Tencent has Invested in Grinding Gear Games

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Reichugo232323 wrote:

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robmafia wrote:

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Mindelo wrote:

I am quite surprised by the amount of business experts and bunch of whiners around here.

They should go and create their own company because they seem to understand the right moves to run, or not, a successful business model.

mba and business owner here.

alienating a gigantic portion of one's customers is rarely a good business move.

come at me, brah.

Care to show me the data that supports the fact that they are alienating a Gigantic portion of the their customers?

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Mistform wrote:

Lol, PoE is going to become so pay-to-win in China. Whatever, keep the two realms separate, and we'll be ok... probably.

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Reichugo232323 wrote:

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ExiledToWraeclast wrote:

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Reichugo232323 wrote:

So is the problem, for those with one, that the GGG took investment from anyone or that they are specifically Chinese?

I would be a whole lot more upset if it was EA, Sony, or blizzard.

GGG top 10 anime betrayals, tencent killed my whole family and cannibalized even their bones, we wont give any more cash because they arent a small ethical indie company any more

With how poorly half the shit has been received lately I wouldn't blame Chris for looking for steadier income than remain at the mercy of a community that blows up faster than a poet's pen VD build.

I am honestly trying to understand where the hate comes from. I certainly understand the emotions of concern or even disappointment, but the hate on this thread seems misplaced.

I am not sure if the issue is racism or anticorporatism but neither is actually correlative to the quality of the game.

GGG has continually proven they are working hard to make a better game based on the feedback of the community WHICH HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR THEIR SUCCESS.

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Have a read in reddit, this very post, or any big twitch channel currently streaming path of exile. Theres your data, go read it.

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Shadowtasks wrote:

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Reichugo232323 wrote:

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robmafia wrote:

mba and business owner here.

alienating a gigantic portion of one's customers is rarely a good business move.

come at me, brah.

Care to show me the data that supports the fact that they are alienating a Gigantic portion of the their customers?

Have a read in reddit, this very post, or any big twitch channel currently streaming path of exile. Theres your data, go read it.

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aias87 wrote:

Is it possible to delete my account from GGG, I have no desire of my information (emails, log in locations, etc) going to a china based company that wants to rate social status. Legit question.

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GGG made a big mistake and that was changing the game in favor of reddit crowds. You can not keep a game alive by listening to a few hundred people on the internet. Even if half of them invest into a supporter pack every three months, it´s never going to work out for you.

GGG had to open up POE a long time ago, by adding a better trade system, by reworking XP gain to make higher levels more accessible for casuals, SSF with better drop rates for maps and crafting mats...
They refused to do so, as they kind of believed the reddit crowd would safe them, but in the end they failed and had to sell the company to survive.


People at the internet who are young, will never understand that Casuals are the bread and butter for video games. You can not finance your company with a few thousand invdividuals, you need hundreds of thousands and those you can only get if you give those casuals content and joy.

Bestiary was the right move, when they decided to remove it, I kind of knew they gave up. Why work on something for so many months, only to remove it later because of the reddit whine?
Sure, it might have been to hard to implement it, but this only shows that GGG was already working on their limits and further big content patches were in danger due the lack of players.

I hope that all those people who insulted casuals for "bad builds", "git gud"... have finally learned their lesson.