lisa.rashley said:
My suggestion is regarding packages. (coming from a casino background) why isn't lower packages offered to everyone? If a person makes a one time purchase of a larger package, they are no longer given the opportunity to purchase anything lower. Do you know the biggest money maker in a casino is actually the penny machines? why?? because people look at that, and thinks.. why not, its only pennies... and they dont realize they are actually spending the same or more per pull. Most people are apt to make more smaller purchases then a larger one... just sayin
I agree in part, as I've had my share of experiences in both online and classical gambling, though presumably from the other side of the table from where you were dealing me the unsuited 7-2 in Holdem :-).
There certainly are parallels to casino gaming, but P2W does also have it's very own characteristics which IMO do change the house strategy. In any classic casino game, one is generally playing against the house and is (more or less) oblivious of the fate of other players at the table. In P2W on the other hand, the motivation is not beating the house, but the other players which introduces competitiveness, oneupmanship, envy, ... . There was an interesting study some time ago (one among many), attempting to describe this:
Evers, E., van de Ven, N., & Weeda, D. (2015).
The Hidden Cost of Microtransactions : Buying In-Game Advantages in Online Games Decreases a Player ’ s Status
International Journal of Internet Science, 10(1).
Although it tilts more towards microtransactions than today's P2W which is in itself a subgenre, and is more concerned with player status and interaction, many of the findings and conclusions seem valid and might well indicate that the penny-slots straegem does not necessarily apply here.
Cheers
P.