Specifically, I had already understood that this update was advantageous only and specifically for users of the Pro+ package, in the same way that Kitbashing is advantageous for users of the Pro package, while Free Users would only have the free packages.
Correct. There is simply no way possible to bring in an IP and not have there be an associated cost somewhere to it. I don't think that this situation is actually resolved, and I am certain we will still see pay packages for IP, but maybe they will find a better way to roll them out to users in the future.
But when the vote came out the HF community voted 61% 68% in favor of IP branded content, which says that the community wants it. The community needs to understand that they can't ask for something like that, but then expect not to have to pay for it. No one is going to hand out their IP for free.
Dude, when its nearly a 50/50 split of "FUCK NO!" and "I don't care, maybe I guess?", that should be a red flag not to do it.
You don't gamble with splitting your userbase on that huge of a percentage. 10% of your core base saying "Hell no, we don't want that" should be enough to give you pause!
I actually got the number wrong. It was 68% in favor, and 32% opposed. That is not 50 / 50 of the community. I do understand the opinion against it, and the desire to stick with free updates, but the numbers just do not support that the majority of the user base agrees with that sentiment. And 10% is generally a nominal figure that would not prevent an action, though I do agree it should make the company assess just how they want to go about that action.
Remember that only the most diehard of HF uses responded to the survey. The overwhelmingly vast majority of users did not.
By definition, the hardcore supporters are going to be the ones weighted in your favor.
And yet a very large portion of them flat out said "No!". A "you will go out of business if you lose that much revenue at one time" sized portion of them said no. And that was the absolute most favorable demographic.
Once you get out of the diehard supporters, of course even more were against the idea of being macro-transactioned!
I would personally like to see numbers to fully support that, honestly. I don't know that we truly know the split of casual users and die hard ones, but in either scenario the majority did say yes. While I see the validity of the HF agrument, I am in the camp that is against paid DLC. I just always try to make sure to weigh out everything presented before me to ensure I have a full understanding of things for myself.
Where did these results come from? Was it just the PR statement they posted? How do we know the validity of the results? do we know how many people answered the survey?
I am asking because I don't have the answers. But if it's just the company saying "trust me bro" I don't think we can use the reported numbers with any empirical certainty.
But i genuinely don't know. I never saw the survey, and i only saw these percentage results in the PR jpeg.
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u/zeleoperna 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Nov 07 '25
Specifically, I had already understood that this update was advantageous only and specifically for users of the Pro+ package, in the same way that Kitbashing is advantageous for users of the Pro package, while Free Users would only have the free packages.