DragonSlayer said:
In an effort to increase the sales , Upperdeck is determined to "commonize" all the good cards in the game .
We see very rare cards as enemy to be common in a structure deck , just to sell , the Long waited Crush card common in another structure ( that means that everybody will include it in thei decks ) , Chimeratech going to Rare , Cyber Dragon From Super to limited promo , to rare ...
Where does it end ? Ok Upperdeck and Konami do not have a game for their children to play , they have it to sell cards and maek money ... But this way a lot of players stop playing because they cannot afford to keep up and spend all this money ( who can miss the opportunity of having 2 or 3 enemys in his deck , or just do not buy the Crush Card and then have everybody else playing it... )
I mean Konami literally forces you to buy every structure deck and every new special series ( DP0? ) to keep playing the game , forcing you to say : That is enough , I quit !!!!!
What do you think ?
Well, the truth it is pretty much all Konami of Japan's doing. UDE is nothing more than a distributor (Konami's puppet, to move as they wish). UDE would probably have more say if they went public. For the most part, UDE's main concern is sales, and Konami's job is maintaining those sales (this is more than likely part of their joint contract), and having high performance in each one of there quarters especially earnings.
Now as for the reprinting of cards this was bound to happen because, there was a high demand for Japanese promos in the States, as well as cards that were very hard to find in Japan. Konami of Japan executed a very smart strategy which could not really hurt them, reprinting a certain set of old cards with new cards that easier to obtain, and at an affordable price.
In most card venues, cards are bound to be reprinted regardless. An example would the sports cards I collected for the last 17 years. A large portion of my cards were printed in the late 80's and early to mid 90's. Sadly since many baseball/basketball (ironically many of them UDE) cards were reprinted in the 90's, they are pretty much worth pennies.
Reprinting cards (especially very good ones-promos) sadly hurts collectors like myself because the card value decreases much faster, but then again the value of most mass printed and so on will decrease, much like owning a stock option.
Fair game play, means more money which means higher earnings which please Konami of Japan stockholder's very much. How does Konami also compensate for this problem of losing card value, by printing newer game promos. Of course making cards easier to get also promotes tournament play, which feeds UDE pockets. And how do these companies win, by playing on the urges and needs of the customer, when you see a new card, or a really powerful card, don't you usually want to buy it right away, and are willing to pay any cost for the card. I mean it is not like anyone told them to pay high amounts of money for a card, but sadly they made that choice.
An example of this is the Magical Shard Excavation in the Champion Packs. Champions Packs according to UDE were made due to unsatisfaction with UDE Customers in the American market, mainly lack of attendence. As a result, Konami allowed one brand new in demand card to be printed. The card in this case is Magical Shard Excavation, worthy about $50-$60 bucks (a worthy price) on Ebay. It would seem that card value is more base on demand. This demand being an effect that any deck can use, and is versatile to Yugioh play. Supply and demand intervene and so cards of greater demand are reprinted with other cards, which also keeps low inventories.
Note: UDE makes the Special Editions, Duelist Legacy, Ultimate Edition and Master Collection. In addition to that this was another brillant market strategy, in which they made cards in greater demand obtainable with packs to once more increase sales.
