Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20170529164924/@comment-28169398-20171118043626

ZekkeRJ wrote: I disagree. The ads are a new feature. And don't forget that you don't pay for the ads, the sponsors did. Of course FM want us to watch the ads, but service is not a reason for them; this is much more an excuse.

If the really wanted us to see the ads, they'd play it before the races. You do not understand the psychology behind it.

People complain about forced ads. That is why they aren't doing them.

The majority of the people will not spend money on Gold. The population on this site of people saying they have spent thousands are likely unrepresentative of the majority of the players.

So you make gold very expensive and cars expensive in gold costs, but you give players an option. Ads. Now it feels like a bargain and people really do not equate the time the same as they calculate monetary costs.

This is a classic marketing tactic. I probably would have gotten an A during my degree if I had turned in a paper suggesting a marketing plan like this.