EVE General Discussion

Look up revenue streams and business modeling. The most interesting way to do income streams is to collect fees off two very different customer segments that need each other.

Think of something like credit cards. both the banks and retailers need each other. Both benefit. Income streams can be drawn from both segments. Now add the extra segment of customers themselves and if you study it you can see fees moving between all three. Everybody has what they need, everybody is paid and everybody is happy. Its kinda like a symbiotic relationship or host and parasite but its between customer segments instead of companies or individuals. just a different perspective really.

It might be worthy discussion to isolate customer segments, In this enterprise there are many more than we see from inside the game. Think ISP, OS, Hardware, Tourists, energy on the outside and on the inside our usual t1, t2, caps, plexxers, pay to wins etc. These and more are all legitimate customer segment. Analyzing the needs, activities and goods and service produced can reveal potential inter dependencies that can be monetized.

But thats all poppycock, Eve is dying and there is a plot by CCP to turn this into a cross between WOW and pay to wins. :)

Yes. They should remember that.

Hey genius, when your thing that you're defending can only be justified because it makes someone else more money, you don't look very smart. CCP isn't gonna give you a discount because you defended asinine moves to nickel and time its player base.

Micro transactions aren't something you should be defending anyway. In no way does it actually serve you, and it just makes you look like some blowhard who gets erect for authority.

No alarm bells. Its amazing to me the money CCP leaves on the table with Eve. They have basically no cosmetic micro transactions, which we all know would be eaten up by the players. And their IRL store is absolutely horrible; stocked with a pitiful selection of vastly overpriced good. Wow, actually the NEX and IRL stores are basically the same. So they definately need someone to show them how to make more income with the Eve IP.

As long as they don't make play to win items, who cares what they offer. You can buy or not. CCP is, contrary to opinions, allowed to make money.

Iceland is pretty reasonable, only 2mil more than a Highsec Mining Permit.

I don't see any alarm bells from a company trying to make money; it's what they do.

Glad to see they are seeking outside talent to lead this team. If they get any micro transactions from me then it will be because they are enjoyable and valuable. Hopefully, they succeed.

That's just to keep the pretenders like yourself out.

I've never resculpted my player since CCP forced me to. The last thing I am is fashion conscious in clothing or vehicles. If it gets destroyed while using it, all Im looking for is durability. The clothing lasts through poddings but don't we have to pay for resculpts? How about new pics, do they cost us too? transferring characters works for that customer segment. Another segment that works is plex for navy Ravens types of pilots. 1 Segment is isk rich and the 2nd is cash rich. What other segments have lose cash?

Well we have fanfest, local business could be charged for CCP to direct people to certain businesses. Might cause some family frictions in that small of a population but they have a lot of people trained in finance. As long as it doesn't look to much like banking, incentives for business look like advertising budget expenses. They will fly.

What other deep lose pockets can you think of?

Highsec pubbies can and will freak out about anything.

Please tell me this post is a troll. People aren't that stupid.

Heard marauders are getting a buff, better not jump to the conclusion the price may rise and invest, that's moronic.



Why do people always spout this nonsense in these threads? Clearly no one cares about CCP making money, people care about bad game decisions.

Do keep defending the need for a game to have a subscription and cash store to finance whatever failure of a game CCP will release next.