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Originally Posted by SeaUsRise05
I never said we've been waiting for years for OOTP GO 23, but that fans of the mobile game have felt ignored for years.
MLB Manager had links to iOOTP in it. There was no forum for MLB Manager for a long time after it was released.
And if you search through the forums you'll see MANY questions related to the mobile game that are completely ignored.
I've been a loyal customer for years and will continue to be, but I see a very stark contrast in how information is shared about the desktop game vs. the mobile game.
That's something I've never understood, as I see the mobile game as a huge untapped market for them.
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A couple of points-While the whole forum hasn't been archived MLB Manager had one it was very active from day one (I was an often contributor to that and iOOTP before it). iOOTP and MLB forums were actually a lot more active than Go
It is impossible to figure out the sales numbers but the app itself is free. Just because I buy the entire historic bundle I can't assume everyone does. Some may just buy individual seasons or a decade, the current season or buy nothing and just play fictional. The computer version will always and should take precedent over the app. I am sure there are $ in the app or they would be misplacing their resources. I would like to know the age demographic of those who downloaded Go whether they made an in app purchase or not. That might give a hint to the market size for the game.
The app also works as an introduction to PT if they don't own the DT version, start with the app, and then buy the desktop version. So its part mobile game and part gateway drug to the desktop. I can assume that was part of the long range plan when they stopped MLB Manager.
I will agree responses are severely lacking in tech support. I posted something quite a long time ago that never got a response (I would take "I don't know" as answer because it's better than no answer). That is for sure an area that needs improvement.
I still think saying they are working on it and will report back when they have more to say (or whatever the exact wording was) is pretty self explanatory ie we are in Beta test now, is the devs doing exactly what they said they were going to do.