I, personally, do not see how this is going to come out well.
The company and its subsidiaries have nothing in the gaming or technology department, as of this moment, unless it's very well hidden.
Shandong Hongda is diverse in what it currently has, but construction, concrete, real estate, and food stuffs, no matter how "environmentally" cutting edge are not really in relation to the gaming tech they are buying.
What do they know about gamers... or their communities? None of the subsidiaries have any of the same type of community building you get with (sometimes) finicky gamer communities.
As for micro transactions... if it becomes play to win and they start removing things that were base established from the beginning of the game completely, i.e. prayer and its perfectly natural way of gaining xp (helloooo things leave bones when they die. It's a game, not a religious platform.), then I'm done. I'll throw my money at a console M*M*O*R*P*G.
I've played for almost 15 years and while I wasn't pleased with the increase of micro transactions, it's not impossible to keep playing without them.
I attributed the increase in micro transactions to the fact that IVP, who bought the controlling shares of Jagex in 2012, was American and corporations in this country enjoy chasing the almighty dollar(bilking people out of their hard earned ones)... Evidenced by the fact that an
American
law firm represented(s) the Chinese company...
After our history lesson there:
Why is Jagex saying it's still in negotiations, when every source is saying it's already a done deal for a 300M price tag?
How is Jagex negotiating in terms of the established community and its(Jagex) practices? How can we be sure the company won't go along with the negotiations and then after a year or so, completely force out all the old timers?
In the end, it's wait and see, but I'm going back to a monthly game cards when my premier is up.
17-Mar-2016 03:49:03
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