How Supercell DESTROYED Clash Royale... (Pay to Win Mess)

After my last few videos taking a look into Supercell’s recent antics, I kept getting the same comment again and again.
"Clash Royale is the worst", "do a video on Clash Royale", "Clash Royale is pay to win", and boy oh boy are you guys right.
Long time players are slowly but steadily leaving the game in their millions, day by day, after being pushed out for refusing to pay ridiculous sums of money to stay competitive.
I can safely say Clash Royale is Supercell’s most pay to win game, by a long shot. Nothing else is even close. If you’re a Clash of Clans or a Brawl Stars player, you’ve got it lucky compared to CR players.
With that being said, let’s take a look at exactly how Supercell destroyed Clash Royale.
But let’s at least start with the few positives left about the game.
Clash Royale might be famous for being a pay to win, almost unplayable mess, but that doesn’t mean that the game hasn’t been successful. In fact, it’s Supercell’s second highest grossing game ever, having made over 3 billion dollars, beaten only by Clash of Clans.
To put that into perspective, this free card game has made about as much money as Minecraft.
But, in order to make that much money from a supposedly free game, Supercell had to really milk the game's players, which is also what’s ironically led to Clash Royale’s downfall.
By trying to squeeze as much revenue as possible out of the game, Supercell has scared off so many players that they are actually beginning to make less money as a result,
And of course the player count is dropping too as a result.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 The Good
1:29 The Bad
4:30 The Diamond Pass
5:25 Level 15
7:29 Clash Royale is Pay to win
Credit: ‪@gavinaaric‬
#clashroyale #supercell #gaming

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[@imamradilicu]

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[@CUZUMofficial]

You are welcome

[@Ur_Average_Slime_Ball]

Clash royale fell off so hard after evolutions that i get scared when people compare it to hypercharges from brawl stars 💀

[@madlad1741]

I would kinda disagree with that I’m free to play and I have a little over 15 hypercharged brawlers and it’s semi easy to focus on one brawler’s hypercharge.

[@Ur_Average_Slime_Ball]

@madlad1741 exactly, hypercharge are fine, that was my point anyways

[@edgarmf3749]

Yeah it's easier to get a hypercharge and still without a event getting evolution shards either events (rarely) or battlespass or they just give you the old ones

[@jjham6780]

Depends, hypercharges are atleast... obtainable, even before lvl 11, and leveling isn't impossible either sometimes, but ykow

[@Ur_Average_Slime_Ball]

@jjham6780 hypercharges are fine in my opinion. People don't realise how severe the problem with card evolutions was.

[@Gund2002ClashFanNL]

I stopped playing in 2018. Sometimes i go back just to look how it is. And I'm very glad I already quit in 2018...

[@coltranehogey_]

why are you watching cr videos and commenting like anybody cares

[@Gund2002ClashFanNL]

@@coltranehogey_ The algorithm recommended this video to me. I do not watch any cr video's. And also its fun too watch this kind of videos. And if nobody cared. Why do I have 19 likes on my comment? 😂😅

[@longpants108]

@@Gund2002ClashFanNL 22 now :)

[@longpants108]

@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex One, why are you replying to me because it looks like your comment is for the original commenter? Two, if y'all don't care about the comment, you can do this magical thing called: continue scrolling. Literally 25 people liked his comment, what you're saying is straight up false lol

[@longpants108]

@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex 25 likes is more than nobody like you said lol. What kind of pathetic excuse of ragebait is this? I can't help but think I'm talking to a kid with how many emojis you're using every few words. It's honestly giving me a good laugh

[@kraevous]

Trash royale

[@X-boi3.0]

Cash*

[@Tentacoool]

yeah

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Pay 2 win...often the sign of a carcass of a game

[@blags2]

@@КГБКолДжорджКостанца Apex legends is starting to go that way

[@pugking209pug4]

Wtf apex? How like real question

[@pugking209pug4]

I would say being greedy not pay to win thou lol

[@ericpratt984]

What's even worse is how they purposefully put you up against players who are higher level than you to incentivize you to buy extra cards & gold to upgrade your deck. It's very ridiculous.

