[BW-UK] ShockPirat Beta Tester 814 posts 27,543 battles Report post #1 Posted January 4, 2016 https://eu.wargaming.net/shop/wows/specials/ Warspite for 50 € (again) Mikasa for 20 € (again) and Blyskawica and Imperator on sale for the same price as before Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mucker Players 842 posts 8,403 battles Report post #2 Posted January 4, 2016 Warspite seems a bit steep, the Tirpitz or Kutuzov at 60 bucks are for sure a better deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[WG] Makoniel WG Staff 2,824 posts 14,000 battles Report post #3 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) All the crap offers every sane customer complained about during december are back. I'm not even surprised. No, in fact I don't even understand, everyone that may have been interested in those... "offers", bought them in December. Why put them back? They hope to hook some late cash cows? AND WHERE IS TONE? (in her 80€ bundle) Edited January 4, 2016 by Okitank Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IamTroublemaker Beta Tester 2,287 posts 11,047 battles Report post #4 Posted January 4, 2016 Nope.exe 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreevson Players 580 posts 1,135 battles Report post #5 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) [edited] Edited January 5, 2016 by BigBadVuk This post has been edited by a member of the Moderation Team, due to inappropriate content. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhal Alpha Tester 5,609 posts 5,569 battles Report post #6 Posted January 4, 2016 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TAITO] Tuuletar Players 325 posts 4,917 battles Report post #7 Posted January 4, 2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrFingers Beta Tester, Players, In AlfaTesters 3,242 posts Report post #8 Posted January 4, 2016 Our nipples are already sore and chapped, lads! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JocMeister Players 93 posts 1,301 battles Report post #9 Posted January 4, 2016 WGEU's marketing department needs to be sacked and then (preferably) beaten up a bit. Even a goddamn first-year marketing student should do a better job than that. (and I know cause I am a second year and I skipped classes for my first year straight) Really, think for a second...Why do you think they keep on doing this? (Hint: because it works). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[PBB] Bessmecher Players 35 posts 4,551 battles Report post #10 Posted January 4, 2016 Really, think for a second...Why do you think they keep on doing this? (Hint: because it works). sad but true Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreevson Players 580 posts 1,135 battles Report post #11 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) [edited] Edited January 5, 2016 by BigBadVuk This post has been edited by a member of the Moderation Team, due to inappropriate content. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[TAITO] Tuuletar Players 325 posts 4,917 battles Report post #12 Posted January 4, 2016 I bought Blyskawica and i thought it would be "special" when it first came to the premium shop. Now it has been three times in premium shop in few months. It is likely that i will never buy ship again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[LO1] Tugnut Alpha Tester 1,552 posts 8,268 battles Report post #13 Posted January 4, 2016 Been spending my monies on a another game... well done WGing for driving me away with inflated prices. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] Kenjiro_ [THESO] Players 991 posts 12,433 battles Report post #14 Posted January 4, 2016 Yeah guys, marketing professionals of a billion dollar company know less than you They have education/experience/tools/statistics/information/research data/sales figures that you don't have. If bundle strategy continues, it's because it's working as intended. Please move on.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreevson Players 580 posts 1,135 battles Report post #15 Posted January 4, 2016 Yeah guys, marketing professionals of a billion dollar company know less than you They have education/experience/tools/statistics/information/research data/sales figures that you don't have. If bundle strategy continues, it's because it's working as intended. Please move on.... Like there aren't companies that have failed because of stupid marketing at all. Never in the world has something like that happened, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] Kenjiro_ [THESO] Players 991 posts 12,433 battles Report post #16 Posted January 4, 2016 Like there aren't companies that have failed because of stupid marketing at all. Never in the world has something like that happened, right? True, but irrelevant.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreevson Players 580 posts 1,135 battles Report post #17 Posted January 4, 2016 True, but irrelevant.... When it becomes relevant it will be too late. