Players with a sense of entitlement

Section X isn't a great example of a good dallies section in my opinion (Although not as bad as some people say in my opinion) but the Makeb weekly and especially the CZ-198 dallies were really a step in the right direction (Despite the lack of story).

Zone-out, winding down, quick gameplay without needing to think or concentrate hard is the biggest gaming market out there at the moment.

So mindlessly easily killing a group of mobs then handing in for instant cash/xp is absolutely valid content.

After reading through so many of your posts...this is my favorite. In such a short post, you have provided some insight into the driving forces of cosmickat posts.

It is clear that you would complain no matter what MMO you play. Must be a sense of entitlement . (The ASG definition, not webster's)

Neither thread says they lost a million players, one only said they had a million players. Disproves one of my points, but not the more important one. The other is a player assessment, which I don't use as solid evidence. And I don't really understand your third point. "The customer is always right" means listen to the customer and work to make them happy, correct? If they did that, the game would be a mess.

How is cz198 so much better? Its still click to pickup and kill x amount quests exactly like every other planet

the first is the start of thousands of posts about declining server population

the second is from some EA shareholder thing or something. further research should validate those numbers. unless you need me to spoonfeed everything to you.

i do not think this game would be a mess if bioware had happy customers. your sense of entitlement is incredible (in the forum definition, not the real definition).

The only numbers that are trustworthy are the ones released by EA themselves. Frank Gibeau, President-EA Labels, Electronic Arts, Inc., has stated their subscriber numbers several times in their earnings conference calls.


"We currently have a little over 1.7 million active subscribers."
FEBRUARY 01, 2012
EA - Q3 2012 Electronic Arts Inc. Earnings Conference Call

"...a solid base of around 1.3 million subscribers."
MAY 07, 2012
EA - Q4 2012 Electronic Arts Inc. Earnings Conference Call

"...subscriptions have been on a declining trajectory and have now slipped below 1 million."
JULY 31, 2012
EA - Q1 2013 Electronic Arts Inc. Earnings Conference Call

"And the number of subscriptions has stabilized at just under half a million."
May 7th, 2013
EA - Q4 2013 Electronic Arts Inc. Earnings Conference Call

You can find the transcripts on EA's website

I noticed you guys keep going back and forth about "the customer is always right". That's a phrase most often used by the general public. In the worlds of Sales and Marketing, the more appropriate but lesser used phrase is "the customer is king".

Personally, I prefer the more obscure but most insightful phrase: The customer is the king maker.

Give the customer what they want

vs

Tell the customer what they want

vs

actively listen to the customer and treat them the way you would want to be treated.

I do think bioware is listening, however I don't think they are listening to the right people...