So OFC Coalitions releases the day my finals week starts

One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch girl.

 

It's pretty hard to spoil a bunch of already-spoiled apples

 

mad bcuz spoiled

 

Spoilt cuz appled

 

Don't you have to be advertising for there to be competition for advertising?

Can't say you were in a race if all you did was sit on the sidelines and all that.

 

Dunno why we're pretending that Pox has competition in any shape or form. It's an island as far as all this "movies on fridays" and "other games" go.

If we're honest about the expansion, you want as much people checking out the content at the same time to increase, even if just for the moment, the illusion/idea that there's quite some people online that you can play against. You want people checking in after not playing for times and going "hey lotta people on guess I'll give Pox another go". Your best bet is a weekend. It's the only time during the whole week where EU and NA start to overlap a lot because people don't work and might stay up longer.

Pox isn't popular like anything on your list. Pox doesn't have an incredibly fluctuating playerbase as anything on your list. While they give insights in marketing, Pox should be treated as a unique product because it's is so insanely different both product and playerbase wise.

The bug argument has some merit. But than again, loads of bugs still exist as it is. While they are a huge deal, the launch date shouldn't be decided solely because of it. Make your people work on the weekend to deal with the hassle, give them time off afterwards. It's not a big deal, especially since I think all of you are working from home.

I disagree with the statement that for PoxNora, a friday or early weekend launch is not the best option.

 

tests are easy.

 

Pox absolutely has competition -- apparently a lot, actually, if the playerbase continues to shrink. Anything that might pull eyes away from the game is competition.

Still would think that a Friday/Weekend launch would make more sense.

 

Yeah, this monday release was pretty mindblowing, I agree 100% with what BP said, even if releasing on the weekend meant only that there would be a higher chance for American/European players to play along.
Unless you guys dont want the expansion to be a success, in which case: GGWP.

 

I disagree. Pox loses players to itself, not other games. More players quit because the bugs/perceived balance/low playerbase, from what I've seen.

 

Those players come back.

I think he means to players who don't come back. Still, more players take breaks from Pox because of Pox and not because of Skyrim or whatnot.

 

For new players, certainly.

I'd be interested to see similar data for vets that return for expansions. Although that'd be hard to look up. Personally, I believe there's still huge potential with non-active vets. They have proven to be interested in financially supporting the game and playing it. Pretty much all you want from your playerbase. Reaching them however, different story.

 

@Paladin you're one of the old guard, do you have any contact info for others?

 

@Sokolov, it wasn't so much refused as it was a legal issue. Gotta love Corporate law..

 

Refused to break the law then, obvi duh