Latest new games release from Microgaming

[jetset]

Snide comments aside for just a moment, is there any real interest in news about new games releases?

This is information on new products from various providers that always interests me, but perhaps I am alone in assuming this is useful to others.

If the consensus is that this sort of information is a waste of space, then I will certainly not bother posting anything further in this genre.

[Slotster!]

Snide comments aside for just a moment, is there any real interest in news about new games releases?

This is information on new products from various providers that always interests me, but perhaps I am alone in assuming this is useful to others.

If the consensus is that this sort of information is a waste of space, then I will certainly not bother posting anything further in this genre.

100% please continue to post these! Extremely useful, and great fun to read! It's appreciated

[Zoozie]

Snide comments aside for just a moment, is there any real interest in news about new games releases?

Sure we are interested.

But the description of the new MG slots are always pretty stupid.
It is utterly usless that that always write stuff like:
win up to 200000 coins
win up to 6M coins etc.

The information is pretty meaningless without the full context.
Instead they should write win up to 1000*bet size etc. Or win 6000*line bet for 5 wilds.

The information about new crypto slots are normally much better.

[jetset]

I would have to disagree on that - the public press releases that I have seen from most of the providers - including Cryptologic - carry pretty much the same sort of general marketing descriptions of what the themes and possibilities in the new games are, together with the expected sales hype boosting the product.

Perhaps you are seeing more specialised information not available to me, and I am of course familiar with the detailed and expert tests and gambling critiques that you perform when these games become available to the public.

I believe that the goal of information releases on new games is a more general one that is designed primarily to notify the general playing public of what is available without going too deeply into the mechanics and odds appropriate to the game - that is a task that falls to expert critics such as yourself...a valued and respected additional benefit imo.

[BingoT]

I thought Jetset wrote it
It doesn't say he's quoting anyone else....

Hey Jet I think some just what to know now where it came from now.
ABC news,World news,CNN news etc.etc.etc.

[Zoozie]

I believe that the goal of information releases on new games is a more general one that is designed primarily to notify the general playing public of what is available without going too deeply into the mechanics and odds appropriate to the game

It is probably correct a full description of the mechanics would be too much information for the average gambler. Though this is what I would like to hear of course.

In the other hand writing like "win up to 200000 coins" is useless information because does this particular slot allow *10,*20 og *40 bet-size for each line? and the maximum bet allowed?

But I can still get some information out of the release descriptions though. (ie. a new 100 line slot etc.)

[NASHVEGAS]

I would have to disagree on that - the public press releases that I have seen from most of the providers - including Cryptologic - carry pretty much the same sort of general marketing descriptions of what the themes and possibilities in the new games are, together with the expected sales hype boosting the product.

Perhaps you are seeing more specialised information not available to me, and I am of course familiar with the detailed and expert tests and gambling critiques that you perform when these games become available to the public.

I believe that the goal of information releases on new games is a more general one that is designed primarily to notify the general playing public of what is available without going too deeply into the mechanics and odds appropriate to the game - that is a task that falls to expert critics such as yourself...a valued and respected additional benefit imo.

I agree with Zoozie's main premise as well as your bolded statement above but I would restate the above as follows "is designed" and planned to be deceptive to the general playing public...... (whether online or BandM)....I just love those press releases (or marquees-sp) promoting "Single Deck Blackjack" but they fail to mention BJ's pay 6 to 5 (with 3 to 2 now being a rare exception) increasing the house advantage ~ 300% to 700% depending on house rules.

I admit even if 6 to 5 was included in the press releases,promos,etc. most of the general playing public has no clue of the significance of the odds change (see prior applicable forum threads) but intent (of deception) is intent!

[jetset]

Hey Jet I think some just what to know now where it came from now.
ABC news,World news,CNN news etc.etc.etc.

This is an example of the sort of snide and rather malicious comment that I had hoped we could put aside in order to discuss the actual topic here. If you have no relevant input please stop trying to derail a serious discussion.

[jetset]

I admit even if 6 to 5 was included in the press releases,promos,etc. most of the general playing public has no clue of the significance of the odds change (see prior applicable forum threads) but intent (of deception) is intent!

I think that is fair comment, with the exception of the intent to deceive, Nash.

I don't believe that there is any such intention in issuing informative releases on new game releases - it is rather, as I think Zoozie commented, that all the mechanics and odds calculations may be a super-abundance of information for the average slot player, and therefore superfluous in a marketing sense, where the objective is principally to announce the game's arrival and describe it in general terms.

But the point is taken that if the maximum achievable winnings are mentioned in the release without going into more detail on the odds etc, then it may be a better idea not to mention these at all.

The point I am trying to make is that imo the objective of a [marketing] release is not to provide an in-depth study of the game, but to announce its arrival and describe it in broad terms that will appeal to all players.

[Scooter7]

I do appreciate the posting of new game release information.
I realize right away that it's <insert software company here>-written marketing @#%^$#, but I still want to read what they are saying about their own games.

I'll just 'filter' it as I'm reading to remove the BS and get the information I want

The vast majority of casino-related marketing material that you can find on the internet is embarrassingly bad. The quality of the writing and the misleading and/or near-fraudulent claims is aggravating to say the least.