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Originally Posted by Missmelady
Actually Im pretty sure that anet cares they just need someway to make money. With a lack of new players coming into the game anet has no way to make money other then to offer microtransactions in the form of costumes now. It is either anet offers these transactions or we don't play a game anymore. Not only do they need the money to maintain gw1 servers they need the money for devolpment of gw2.
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This gets trotted out all the time as if it's an excuse.
If Anet has no way of making money to develop GW2 besides Macro-transactions (not a typo, look up "microtransaction"), it's their own bloody fault. They made an error in allocating too many development resources to GW2 at the expense of GW1, probably because they underestimated the time it would take to complete GW2, or they grossly overestimated the time that minor content addition that was EotN would keep people interested.
Now they push disproportionately-priced "perks" (including ones that affect gameplay) and beseech us to support them so they can finish GW2, about which they still won't give us any information resembling something concrete. If they're this far in and still haven't determined things like how the HoM is going to tie in or what the combat system will be like, then there's no way the project can do anything but crater. And even Anet isn't that bad (I hope) which says they know they're just keeping it to themselves.
Do I have a problem with things like costumes available for microtransactions? Hell no. But when a costume costs $8, someone is smoking some really good stuff.
I'd say being jaded/cynical about the birthday update is more than warranted at this point. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me 5 times...