Merchandising Revenue Increases

Ksyrup · 04-25-2003, 04:36 PM

This was originally posted in the general forum, but appears to be an issue that should be reported here:

Other thread

Basically, merchandising revenues appear to be multiplying yearly. I tried to set my revenues at $5M per team, and 15 years later, all team are making between $75M and $85M in merchandising revenues - meaning that no team can have financial difficulties.

Can someone confirm that this is a bug? I'm not sure if it occurred in prior versions of OOTP5, but it's definitely occurring now.

dbacks · 04-25-2003, 04:39 PM

Yeah, it used to occur in v4, too. That happened especially to good teams, where the more fan interest they have, the more money they make, partly coming from growing merchandising revenue over the years because of their talent.

Ksyrup · 04-25-2003, 04:51 PM

Just to clarify, though, this is happening to every team in my current career. They could have finished dead last for 15 straight years, and they're pulling down $120-$140M a year in total revenues, 50-60% of which is generated from merchandising alone, when they are only supposed to be getting $5M flat.

PineTar · 04-25-2003, 05:30 PM

This is defintely something that I hope gets patched in the future.

It also gets my vote as the part of the game that most deserves to get completely re-engineered for OOTP6. Its never really been a solid feature.

dbacks · 04-25-2003, 05:31 PM

Yup. Me too.

04-25-2003, 04:36 PM	#1
Ksyrup Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 413	Merchandising Revenue Increases This was originally posted in the general forum, but appears to be an issue that should be reported here: Other thread Basically, merchandising revenues appear to be multiplying yearly. I tried to set my revenues at $5M per team, and 15 years later, all team are making between $75M and $85M in merchandising revenues - meaning that no team can have financial difficulties. Can someone confirm that this is a bug? I'm not sure if it occurred in prior versions of OOTP5, but it's definitely occurring now.

04-25-2003, 05:30 PM	#4
PineTar Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 154	This is defintely something that I hope gets patched in the future. It also gets my vote as the part of the game that most deserves to get completely re-engineered for OOTP6. Its never really been a solid feature. __________________

04-25-2003, 04:39 PM	#2
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Yeah, it used to occur in v4, too. That happened especially to good teams, where the more fan interest they have, the more money they make, partly coming from growing merchandising revenue over the years because of their talent.

04-25-2003, 04:51 PM	#3
Ksyrup Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 413	Just to clarify, though, this is happening to every team in my current career. They could have finished dead last for 15 straight years, and they're pulling down $120-$140M a year in total revenues, 50-60% of which is generated from merchandising alone, when they are only supposed to be getting $5M flat.

04-25-2003, 05:31 PM	#5
dbacks Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,735	Yup. Me too.