[@user-mq6nj7kx6q]

People who say clash royale is not p2w and requires skills. 🤡🤡

[@BallSniffer-uw4kr]

P2W =PAY to win / PLAY to win🤓☝️

[@user-mq6nj7kx6q]

🤓🤓​@@BallSniffer-uw4kr

[@TheCoolBananaMan-rv2my]

Unless you want to basically be playing Sisyphus simulator take your mothers credit card and beat all those level 4 noobs!

[@tosgong]

One word is enough to describe the development of supercell … Tencent (A money-hungry company that bought supercell)

[@chocolatelightning]

it really began with the diamond pass half the value twice the price was insane and level 15 killed it for me

[@antonygammer1099]

Same for me, the previous one with the ten tiers was really easy to complete and pretty awesome

[@NinjapowerMS]

I remember working months to level my three musketeers to 14 I think only to try it out and immediately face someone with a higher level fireball that deleted them in one spell and it made me quit permanently.

[@m4saurabh]

Fuck supercell, the original creator of the studio should just leave the company, and start a new game studio. They should have enough money after all these years to do so without evil funding companies.

[@dragichav2810]

People shill Brawl stars but forget that Clash Royale also used to care about the community and listen to the feedback. I won't be surprised in the slightest if Brawl stars becomes even worse than Clash Royale.

[@Grellfen]

True but u gotta realize ppl are talking about present day and not 2016

[@Doomsara]

Been playing CR for about 9 years.. few days prior to lvl 15 update, I managed to get all my cards to lvl14.. I felt beaten up when elite update came.. It was like I had to play from scrap.. especially with evolutions.. and I used to buy royale passes when it was around $5.. felt alright. I still try to grind without spending any money.. I like the game but it's extremely hard now. A lot of creators have been speaking about Supercell greed and scams lately but I don't believe much will change, unfortunately. Cheers.

[@jami.j2044]

Some one did the math and if you had all the cards at lvl 14 you are just 1/3 maxed. You need to buy 10 offers of 5000 cards for 100000 gold to just get ONE lvl 15 card. Thats a milion gold for just ONE CARD. To max all cards in CR you need 114 milion gold. Let that sink in.

[@Nutshacklover69]

been playing since 2 and a half years, got 17 Level 15 cards, reason was grinding PoL and sometimes buying that gold offer. I still don't get the decision from Supercell that they increased the level cap to level 15 in league 8/9. Just unnecassary gatekeeping for non grindy/P2W players

[@KhalydMontanez]

I buy the pass but I just like the emotes tbh. I really like the goblins track that came out awhile ago, it felt fresh a newer but also two of my goblin cards are level 12 and 13. I’m sitting at 3200 trophies in goblin mode but find it hard to do trophy road I always just get lvl 15 opponents and I have 0 lvl 15 cards lol

[@Doomsara]

@@KhalydMontanez For newer players like yourself the goblin road is interesting.. I've been sitting on 9k trophies on trophy road for quite a while now.. I even manage to hit ultimate champion every season, but with meta changing from season to season due to p2w evolutions, it's hard to improve.

[@KhalydMontanez]

@@Doomsara I’ve been around since the 2016 I just never was a serious player something to play on the bus waiting for something, hop in a clash match. I used to run a freeze balloon executioner deck back then. Still I like to just play and use different cards. I don’t buy extra stuff besides the pass so it’s a lot of mastery grind for those gems and tokens. Moved up a whole tier in ranked with a barb hut deck just bc it’s fun to make crazy decks too. It has lost its touch I think and I can see why people say P2W but sometimes the grind is what makes the game fun… I’ve also been sitting at 7k trophies on TR for MONTHS tryna get my knight level 15 20k more wilds to go😂😂

[@jonklemenc]

Another problem are the stock holders + investors who want supercell to make more money so they will be richer (for example, 2 weeks before evolutions were added, a chinese company "Tencent" got hold of 81.4% of supercell stock 💀💀💀)

[@maxpro751]

Investors want a short term profitable game, and that's a major issue in gaming. Investors don't want money slowly drippling into their pockets, they want it with as less time as possible. Clash Royale is desperately trying to meet their monthly quota and if you look at how it is, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars, and Clash of Clans have a game pass that is monthly. They want as much money as they can get in a month so the investors are happy, they don't care about the players here.

