Nope, no Thunderstruck 1 or 2, no Tombraider 1 or 2, no Spring Break. But they have now 153 Video Slots, 99 Classic slots, 98 BJ, VP, Roulette, Tables and other.
So not bad, seriously. Certainly better than nothing, that we in the US could have had. So I'm still keeping my hopes up that this software remains for the US players and that new US players will be able to enjoy it as well.
This is one of the things that puzzles me still. The move was SUPPOSEDLY about having a different product slanted more specifically towards US tastes; yet, no Spring Break (A distinctly AMERICAN tradition I am lead to believe, means little to us over here), no Alaskan Fishing, yet this is ANOTHER passtime more specific to AMERICANS who like the wilderness and outdoor pursuits. These are just TWO games that are PERFECTLY themed for American players, yet they have been dropped. It looks like this talk of developing a more US centered version was a complete load of bollocks, designed to appease the masses.
It seems that you are left with a bigger number of games than before, but these seem to have been picked at random, with NO consideration given to picking those more likely to appeal to American players than the rest of us.
What now? Will there be new games brought in by the new software supplier, or are they just Microgaming's puppet.
Go Wild certainly jumped the gun on this one, and it seems MGS DID give them almost what they wanted, but Go Wild wanted special treatment, and have everything THEIR way. Now they have lost all their US players, BUT these players can STILL more or less continue with their "crippled" MGS experience after a little window dressing, but NOT at Go Wild.
I remember years ago speaking with Jackpot Factory VIP support, and in conversation they told me that the US at the time was over 90% of their player base. Whilst things are probably more evenly balanced now, the UNNECESSARY loss of the entire US player base overnight still has to hurt, and SO CLOSE to a compromise too. If Go Wild had realised mid May that they were not going to get their way, and went with the migration plan that the others agreed to, they would STILL have their US players, even if at arms length on "gowild<dot>net" and with "Microgaming US" software.
Grand Prive were so impatient that they jumped ship to some completely different software, and now see that US players are STILL able to play a form of MGS for the forseeable future. I expect there will be NO going back and using the migration software for these groups though, because MGS and the new vendor (or puppet) will not allow it unless this is expanded to accepting new players.