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[ST-EU] Ecotech Supertest Coordinator, Alpha Tester, Sailing Hamster 410 posts 13,817 battles Report post #18 Posted January 4, 2016 When it becomes relevant it will be too late. It seems to work for WG for some years now. They offer, we buy. Or others buy, while we pay with our time. The bottom line is still in their favour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[THESO] Kenjiro_ [THESO] Players 991 posts 12,433 battles Report post #19 Posted January 4, 2016 When it becomes relevant it will be too late. Yeah they are clearly running over the cliff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[IDEAL] Pastaiolo Alpha Tester, Alpha Tester 669 posts 2,513 battles Report post #20 Posted January 4, 2016 Like there aren't companies that have failed because of stupid marketing at all. Never in the world has something like that happened, right? Worked on World of Tanks, it's working here. They are not stupid. If they feel they need to change something to keep their business going, they will. If they don't, it means that there is enough people still willing to spend money on those things (in the last tirpiz sale, someone mentioned over 20k of those ships sold, do your math) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreevson Players 580 posts 1,135 battles Report post #21 Posted January 4, 2016 It seems to work for WG for some years now. They offer, we buy. Or others buy, while we pay with our time. The bottom line is still in their favour. I don't think WoT does that. Especially now when it has competition from other titles. You can buy a tier 6 jap Tiger, Dickermax, SU-100Y for 10 EU. Tier 2 cans cost like 3 EU. Meanwhile our Mikasa here is how much? 20 EU In a bundle... There is clearly a disparity between WoT and WoWs and their business models. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrFingers Beta Tester, Players, In AlfaTesters 3,242 posts Report post #22 Posted January 4, 2016 20 EU In a bundle... Especially since it was "free" on the NA* and RU**, or 7$ on the SEA. * pacifier-prize for everyone who took part in the X-mas tree ornament. So you could have yours for the price of a stamp. ** as free bonus in a bundle containing the Kutuzov & Tirpitz, for 80€ (for the two ships). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[BW-UK] ShockPirat Beta Tester 814 posts 27,543 battles Report post #23 Posted January 4, 2016 The bundles started when WoWs went live. They started at that time in WoT too! They never happened before that, as far as I know. (Neither did "limited edition" vehicles) And WoT players don't like it either. I'm not sure for how long they can keep it up before people stop buying. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BabyAdmiral Beta Tester 473 posts 3,725 battles Report post #24 Posted January 4, 2016 The bundles started when WoWs went live. They started at that time in WoT too! They never happened before that, as far as I know. (Neither did "limited edition" vehicles) And WoT players don't like it either. I'm not sure for how long they can keep it up before people stop buying. It is not we, the forumites, the core gamers, that keep byuing bundles (though a few of us do), it is the masses. Casual gamers, people interested in ships rather than competitive gameplay, etc. who buy bundles. I've seen plenty of players with less than 100 battles sailing aorund in their Tirpitzes. Players whom I have never seen on the forums. You must take into account that regular forum users are a very small minority and does not represent the playerbase as a whole - rather the opposite. We have way above the average number of battles, and alpha, weekend and beta testers are overrepresented on the forums. We who voice our opinion and distaste for bundles are not the "WoWs players". This is the main reason why many feel that WG doesn't listen to their community. Money is generated through mass sales and we don't belong to the masses. Unfortunately. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vogel Alpha Tester 2,062 posts 4,171 battles Report post #25 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) People want the ships, but are forced to buy the bundles. So they buy regardless that the additional padding is more often than not added at full price. I've given up at this point, and still hasn't bought anything since CBT (disregarding Secret Santa). I remember another company that used the same strategy ages ago, creating a hostile customer environment with critical content added as DLCs, rushing unfinished games into release (similar to WoWs) and exploited their customers for all that they were worth, That company was EA, and caused hem to suffer in the long run, as I understood it. It would seem that WG is going with this model, at least in the non-RU regions. Meanwhile, unified account seems to be delayed purposely, due to "technical issues". Additional, news regarding the offers are only posted on the main page, and not in the forums. Probably to not amass negative reputation points on the forum, as well as containing all the criticism in a handful of topics such as these. It wouldn't look good if every time WG added something to the store, negative feedback in the news section happened. Edited January 4, 2016 by Vogel 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
