Does Pokemon Live Need A Way To Make Money?
i think so for the sole reason is they can then hire more or better developers to add to their team so they can actually create the pokemon live we all want. Which is a smooth, no bugs, with all the features of before and new ones etc.
We are not talking about massively going down the line of having to pay lots out to get cards and stuff but its more of an add on option. This way if people want to buy 20 packs of the new set they can. That money can then go to development of the game.
Or there could be custom avatars and clothes and cards and boxes etc.
if something like 99p for super premium pass but also keep the points premium pass - people will be happy to pay that and others will be happy with the points one.
Obviously keep what we have now with the points because that works quite well i have been able to create new decks easily because of the points and the free packs.
So much awesome stuff could actually be done with this game but they are obviously so limited on budget, man power and technical ability that it could be a long time before its what we all want.
What do you guys think?
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A really important, but tricky question.
Yes, monetization would provide incentive to put more resources towards the development of the game. This is probably necessary to have a high quality online client.
But, some monetization can lead to over monetization. But, I think this is a necessary risk towards having a quality game.
I agree that Pokémon cannot reasonably implement microtransactions until they game is working properly.
And Pokémon is a large and multifaceted company. The TCG is just one part of the brand & the online client is jut one part of this. I don't how Pokémon understands the place of the online TCG client.
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They already said that tcg live isnt make to make profit, this could explain slow implementation on all expanded cards
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Maybe I’m out of the loop. But, wouldn’t it make sense to use the revenue from buying physical card packs to support live? You can buy real packs and put the codes into the game to get in game card packs.
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You're missing the point. It's not a question of where the money to make the app is coming from. The issue is that if the app isn't making money directly, there's no incentive to heavily invest in it. What you're suggesting is technically already happening and is the problem: the game is a money sink. If we look at it purely the way you are, then cancelling it makes the most financial sense because it's just taking money away from the TCG.
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Kinda disagree with this. I doubt I would be playing cards IRL if I hadn't learned how to play on PTCGO. I've also spent money on codes and I enjoy receiving codes when I buy packs. Pokemon cards basically print money, and it's a shame how bad PTCGL is compared to MTG Arena or Yu-gi-oh Master Duel.
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And how are they supposed to track that? Especially since you probably buy cards and codes directly, rather than packs?
Also, both of the aforementioned games have microtransactions. You just proved my point. How do you expect a fully free game to compete with them? And no, the "Pokémon has infinite money" argument doesn't work; aside from being a dumb argument on its own, TPCi only has access to a small fraction of that money. They're much, much smaller than Wizards or Konami (which is bigger than TPC proper). Master Duel is also an unfair comparison in general due to the massive difference in design goals where it's meant to be its own format with its own championship circuit, so even in the best case Live wouldn't match it, though that's a less important point.
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