Closed samgawaran closed 1 year ago
@alexcoleman7
Based on the research and amount of work it would take both for devs and designers. I suggest going to a Game Pass
option instead. and have Limited time offers
to boost sales.
Play to get FREE Items
will be more useful if we already have a daily challenge system in place so it may take longer to implement.
Let me know what you think so I can go ahead with the designs
A comment from founder of venge.io
Nice research, as far as I can see, looking at someone else's shop does not work well, the best method is to put yourself in the actor's place and think what would there need to be that compels me to buy We put a lot of effort into doing the things we see in other shops. Battle pass, free item or something is a lie You need 100 more mechanics to make those mechanics work If it was with 5 screenshots, everyone would be rich.
Limited time offers is not a product decision, it is a business decision.
As soon as you have limited time offers, it means that people will not buy stuff and wait for a limited time offer to appear. You will have short term increased revenue, long time decreased revenue.
Most of these games are short term optimized, that's why they have limited time offers.
I am against this, unless we can back it up with data and individualize each limited time offer to the specific person, rather than season, hardcoding or making it site wide
Summary
@alexcoleman7 requested research on how other games do micro-transactions in the thread here: https://github.com/colonistio/design/issues/146
this research checks what possible offering of
limited use
transactions could be effective for us.You can also check some previous studies here: https://github.com/colonistio/design/issues/167
Research
Browser & Mobile Games
Chess.com - 7-day
Free Trial
promo for their memberships. You need to input your CC/Debit beforehand to avail Venge.io - usesLimited Time Offer
which features ceratin items that are discounted on a limited time Krunker.io - SellsGift Packs
which offers random items based on the tier. also get free coins to purchase the packs viadaily login
Agar.io - uses$/$$$(Best Value)
format. same with our membership toggles, buying annual saves more money LittleBigSnake -Gamepass
model. Similar to their subscription but no monthly/annual renewals Zombs Royale - usesLimited Time Offer
which features certain items that may contain premium cosmeticsAAA Games
Play to FREE Items
players need to finish daily challenges to get limited-use items Call of Duty Mobile -Play to get FREE items
same with Mobile Legends League of Legends -Play to get FREE items
player earns in-game currency they can use toRaffle
skins CS:GO -Play to get FREE items
same with CODM and Mobile Legends Dota 2 -Gamepass
model. Earn unique titles and items when you buy a pay-per-use battlepassResults
Top 3
Play to get FREE Items
- 4 out of 5 AAA games.Game Pass
- LittleBIgSnake, Agar.io (for Booster Packs) and Dota 2Limited Time Offer
- Venge.io and Zombs RoyaleGame Pass
(ex. Get Cities & Knights for X days 30% Off for a limited time only) We can create banners for this to raise visibility.Related links
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