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@AsyFutTrader @gamer_matheusx Wait... I thought according to raging streamers this game is dead.

🚨 FC 26 SET A NEW FRANCHISE RECORD 😳 FC 26 reached 9.8 MILLION PLAYERS IN A SINGLE DAY 🤯🤯 #FC26

@elwatto They should change this to "It can take up to two weeks"

good night #shipaton

@ChadAppDev So you recommend subscription with a free trial?

I had a soft paywall that let users try the core app flow once for free. Here’s what happened: 92% finished onboarding Closed the paywall Tried the free flow Left the app and never came back Lesson learned: don’t let users satisfy their curiosity before starting a trial. The paywall works best when they’re still wondering what they’ll get. Once they’ve already had the dopamine hit, it’s much easier to close the app and never return.

@ChrisKruegerDev 100%. They must be swamped. I can't imagine how many are submitted daily. They need to work on better automation systems.

@talkaboutdesign It’s about new apps mostly. It feels like forever…

It takes weeks to get apps reviewed on the App Store now! They are so slow that it's the largest blocker in development at the moment.

They’re not stupid. They know the community wants better defending, less script, more consistency. They also know a big chunk of revenue comes from players who are deep in the chase. When those two groups pull in different directions, the live-service incentives usually win.

Major gameplay overhauls are high risk. They break muscle memory, create new exploits, and generate weeks of outrage. Menu systems and collection loops are lower risk and easier to measure in revenue. Guess which one gets more design time.

EA isn’t ignoring gameplay. They’re choosing not to prioritize it. The FC 27 FUT Deep Dive is pure live-service thinking: Gallery, Holographics, branching Evos, streamlined SBCs. They’re building a collection game that happens to have football matches attached. 👇 (Keep reading)

@MattFUTTrading But who is asking for this? Seems like the root of this is EA trying to figure out how to milk more money from packs, vs actually fixing the game.

So from what I've spoken to EA about at Inside Look... - Being able to re-grade sets is the way for it to become a longer term grind. - e.g. Arsenal set at the start might get to grade C/B etc - Will need TOTWs & Promos to get to S tier for higher end rewards Think licensing limits in some ways, can't release 1 club and not the rest in the league.

@mweinbach Same here! Really excited to try it out when it finally arrives. Worried that most of the benefits will be gone by then.

Another wave of X Money access went out I am not in that wave I still feel left out

@Lukebonnici1 If you look under it always takes what you write or say and then starts going back and fourth with itself trying to synthesize what you actually meant. I find that even being pretty vague it gets a lot of it right.

@talkaboutdesign Yeah it's not 1-1, but if I can get 90% of what i'm thinking about down in 200 words it just feels like that is better than getting the point across in 1000 words. Not sure on the impact it has on AI's output though

Maybe I'm ngmi... but I don't know people are prompting with voice. Typing forces me to deeply think about and understand the problem I am trying to solve and articulate it in a coherent way.

@Polymarket Only…

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@kentcdodds Some people are stuck in the past.

I've had people complain that I no longer talk about developing software the way I used to. Do you actually want me to make videos about building accessible forms in React? I'm sorry, but that's such a boring and useless thing to talk about now.

@nsobject Why?

@talkaboutdesign I really don't think that waiting is a good strategy at this point. I'd resubmit.

Still waiting for review. Submitted July 25th.

@MattFUTTrading Have you guys fixed servers? The issue where some games feel sluggish while others feel super responsive.

Thoughts on the UT deep dive folks? Any questions fire away!

@wakey7dev What was total days waiting?

Ok so big update for VHS 3000 while it’s still waiting for review (got rejected because they tested on a simulator and needed a video to show the camera bit working). Old -> Each clip saved to Photos, the end New -> You have 4 tapes to fill up before saving them to your photos. Select your tap, take as many videos as you like to fill it up and then export to erase it. You can also preview them on a cool 90s CRT TV (see video)!