Love & Deepspace sees massive collapse in player spending after Valko controversy

One of the more interesting (in the same way that a house fire could be considered interesting) stories of the past few months was Love & Deepspace's bizarre controversy over upcoming character Valko. A massive backlash from players saw the character shelved, only for even more anger to break out because of said shelving. Now, we've got our first inkling of the aftereffects that controversy has had on Love & Deepspace, with a reported 68% drop in player spending. That's a pretty clear sign that, regardless of how Infold Games handled the controversy, nobody is particularly satisfied with the outcome. ... [MORE]