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NetEnt have sacked their CEO due to the poor performance of the company. The CFO has currently taken over the role: Outdated URL (Invalid)
They need to sack their creative team as well for their truly awful recent releases. When I say recent, more like the past 2 years....
Outdated URL (Invalid)< NetEnt have sacked their CEO due to the poor performance of the company. The CFO has currently taken over the role.
Have they gone further downhill since 2014? I remember me and dunover were routinely giving them a kicking over 'NetEnt variance' even back then.
That said they were still knocking out some decent slots at the time, the original Twin Spin I had something of a soft spot for.
Well, they lost all their good people to:
QuickSpin
April fools day isn't until Sunday buddy!
The people at QuickSpin are great... since the sale to PlayTech i've not been as impressed with some of their content, but you can't please everyone all of the time.
But i won't hear a word said against the people - always been very friendly to me when i worked with them
Have they gone further downhill since 2014? I remember me and dunover were routinely giving them a kicking over 'NetEnt variance' even back then.
That said they were still knocking out some decent slots at the time, the original Twin Spin I had something of a soft spot for.
Fair enough.
I guess I have sort of a mini agenda when it comes to their slots (not their people) in general.
Their really poor math's models and weak pay tables have always made me think "How can they churn this out when other providers give a much better chance?" So kind of a dog with a bone situation where I cannot let it go, maybe one day....
I have since been told their slots work a lot different to most other providers in that they have 'runs' or 'streaks' a bit like the AWP's of yesteryear. (once referred to by gaming commission as "predictable enhanced periods of enrichment"
Going back to Netent, the slots where the potential is huge are and always will be IMO the winners, examples such as (pre HTML5) CFTBL, JATB, DoA etc. Obviously it was working for them as a company back then AND retaining players and casino contracts, begs one of my fave questions, "Why fix something which is not broken?"
Fair enough.
I guess I have sort of a mini agenda when it comes to their slots (not their people) in general.
Their really poor math's models and weak pay tables have always made me think "How can they churn this out when other providers give a much better chance?" So kind of a dog with a bone situation where I cannot let it go, maybe one day....
I have since been told their slots work a lot different to most other providers in that they have 'runs' or 'streaks' a bit like the AWP's of yesteryear. (once referred to by gaming commission as "predictable enhanced periods of enrichment"
Going back to Netent, the slots where the potential is huge are and always will be IMO the winners, examples such as (pre HTML5) CFTBL, JATB, DoA etc. Obviously it was working for them as a company back then AND retaining players and casino contracts, begs one of my fave questions, "Why fix something which is not broken?"
Well, they lost all their good people to:
QuickSpin
Thunderkick
Just For The Win
Genesis
Yggdrasil
etc...
And i agree - their games used to be my go-to games...
The abomination that was Twin Spin Deluxe, the awful looking Phantom of the Opera game, and the maths profiles on (nearly) all their games that are dreadful are just some of the reasons they are dropping like a stone.
NetEnt's share price has almost halved (79 > 41) in the last 12 months.
OK, here's some damning evidence of player interest in Netent - despite the upload date (21 March) my Extra Chilli review has been published publicly just for 32 hours, the Netent Hotline one for 48 hours:
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Says it all.
In human terms playing a BTG slot is like having a meal in a posh hotel restaurant with a fashion model then retiring to your room for a night of great sex - playing a Netent is like swilling cheap lager at t' Legion, getting jumped on by the fat bird in the corner with a pits problem then having fish and chips on the way back to her council flat where you're praying she'll then fall asleep before the recording of Britain's Got Talent has finished so you can sneak off.
Netent had it right once with the balance of their games. They looked good, played well, and had win potential for high and low rollers alike.....
They were my favourite at one time. DOA is/was the greatest slot of all time and they definitely had their golden years during the CFTBL/ South Park era I feel. Jungle Spirit was a fluke and a sort of swansong of sorts.
The last couple of years have been dire. It's to be expected when all your creative talent jumps ship, same thing happens in the video games industry.
Not helped by their shoddy handling of licences and removal of their older games, a terrible idea.
A new CEO can make all the difference- here's hoping they turn their fortunes around and don't just run it into the ground. Despite everything, it would be a shame to see Netent go. It'd be like Sega all over again
Playing BTG is akin to dining said posh model, being lured to her room for the promise of amazing bedroom shenanigans only to be jumped by her accomplice, mugged, beaten up and left in a pool of your own piss
to be fair
Playing BTG is akin to dining said posh model, being lured to her room for the promise of amazing bedroom shenanigans only to be jumped by her accomplice, mugged, beaten up and left in a pool of your own piss
to be fair
Doesn't matter what urine toBetter your own piss than somebody else's.
Netent are 'Katie Price' slots - all appearance and no substance.