Asset Store developers: be honest.

This is not like i do and other people i know do. As we really take lot of care on what we buy, we seek maximum information before , and seek info from people that uses the asset already, we take a look at forums to see if they are downsides with the asset or if it is better ones. we don't rely on stars.
Another indicator is the price, you can't sell an asset at big price if it don't have lot of work and quality on it, otherwise it could be rated down very quickly.

The comments can be faked, but most of the time , for important assets above some price, this is real reviews.
For assets under 20$ generally i don't take care about reviews or stars, i just need to be able to test it in a webplayer before taking a decision.

I baught for example a cheap animated sky system under 10$ that was in the Asset store deal in a limited time; it was some reviews saying : "It's great"
Perhaps it was great for some users , perhaps less demanding than me, but i expected lot more and i didn't expected some limitations like the sky dome mesh was not big enought for big outdoors, or final result was not as good in my project. But at least it had a webplayer , i tested it a good bunch before buying, so i had nothing to complain.
But all other times, the comments helped me to buy a good product, so i don't think it would be a good idea to remove comments or rating.


My goal is not to denounce the author as i don't care how he does his buziness, but i post the example to show there are many ways to promote in some fake way any asset : Just read at bottom of page the annoucement :
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/on...bile-optimized-ibl.261453/page-5#post-1831711
So selling a bundle asset, and announce that if people review your assets they will win a free pack (i don't think these buyers will review in a bad way your package if they want to win the extra pack).
This is also faking in some way your product rating and comments.

 

All the stuff worth buying has a web demo ;D

 

This line of reasoning has limitations. If the art is pretty bad, yeah, it should get a good amount of negative reviews. But the story changes for assets of comparable quality. The OP said his competitor's product was a "nifty pack and all", so the quality is at least somewhat good. But the competitor gets better sales because he has good reviews, and the OP goes unnoticed. They'll settle for it because they don't want to spend Time / money evaluating OP's pack.

On top of that, art is a somewhat subjective thing. Like I said, if it's bad it'll stand out. But for something better, it's hard to have a good eye for it, especially if you're a programmer. Even if you're a good artist, it's difficult to know exactly what styles your customers are going to want. So the reviews give extra weight in making the decision.

 

This is not really true. When I said "nifty pack and all" I was trying to make it clear that I'm not dissing the pack itself. I have not downloaded it, so I don't really know how good or bad it is. But based on what I can see from the package description, it's not even a real threat. Over time my pack has been by far more popular, that's why mine has all the good ratings/reviews that it has. Mine and another competitor have been dominating the competition for a little while now, until this incident. I'm not particularly worried about it because I'm sure after time people will begin to realize which is the superior product.

So in case I haven't made myself clear enough already, this is not about competition. This is just the pack that I happened to look at a few days ago and I would have made this thread even if it wasn't a competing pack.

Back on topic, I think @Tomnnn is right, trying out a web demo is one of the best ways to decide.

 

I tried out your easy weapons demo. I think you'd get more sales and be able to adjust your pricing $5 if you added iron sights

 

If you're not worried about it, why did you even make this thread in the first place?

 

Thanks for the tip.

I wanted to know if the Asset Store team could do anything about it and I wanted people to be aware that it's happening. Reviews are not always what they seem.
Should I explain that a few more times?

 

No, you already explained it. But if quality wins in the end, why are we even wasting time talking about this? There are many more important things we could be talking about in the forums.

 

Your product is superior than all cheaper others and you dominate the competition, understood.
And you insist saying you don't see that as competition ? When money drives the place ....

You posted so much about it, that shows you worried a lot, but perhaps this entire thread is purely to make advert for you and try down rating competitors ?

We know you make the best products on asset store and humble cheap ones are all very bad and should not exist.
Did you never asked yourself if there was not many people interested in cheaper and smallest assets that yours ?
Incredible it's like you think your product is the center of attention in the asset store.

And you insist : "people help me bring down my competitors"
Hahahha , i leave it here, some people always make problems themselves alone.

 

Capitalism works. It's unregulated, robber baron, laissez faire capitalism that gives capitalism a bad name.

The Asset Store simply needs to be more proactive in protecting both the asset store developers and the customers.

I personally wish the Asset Store actually engaged their customers and developers, instead of occasionally popping around whenever there's sufficient public outrage.

 

Well someone already bought the pack and voted it down -- now it only has 4 stars

 

Hard to draw a conclusion off one data point ...