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SlowAsASnail wrote: In any case I'm pretty sure that their income is not an issue right now: https://www.statista.com/statistics/698262/income-loss-electronic-arts/

I've never made an IAP and will only consider it if the cost goes waaaaaay down, similar to several people here.

I'm currently playing some other freemium games and the pricing policy in War Dragons for instance is much more appealing. The package deals are expensive as well so I don't get those but I do pay a fixed amount per year, 45€ if I recall well, to get an Elite Account. In RR3 terms basically this gets me double R$ and gold amounts plus double experience points (dragons have experience which makes them stronger). If FM would do something similar I would consider paying for it but alas, I'm sure they won't... Do you realize how big of a company and how large of a game portfolio that EA has? FIFA, Madden, Battlefield, Anthem, UFC, NFS... those dates also coincide with the Star Wars games...

Besides the Human Resources costs, every update adds to the cost of the game with new licensing fees for every car introduced. Just because EA is doing well, doesn't mean that they have not place significant pressures on FM for revenue targets for RR3. It may actually be worse because they are doing well.