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There has been a lot of talk about our new development calendar in the forums lately. And since it only got briefly mentioned in the new season post we thought we could share our thoughts on it.
We recognize that our development pace has decreased in the past few years, and that needed to change. According to everyone in the community and on the forums, adding new features is the number one thing we can do to improve the BuzzerBeater experience. To that end we hired two new members to the development team.
So, what does this mean regarding the development calendar? Big changes in the GE, or things that change the feel of BB gameplay are not to be expected. Such changes will, just as always, be announced in a news post before implementation. We will however, focus on adding content outside of the actual gameplay. These might be new features, but aren't limited to them. Helping more users get to experience already developed features can also be considered a major development, if not a "feature", in the narrow sense of the word.
Our goal is to make the game as fun as possible for as many people as possible and as a first step, we have introduced the Supporter Tier pricing. A flat Supporter pricing structure has been kept since the beginning of BB, at $40 for a year, $12 for 3 months. Despite increasing expenditures, we haven't increased this once in over 10 years. If you look at our demographics and purchase history, we have 5 countries responsible for over 50% of our Supporter purchases (or 10 countries for 70%+, or 15 for 80%+, or 24 for 90%+), while almost 40% of our BB countries don't have even a single Supporter.
This isn't surprising, in some of our countries the cost of a year's worth of Supporter is equal to the price of a single dinner for one person, and in other countries its more than the price of a full month's rent. Pricing in this way is not fair or equitable to the majority of our users, and it's certainly not in line with our goal of making the game accessible. This change was long overdue.
Now we have made sure that more people can afford the best way of enjoying BuzzerBeater, by being a Supporter. While this game is primarily a labor of love, it's still a business with lots of expenses, and we need to make sure we cover those moving forward. This change is expected to increase the company's revenue, and we plan on reinvesting that back in to the community.
But doing so will require a change to our Supporter pricing, and it was either a change like this, to make it more equitable for everyone around the world, or it was raising the price in line with the last 10 years of inflation(like many other games have done). The BuzzerBeater team feels strongly that we picked the right approach, and we all hope that you will continue to support our game as we commit to bringing new features and fresh life to the website and community.
Remember that in order to keep the game moving forward we need your help. Luckily, all you need to do is to go to the suggestions forum and let us know what you think this game needs in the future.
發佈者： BB-Marin 2017/11/17 上午 05:06:54
Last edited by little Guest at 1/17/2018 8:41:43 PM