Friday Update, Q&A - December 23, 2011

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Originally Posted by addman

Even if the split is 80% online and only 20% offline players (which it most likely isn't) it still means that 20% of the players might be put off by the lack of offline content and might not continue to buy MG sims in the future. For such a niche market those 20% are very important. But hey, if they don't want my money, that's fine too.

You misunderstood what I was saying..

I was not talking about the SPLIT between 'user' types, i.e. ONLINE USER vs OFFLINE USER

I was referring to the SPLIT in game makers resources.. As in prior to ONLINE gaming (1990 like) game makers did NOT have to devote some of their resources to the ONLINE aspect of the game.. Because there was none.. Thus those resources could be applied to making better AI and OFFLINE Campaigns

Since you brought it up, I would guess the SPLIT in users is even smaller than 20% OFFLINE only.. Which should not be confused with how vocal that group can be! as in the squeaky wheel senario!