I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.
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They didn't mess up releasing 99s early... people need to come to the realization that this will be a new game every season with you having the ability to carry over the cards from the previous season to use and the ability to use 1 card from seasons prior as your wild card... that's the new format... maybe they tweak it for The Show 24 given that the players don't seem too happy about a development that we have been expecting since February/March... shrugs
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I mean people use to complain about the early rewards/ henchmen rewards in the inning programs the same way
They haven't messed the content they messed up in their communication on how content would work. If they advised earlier that this was how things would work it would have been fine
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The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
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@zach7153_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
When you release 99s at the rate they have and then turn around and give mid 90s rewards for programs that’s not much of an incentive to do the program other than set collection fodder. The 99s was cool early on but now I’m starting to think they should’ve held off like they normally do idk that’s just my opinion on it all.
Said this from the start, it would be one thing if they had more legends to use. But they are being cheap and giving you 4 versions of the same card which makes no sense. I think we have already seen 4 Verlanders already
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They did 99s at launch for one reason…to make more money.
More specifically, they did it to increase revenue at the beginning of the game cycle right after launch.
Let me explain what I mean…
Remember when this game comes out…
End of March/early April. That’s 6 months after NBA 2K comes out, so it’s run it’s course by then with most players.
Madden comes out about 4.5 months later.
That gives them a solid 4 months to really make profits as the newest sports game/ultimate teams mode out there.
99s at launch created excitement and interest…and likely increased sales of the game and Game Pass downloads.
Just speaking about the sales part of things, it’s always better for SDS to sell a copy of the game (especially digital) for $70 at launch then it is to sell a copy of the game later at a sale price.
Revenue also comes from selling Stubs. The early 99 cards enticed people to spend more on Stubs at launch. They had to in order to buy some of the best cards without grinding their life away.
They also bought Stubs to complete the LS collections. The best time to sell Stubs for that is early in the game cycle when LS cards still have the most value.
This is also the reason they took some of the most popular players and made them the LS rewards like Jeter, McGwire, and Sosa.
Doing it like this, they try to MAXIMIZE their profits before a large portion of the player BASE jumps over to Madden. The most loyal Show players will stick around after that, and the ones who spend money, will continue to do so. But If they don’t get money from the players who jump ship in August in that “window” they won’t have a chance to until MLB 24.
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@nymets1987_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
Yes. Too many people assumed that 99s at launch would also mean that the game would have the same progression it had before. That’s not possible and completely illogical. But…some of these dudes aren’t exactly rocket surgeons.
You can’t start with 99s and then progress to better 99s and even better 99s after that.
But some people are stuck in that same mindset…and when things change, they get mad.
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@nymets1987_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
Considering the early 99s available I don't think it's unreasonable to have the ultimate reward in programs be a 99. POTM does it and as much as they're fudging attributes this year (Nick Ahmed has a high diamond, mind) they could give anyone a 99.
The FD program last weekend could easily have done this but they went the cash grab route and put the only good cards in packs.
Only way this isn't the new norm is if the game flops financially.
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@Skarmaen_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@nymets1987_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
Considering the early 99s available I don't think it's unreasonable to have the ultimate reward in programs be a 99. POTM does it and as much as they're fudging attributes this year (Nick Ahmed has a high diamond, mind) they could give anyone a 99.
The FD program last weekend could easily have done this but they went the cash grab route and put the only good cards in packs.
Only way this isn't the new norm is if the game flops financially.
So, the Holliday pack in the program wasn't guaranteed for everyone?
I got lucky and got rare for once. -
@TheGoaler_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@nymets1987_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
Considering the early 99s available I don't think it's unreasonable to have the ultimate reward in programs be a 99. POTM does it and as much as they're fudging attributes this year (Nick Ahmed has a high diamond, mind) they could give anyone a 99.
The FD program last weekend could easily have done this but they went the cash grab route and put the only good cards in packs.
Only way this isn't the new norm is if the game flops financially.
So, the Holliday pack in the program wasn't guaranteed for everyone?
I got lucky and got rare for once.I got a choice between three gold LS cards!
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@dap1234567890 said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@TheGoaler_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@Skarmaen_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
@nymets1987_PSN said in I think they messed up giving 99s as early as they did.:
The only issue I see with 99s is everyone thinks every program should be 99s now which it seems more so programs are now there to help build set collections more so than god squads
Considering the early 99s available I don't think it's unreasonable to have the ultimate reward in programs be a 99. POTM does it and as much as they're fudging attributes this year (Nick Ahmed has a high diamond, mind) they could give anyone a 99.
The FD program last weekend could easily have done this but they went the cash grab route and put the only good cards in packs.
Only way this isn't the new norm is if the game flops financially.
So, the Holliday pack in the program wasn't guaranteed for everyone?
I got lucky and got rare for once.I got a choice between three gold LS cards!
Wowwww.
I got lucky for once. I did a double take when I opened the pack!!! -
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