After 1200+ hours of being a proud f2p player, having spent only my valuable time and not a single penny on Gwent, I thought it was time I support the game I love the most and bought the Novigrad pre-order expansion pack which offered the premium kegs (which cost $40 I think). I thought that is it, that is the max I can afford for Gwent. But whenever I see Jason, I involuntarily think that "I should do more for Gwent monetarily just for him and his passion over the game". So, when IronJudgment was officially announced, I thought I should buy the pre-order pack. The fact is, I don't need to. I have enough resource to buy 120+ kegs and I am at prestige 5 which would give me the same amount of usable premium cards which I am going to get from the pack.
But when I saw the price and the options, I was shocked. There was only one option and it costed a whooping %50 (which is huge for me). But since I already determined to buy it, I had bought it, but I am not very happy with that. If an another expansion hits within 6 months and if the option is like this, I am 100% sure I wont be able to buy it, even if I want to support the game. It is too much for common people.
Then I was thinking why CDPR could have done this? I could think of one reason. In Novigrad Expansion, two options were given, one cheaper, one costlier. It made people sad and angry. Some people who wanted to buy the costlier one liked the cheaper one's cardback and vice versa. May be people didn't buy it even though they wanted to due to this conflicting interest and possibility.
@SlamaTwoFlags, CDPR, if that is the reason you guys gave only one option, there is a HUGE logical issue with the decision. It definitely would hurt CDPR monetarily and it makes me sad that this expansion is not going to make enough money in pre-order than it deserves. Your decision to have only one card-back, only one skin and only one board is perfect. But putting it all together and putting a huge price tag is a big mistake. I am 100% sure (well.. almost sure.. well.. I believe) that if there were multiple options with different component of this pack bundled for different price, you would have got much much more sales than whatever you have got.
If you consider 25 premium kegs should be $25 and the Skin should be $10 dollars and the Cardback should be $10 and the board should be $7, you could have (or should have) given two or three options. For example, Kegs+Radovid+Cardback for $40; Radovid+Cardback for $20; Radovid+Cardback+Board for $25 along with the whole package. Something like that. I understand that, even with that options, some people will say "I want X and Z and there is no pack. CDPR is greedy." and we can't do anything about that. At least you guys should have given a lower priced options for people who can't afford $50, but love you guys to spend $20-25 for the expansion.
I wish the best for Gwent and CDPR. I sincerely wish that you meet the expected sales on this expansion pre-order packs. Next time, please be considerate about all bands of players and give multiple options from the same set of components. I am 100% sure (well.. I believe) that it will fetch Gwent more revenue. Just to prove that I am not simply whining, but sincerely giving my advice..
But when I saw the price and the options, I was shocked. There was only one option and it costed a whooping %50 (which is huge for me). But since I already determined to buy it, I had bought it, but I am not very happy with that. If an another expansion hits within 6 months and if the option is like this, I am 100% sure I wont be able to buy it, even if I want to support the game. It is too much for common people.
Then I was thinking why CDPR could have done this? I could think of one reason. In Novigrad Expansion, two options were given, one cheaper, one costlier. It made people sad and angry. Some people who wanted to buy the costlier one liked the cheaper one's cardback and vice versa. May be people didn't buy it even though they wanted to due to this conflicting interest and possibility.
@SlamaTwoFlags, CDPR, if that is the reason you guys gave only one option, there is a HUGE logical issue with the decision. It definitely would hurt CDPR monetarily and it makes me sad that this expansion is not going to make enough money in pre-order than it deserves. Your decision to have only one card-back, only one skin and only one board is perfect. But putting it all together and putting a huge price tag is a big mistake. I am 100% sure (well.. almost sure.. well.. I believe) that if there were multiple options with different component of this pack bundled for different price, you would have got much much more sales than whatever you have got.
If you consider 25 premium kegs should be $25 and the Skin should be $10 dollars and the Cardback should be $10 and the board should be $7, you could have (or should have) given two or three options. For example, Kegs+Radovid+Cardback for $40; Radovid+Cardback for $20; Radovid+Cardback+Board for $25 along with the whole package. Something like that. I understand that, even with that options, some people will say "I want X and Z and there is no pack. CDPR is greedy." and we can't do anything about that. At least you guys should have given a lower priced options for people who can't afford $50, but love you guys to spend $20-25 for the expansion.
I wish the best for Gwent and CDPR. I sincerely wish that you meet the expected sales on this expansion pre-order packs. Next time, please be considerate about all bands of players and give multiple options from the same set of components. I am 100% sure (well.. I believe) that it will fetch Gwent more revenue. Just to prove that I am not simply whining, but sincerely giving my advice..