Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33625305-20190806010353/@comment-33721000-20190807084509

Bkuave wrote: One thing is for sure, a lot of players are not going for the GT2 RS. Certainly EA/FM will be disappointed when they look at the numbers. Ideally, that should be true.

But...EA/FM have user data for every conceivable metric. Since rapid increases in pricing has become a regular trend, I doubt EA/FM could care less..let alone be disappointed. Although most players on wiki seem to be in agreement about the GT2 RS/CS and general overpricing, we represent a marginal fraction of the user base. There must be enough players still getting these cars for EA/FM to continue down such path of delusional economics.

There's been so much (speculative) talk about the ever increasing cost of licensing new content, reason why EA/FM are marking up cars like the GT2 RS/CS. Again, this seems to be EA's folly. They could simply spend a small fraction of their licensing acquisition budget on adding new features, improved graphics within the game's existing framework. Since the cost involved would be lower as opposed to acquiring rights for overpriced IPs, it will result in inexpensive updates and greater participation + more revenue.

More contradiction from EA - Lets assume they are being truthful that graphics improvement + addition of new features would render legacy devices incompatible. EA only cares about revenue, so this apparently means legacy device users are fueling EA's revenue to a greater extent. Anyone with elemental common sense can figure out both those 2 aspects cannot be mutually inclusive.