TA Supporter Packs Achieve Record Sales + 11.5 Million Players

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Raycheetah wrote:

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TheWretch wrote:

Ya the whole thing was pretty crass tbh.

Looked at another way, given the shitstorm GGG routinely walks into from this community every time they make ANY kind of decision, I could see why they hedged, at first. Remember, they adjusted the waves of Beta access to accommodate the demands of those who posted on this forum. For that matter, they started selling Beta access back in Closed to accommodate player demand, and they did it again, this time.

GGG gives people what they want, and get slapped for it, anyway. ='[.]'=

I see as NOT giving ppl what they want and then owning up to it and putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. They wasted pretty much all hype they built up. Teaser site, new stuff, all of it gone. Next time around save the sirens and fanfare for when something actually comes out. We didn't find out that timer was for a closed beta until half a week afte rthey put it up. Huge bait n switch.

They built up the perfect storm..then just didn't pull the trigger. Is any of this stuff going to even feel remotely fresh and new by the time it comes out in...what is it, July now?

Huge wasted opportunity.

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TheWretch wrote:

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Raycheetah wrote:

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TheWretch wrote:

Ya the whole thing was pretty crass tbh.

Looked at another way, given the shitstorm GGG routinely walks into from this community every time they make ANY kind of decision, I could see why they hedged, at first. Remember, they adjusted the waves of Beta access to accommodate the demands of those who posted on this forum. For that matter, they started selling Beta access back in Closed to accommodate player demand, and they did it again, this time.

GGG gives people what they want, and get slapped for it, anyway. ='[.]'=

I see as NOT giving ppl what they want and then owning up to it and putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. They wasted pretty much all hype they built up. Teaser site, new stuff, all of it gone. Next time around save the sirens and fanfare for when something actually comes out. We didn't find out that timer was for a closed beta until half a week afte rthey put it up. Huge bait n switch.

They built up the perfect storm..then just didn't pull the trigger. Is any of this stuff going to even feel remotely fresh and new by the time it comes out in...what is it, July now?

Huge wasted opportunity.

Jup. I much rather appreciate that they send out beta keys to emails straight away in waves instead of this lottery game that baits and causes a lot of naming and shaming.

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Rachel_GGG wrote:

Please keep this thread on topic with constructive replies.

Further off topic posts will be removed.

So we cant discuss supporter pack sales either? Can we talk about the weather or is that off limits too?

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Malone wrote:

wondering if "record sales" is marketing or real ?

I was expecting lower sales compared to previous packs, even with the great marketing job done from Chris and the beta hype.

Safe to assume that's probably why you aren't running a multi-million dollar company, lol.

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Xtorma wrote:

They seem to be hard workers. I Feel the success is well earned and deserved.

What success ? I don't see any yet.

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MegaTen_IV wrote:

What success ? I don't see any yet.

To all the people posting negative feedback, angry replies about the length of closed beta or sour that they sold beta access because the mass community was begging for keys/spamming their emails.. Get your head out of your asses, this is a free to play game with the option of donating to helping keep this game and servers alive or in our current case to develop new content for us all to enjoy.

So take your nay saying elsewhere, id rather have a fully finished/bug free act 4 when it comes out instead of being disappointed in what they have been working on, if you feel they killed the hype maybe you should be more angry at yourself for joining the beta or following every news thread about the Closed Beta content.

Personally I haven't been following every little change nor do I want to ruin the excitement/fresh feeling of a new act so I am not keeping up with absolutely everything, but to you people that are being down right rude, why don't you go play another fucking game for enjoyment instead of just bitching and complaining like a little child.

Props GGG on the record sales, I may not buy supporter packs but I definitely support the game by buying MTX and Stash space and I and many others I am sure would say your doing a fantastic job! Keep up the great work :)

POE goes pay to play and makes lots of people buy supporter packs and you lot are surprised they sold shitloads of the things?

Way to go GGG, keep up the good work and here's to your continued SUCSESS :).

bump, woot