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by Juha 3648 days ago
Here is Supercell's official announcement: http://supercell.com/en/nextchapter/

Snippet form the post:

> First, we have agreed with Tencent that Supercell will continue to be operationally independent, exactly as it was under SoftBank's ownership...

I hope they manage to keep their own way of running the company.
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vblord 3648 days ago
Clash of Clans recently made changes to make the troops cheaper, cutting in to their revenue. They were trying to push Clash Royale as their new cash cow and loosened the reins a bit on Clash of Clans. Hopefully Tencent will keep up that trend and not reverse it.

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jlarocco 3648 days ago
I'm not sure. I think making the troops cheaper and generate faster encourages people to play the game more, not less.

And the last upgrade added quite a few building, troop, and spell upgrades, which also encourage people to play more.

Personally, I can't stand Clash Royale. Besides lagging and crashing a lot, the match up algorithm is intensely frustrating. It felt like maybe 1 in 4 matches I was just completely steam rolled with absolutely no chance I could have won.

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vblord 3648 days ago
Yeah, i gave up on Clash Royale when I found out that the chests you got were not random. The payout schedule for the chests is so low which makes it almost impossible to advance to the higher arenas without paying. It was a fun game, but I gave up on it.
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bsder 3648 days ago
> Clash of Clans recently made changes to make the troops cheaper, cutting in to their revenue.

I doubt it.

The problem with all of these games is that they are highly dependent upon the .01% of the whales who spend huge amounts of money on the games. CoC was, somehow, noted for being a playtoy for rich, bored Arabs with oil money.

Progression in these games is HIGHLY dependent upon spending money. One clan founder I know in CoC has stolen almost 5 times the amount of gold as the current number 1 player in the world yet still hasn't cracked into the last level of the game (Level 11 Town Hall).

Yeah. Money sink.

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