You mention admins attitude towards players, what about the other way around?
The closed threads were 90% copies of negative comments. We all feel the same way, but continually posting very similar posts prophesising the doom of Virtonomics is not helpful to anyone.
Yes, we would like to be able to play the game without having to pay.
No, game devs cannot keep the game running without income.
In this situation there are 2 choices.
1. Keep the game free, game's management loses money, no longer viable, game disappears.
2. Introduce pay to play, make money, make improvements, game continues.
It is an economics game people. Imagine you had an enterprise (let's call it "Virtonomiks"), you have hired all the staff, bought all the equipment, and got the production going. What do you do if it makes a loss?
I understand people are upset, I'm especially sorry for the players who can't continue playing. But if the game continues there may be changes in the future that gives these players the possibility of playing again.
In the mean time I'd really like it if we could all move on. The short term future of the game is something we can not change. |