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Originally Posted by xueyue2
According to the source on TGFC, it's way more than that. Let me translate the details here of what he said (I'm just doing translation here, I can't validate any he said is true or not, take this with a grain of salt).
1) 先是放图恶心竞争对手,
When the competitor makes an new product annoncement, FT will also announce with pictures to show same character in FT's pipeline too.
2) 但是背后给其 他家的工厂砸价,让其产品值崩,惹了众怒。
FT secretly bring down other factories' price, make the the competitor lose money, which piss off a lot companies. ( my comment: I don't even know if my translation here is accurate or not, since I don't understand how or what FT did Secretly, what is "砸价" action).
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Thanks for sharing that post with us Xueyue2, those are interesting rumors to read. "砸价" translates to "price". That whole 2nd point translates to "But behind the factory to the other home price, let the product value collapse, provoked outrage". So from the context that I get from the rest of Xueyue's translation, it sounds like FT allegedly has been price fixing the market when they don't have a comparable product yet.
So let's say competitors like BC, DX9, MT, etc. makes an announcement for a new upcoming product. If FT already has renders of a comparable design on the same character, then they announce their version shortly afterwards, but more to the point it sounds like FT deliberately holds onto their upcoming designs to purposely curb pre-order interest for competitor products. That's probably what the "let the product value collapse" comment is about
: announce their versions later after the competitors do and try to force them into a position where they are losing interest from prospective buyers and/or force competitors into a lower profit margin as they may have to undersell their product for a lower price than originally intended.
Regarding the rumor that FT leaked Takara's MP-36 photos ahead of Takara's plans to make an official announcement, it seems like FT doesn't have a comparable design for this character in their cupboards. So instead, they tried to screw over competitors by leaking Takara's photos in lieu of announcing their own product. The hate that FT is receiving from DX9 and Maketoys sounds like it's because it was a low ball move to mess with their own sales of Mightron and Despotron respectively. If MP-36 photos didn't get released until Takara's official announcement, that's just how the game goes sometimes, but if the rumors are true, then FT leaked Takara's photos for no other reason than to hurt DX9's and MT's sales results....which obviously isn't fair business practices.
Like Xueyue said, it's just a rumor, but the timing of FT's announcements, aside from their dinobots, does seem to be conveniently AFTER other 3rd parties try to offer a product for a character that wasn't already previously on the market. Haters gonna hate of course, but if that's true, the hate is warranted. It's one thing to hate the player or the game, but it's a different argument if the player fixes the game unfairly against your favor.