One quick question, when do you foresee that the city grid will expand? I am +6 expansions on a max size city on live.
Your answer will determine just how long I play.
Based on the answers that they have
already given, I'd say nearly zero chance before the switch away from Flash, and after that a solid "Maybe".
I'm even not sure it is a matter of "when".
At a glance, you'd think that more expansions would equal more money, but perhaps after the first dozen or so, most players really don't buy them anymore?
The devs can see that there is no need for more space when players are reaching the end of the latest chapter in under 2 months by using only 102 of 132 possible expansions, and maybe players can see that as well.
There's also something to be said for keeping the gap between big spending players and free players at a reasonable level. Perhaps a ~20% maximum advantage is all that the devs want to give, in order to keep non-big spenders interested. We talk a lot about Free and Maxed players, but I imagine there is a much larger segment of players that spend "some" money, and expect to be at least somewhat competitive.
Keep in mind, you bought yours for less than $15 a pop, and now the top ones cost $80 each. The developers also reduced the number of expansions you could buy, and must have had a reason for doing so. Even if we think the devs only care about the biggest spenders, surely the game should be a level playing field among the credit card warriors, yet at least 4 of your expansions are completely unobtainable for anyone who started playing in the last year, and by
not expanding the grid those players are no longer stuck forever in a place with zero chance of catching up to you.