money? Of course not, they just want to race and get those shiny cars. You can't blame EA for wanting to extract as much money possible out of these players.

Btw, this daily cap thing is used in far more games than you might expect. In, for instance, Mario Kart Mobile (don't ask ;-) ) you can only earn a vast amount of 300 coins (currency) a day and usually that takes up around 20 minutes. Of course you can always buy more if you really want, but as you might expect prices are insanely high.