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Mr Puggsly on 07 November 2013
Nem said:


Ah... there we go. I knew there was a catch.

Still, better than nothing though. :)

 

There is no catch, you're reaching.

Unlocking all the season 1 characters is $20 I believe. So this is $20 I was going to spend for free.



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Nem on 08 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Nem said:


Ah... there we go. I knew there was a catch.

Still, better than nothing though. :)

 

There is no catch, you're reaching.

Unlocking all the season 1 characters is $20 I believe. So this is $20 I was going to spend for free.


What i meant is that they always have a meaning for offering stuff. I'm particular to this stuff cause its my area of expertise, in this case direct Marketing. They offer you the first characters in hope to hook you so you buy the rest.

As i said though, its something, and it does save you money if you were thinking of buying it anyways and you're obviously not obligated to buy anymore characters. I was just alerting that these things always have an ulterior meaning behind them.



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Mr Puggsly on 08 November 2013
Nem said:


What i meant is that they always have a meaning for offering stuff. I'm particular to this stuff cause its my area of expertise, in this case direct Marketing. They offer you the first characters in hope to hook you so you buy the rest.

As i said though, its something, and it does save you money if you were thinking of buying it anyways and you're obviously not obligated to buy anymore characters. I was just alerting that these things always have an ulterior meaning behind them.

Like I said before, you're kinda reaching. When a console bundled with games the masses see a deal. But with your logic, they are just trying to push DLC.

Perhaps a reason MS gave out free copies is to help build a strong community and get more people talking about this game.



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Schreckofant on 08 November 2013

165.000 Gamerscore, 230 games played & xbox live gold since the beginning without a single day of non-gold membership here and nothing ... neither FIFA nor Killer Instinct, nor a frigging "thanks dude" mail. Seriously, f*** this MS. I'm a few minutes from finally dropping my one preorder. Not that I would really need either of those, especially considering the "content" of the gift package, but SOME sort of gratitude towards loyal customers would be KINDA nice of MS. Just something, ffs, srsly? I didn't get a fucking single mail or anything like that in this whole generation. Even Sony send me something for completing a stupid single game



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Rogerioandrade on 08 November 2013

wasn´t this game supposed to be F2P ? And then you just pay for the characters and stuff ?



yo_john117 on 08 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Nem said:


What i meant is that they always have a meaning for offering stuff. I'm particular to this stuff cause its my area of expertise, in this case direct Marketing. They offer you the first characters in hope to hook you so you buy the rest.

As i said though, its something, and it does save you money if you were thinking of buying it anyways and you're obviously not obligated to buy anymore characters. I was just alerting that these things always have an ulterior meaning behind them.

Like I said before, you're kinda reaching. When a console bundled with games the masses see a deal. But with your logic, they are just trying to push DLC.

Perhaps a reason MS gave out free copies is to help build a strong community and get more people talking about this game.

Oh he's a 100% right when he's talking about ulterior motives. A company will never simply give you something for free because they feel nice, that just doesn't happen. There's always a ulterior motive and it usually boils down to a form of marketing ("Oh man! X company gave me this for free!") and hooking you for future sales. That's why most companies these days have reward programs.

Now with that said it really doesn't matter what their ulterior motives are because you're getting something free (and yes, it really is free) and that's awesome. Free stuff is my favorite form of marketing from a company.



Nem on 08 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Nem said:


What i meant is that they always have a meaning for offering stuff. I'm particular to this stuff cause its my area of expertise, in this case direct Marketing. They offer you the first characters in hope to hook you so you buy the rest.

As i said though, its something, and it does save you money if you were thinking of buying it anyways and you're obviously not obligated to buy anymore characters. I was just alerting that these things always have an ulterior meaning behind them.

Like I said before, you're kinda reaching. When a console bundled with games the masses see a deal. But with your logic, they are just trying to push DLC.

Perhaps a reason MS gave out free copies is to help build a strong community and get more people talking about this game.


That is definitly it aswell. Theres more than one objective on these things. Another one is to build a relationship with the customer, you, in order to keep you buying their products.

The logic is that a lifetime customer is worth alot of revenue. Giving you something for free is peanuts compared to the money they expect to make from you. Of course, this is all in theory. In practice its a bit harder to implement.



TheSting on 08 November 2013
Nem said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Nem said:


What i meant is that they always have a meaning for offering stuff. I'm particular to this stuff cause its my area of expertise, in this case direct Marketing. They offer you the first characters in hope to hook you so you buy the rest.

As i said though, its something, and it does save you money if you were thinking of buying it anyways and you're obviously not obligated to buy anymore characters. I was just alerting that these things always have an ulterior meaning behind them.

Like I said before, you're kinda reaching. When a console bundled with games the masses see a deal. But with your logic, they are just trying to push DLC.

Perhaps a reason MS gave out free copies is to help build a strong community and get more people talking about this game.


That is definitly it aswell. Theres more than one objective on these things. Another one is to build a relationship with the customer, you, in order to keep you buying their products.

The logic is that a lifetime customer is worth alot of revenue. Giving you something for free is peanuts compared to the money they expect to make from you. Of course, this is all in theory. In practice its a bit harder to implement.

Doesn't everyone already know this though? Every company does this.



Nem on 09 November 2013
TheSting said:
Nem said:
 


That is definitly it aswell. Theres more than one objective on these things. Another one is to build a relationship with the customer, you, in order to keep you buying their products.

The logic is that a lifetime customer is worth alot of revenue. Giving you something for free is peanuts compared to the money they expect to make from you. Of course, this is all in theory. In practice its a bit harder to implement.

Doesn't everyone already know this though? Every company does this.


I think you'd be surprised. And not every company does this, or goes around it in a different way. Depends on their business and their strategy. Its usually a good idea to do so though.