pesfooty29
League 1
- 27 July 2020
Actually, you're not wrong on this. Online gaming is here to stay, but there are niches within this genre that companies like Coinami are trying to capitalize on. We have the PC/console side of this genre and then we have smartphones. Coinami have their tentacles on both ends with smartphone users being their go to source of revenue. Most of the changes made to the IP were done to placate this crowd that brings in tons of revenue for Coinami via microtransactions. Things like the simplistic tactical overlay right on down to the UI and AI. I heard the UI for efootball somewhat resembles PES mobile. That's a possibility.I think you underestimate the Online Crowd. There is enough people now who don't play Offline Modes anymore.
So no Offline modes doesn't necessary means the game would die.
For a pure Online Game though they have to have way more competitions and different events and modes. Fifa is way ahead in that with their Friendlies with different competitions, Squad Battles and so on.
Personally I am more interested in Offline Modes and a Master League and if they don't deliver a good one in the future I will probably stop playing but that doesn't mean the game would die, it just wouldn't attract me as a player.
You can also not forget about the emerging markets in Asia and other Continents that are way more open to Free2Play with Internet becoming better and more accessible. The Indian market alone is getting very huge for Free2Play , Indonesian market is growing and many more. So as much as many might think that Offline is a necessary for them to survive, the cold truth is: it is not. I do hope they will give us good Offline modes since I am not interested in pure Online Gaming but predicting the game to die if they don't, is not necessarily the reality.
Then you have the online only crowd from whichever platform they are on that Coinami placates to. They don't have to spend as much as those who use mobile but they still have a presence online and have clout due to esports becoming a thing with PES/Efootball. The problem is Coinami are doing this at the expense of their hardcore base who aren't mobile gamers or those who play strictly online. Legacy fans who have kept this franchise afloat for so many years are being left behind.
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