I suspect PGI lost revenue because of the failure of the Kintaro, due to the torso issue. That cost them their hero and regular month of mech revenue for the month, probably why they have to put up another mech sale, with the Saber package. Its like back in June, people were disappointed the Quickdraw, partly because of its oversized scale, and mostly because people were expecting the Orion. The Quickdraw wasn't a bad mech, its a good mech, but it isn't a great mech, and it wasn't enough to overcome the disappointment of not getting the Orion. So June sales fell off, and PGI needed the Phoenix package to meet their June revenue targets.
So September, PGI cannot afford to miss September. They better put out a mech people will actually buy, even with Project Phoenix and Saber. That better be the Orion, or a really strong iconic mech, like the Zeus. And whatever they put out, they should not make the same mistake as they did with the Kintaro.
To be honest, I bought the Overlord package, and the Saber package now on top of it. This is an expensive risk, because I am tied to those packages, and if PGI messes up with their torsos and size scales and leaves me with a vulnerable mech, it would be too late.
Hence why it is important for PGI to revisit older mechs one by one, and redress their balancing issues, aka Awesome. Fixing and rebalancing mechs help restore faith for the community with their mech purchases. They need to realize each mech, are now true products, since they involve cash now, and are duty bound as any business establishment, that these products must meet quality standards. Having the faith that PGI can redress any serious mech faults can go a long way in securing faith for these prepaid, early announcement products.
I am also aware of how PGI scales mech based on a certain density meter. If a mech is thin, it will end up tall, like the Trebuchet. If a mech is stocky, it ends up short like the Hunchback. There is only so many ways you have to distribute mass, upwards, downwards, forwards and backwards, thicker, wider, taller. A 55 ton mech, isn't expected to be small, and being humanoid, I expect something along the Kintaro's size. We probably won't see smaller sized mediums, unless they are in the 40 to 45 ton range, like the Vindicator, or anything like that. I will have to check with Sarna. After the Saber package, the next medium mech (sometime next year) will have to be a 40 to 45 tonner.
Edited by Anjian, 28 August 2013 - 07:06 PM.