PR-managers have no effect on merchandise revenue.
That statement both confuses and interests me. To start with, this contradicts your previous posts in the QA thread:
Notes: as stated, PR-Managers are in charge of getting people to show up, buy tickets, and buy merchandise
-GM-RiP
(144856.18)PR manager’s levels are also taken in to account at the time of the financial update for merchandising income.
-GM-RiP
(144856.20)This also seems to conflict with others observations. Here are a couple of recent posts from folks who indicate that PR manager levels impact merchandising revenues:
I notice a small drop in merchandising when I lowered PR managers, however attendance didn't change at all because I was selling out already. And the difference in salary between level 2 PR and level 4 PR was bigger than the drop in merchandising, so I was making more money with a lower PR manager.
-Naker Virus
(155187.31)A PR Manager is involved 3 times a week. He is involved in your fan survey, which affects attendance, as well as merchandising.
-BB-Jason
(151690.17)I understand the benefit may be outweighed by the salary, which is a topic I have previously discussed. I'm not talking about the amount of impact, but rather your statement that there is none. Even if the PR did not have a direct effect to fan surveys or merchandising revenues, it was my understanding that a PR manager specialty can help gain advantages that can win games. Winning games has an effect on your fan surveys and should therefore impact merchandising revenues, right? I'm curious as to whether or not you have developed a conflicting opinion on the subject, or if there some facts that led you to this conclusion? This is a topic that interests me, and I would appreciate any insight. Thanks.
Edit: Looks like Naker beat me to the punch, before I could quote him
Last edited by bonespawn at 10/18/2010 8:32:38 PM