Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-43409776-20190806193135/@comment-38068589-20190807065558

DrestinBlack wrote: Ad revenue is trivial, triv i al.

IAP by newbies is their income. New players start up, buy a few packs and quit after it gets too expensive. MASSIVE churn. Fortunately, though, more brand new players pick it up and the cycle repeats. Yes, there are that many new players. Yes, they make IAPs.

Remember, we are a tiny sliver of clever people in an echo chamber here. If every single person on this forum stopped making IAPs or viewing ads they wouldn’t notice in the slightest. Not. In. The. Slightest. Remember, they have no reason to “like us” - we’re the ones who play forever without paying them anything, and teach others how to play cheaply (or free). One could argue that they barely tolerate us. Gleaming a post about a bug here and there, but that’s it.

The only thing that could have an impact is a larger than us massive downvoting campaign. But right now the wiki+Reddit is, what, 5k players at max? And I’d guess 90% never paid them more than a $ or two ever? I’m sad to say, our heart is in the right place but we just don’t have the power. What we need are YouTube voices like, as an example, LegacyKillaHD and his audience.

If this is true. Bad reviews in appstores should have a good impact to scare off new players. And, might get EAs attention...