[@darknight9631]

LoL supercell is already dead since they were bought by Tencent the other game is just going to be worse let’s see

[@jonklemenc]

@@darknight9631 facts

[@edgarmf3749]

@@darknight9631 I wish it wasn't like that I fucking hate how investors are ruining gaming

[@darknight9631]

@@edgarmf3749 The games that tencent destroyed is more than EA they are worst

[@aunggatshah4243]

I quit CR after 7 years. Yeah people are all hype about BS, but can you trust SC? Really? You invest and grind something for years coz you enjoy it and the Devs tank it to turn a profit. They're supposed to be more emotionally attached to the game than the community, but it's the other way around. People keep hoping something will change and wait and pay and grind. Brawl stars is great at the moment, but I refuse to trust SC again. Fool me once... And then they come up with Squad Busters. It's not pay to win it's freaking pay to play. Goddammit. There are plenty of games guys, look around and give them a try. Dumping money is an addiction, like gambling, that feeling of leveling up and beating players. But the house always wins remember? They use similar tactics as probably a casino would. Try to sell you advantages when you are actually nothing. After 2 years you get all cards level 15, boom level 16. It's a rat race with no finish line and the race itself is no fun anymore.

[@Kev2000]

Completely deleted Clash Royale last year but I barely played it before. The downfall of this game is crazy man. It's so P2W just for normal competing. I don't even know what the game is nowadays but I heard something about the towers now lol. The game was in such better time around 2016-2019. The good old days which SuperCell just destroyed themselves. It's never going back to just a fun game to compete. But rather buy the best evolutions lol. Like 140 dollars for a mobile game is crazy...

[@CUZUMofficial]

Quitting this game was the best day of my life

[@akshatchoudhary8747]

There was a time when CR community managers(Drew and Max) regularly responded to the community on YT, like card balancing issues and new features and player's concerns but now both the community managers have resigned. Just see after then their YT channel activity they just make video about new updates and keep trying not to listen to the community 😔 Maybe this is due to Tencent's ownership

[@kelbosskii9769]

Started playing 2016 and quit early 2018. The best decision i made in my life.

[@gcwishbone]

I was the prince + princess + goblin barrel + gang + spirits + snowball + earthquake/dp logbait 20-0er; champs were my last straw. They severely limited deck creativity and turned the game into a gimmick. Evos were cherry on top.

[@killersharkgaming2]

I’m so mad that they did this bro clash royale back in the day was literally my childhood and just to see them milk us for money is so sad

[@bloosher1459]

Clash of clans is so much better, I don’t consider coc pay to win, probably never will unless they really do something to make it pay to win, sure you can spend money to speed up progress but you don’t have to, you can just play the game without spending a dime and not feel like your at a disadvantage, main reason is because the game actually tries to match you up against someone equal to your base and townhall, even in war its mostly fair, sure some wars are unfair but that is going to happen, if I had to choose what game from supercell to play for the rest of my life it would be clash of clans

[@diagojonathan]

Brawl stars is just becoming more and more p2w with hybercharges and with them reworking power league into a more casual game mode

[@c.e.o.9985]

I am a free to play user. I've never bought any pass either and I can say one thing in my 8 year experience: if I had to restart from scratch I would uninstall the game instantly.

[@Bone3001]

The only game that at least isn’t dead or basically forces you to p2w is CoC, supercell please don’t ruin it 💀🙏

[@LolLol-vk4rg]

Installed the game 8 years ago, didn't play for 6, came back recently and half of my cards arent even unlocked yet even tho i own them and can use them lol.

[@olamideolajuyi2311]

Clash Royale made me hate myself!!!, Even though it's been barely six months I started grinding, It was awful, If not for that their little good update in March(lucky drop), I wouldn't have had a Maxxed out pekka!!!, I had enough when I lost 52 times in a row and I almost broke my chandaliers with my phone. I promised Clash Royale that I will never pay them, and I raged quit and uninstalled the game to cool down probably for 6 to 36 months...

[@iamaherotoo]

If lv16 comes out you’re gonna have to sell companies to unlock them

[@viligerm6592]

Level 15 was received worse than evolutions

[@joelxyso]

i grinded so much for the evo firecracker and when it received the massive nerf i just quit the game 😭

[@Only_One_Diamond15]

I have been playing Clash Royale for over five years my sister, and I and they have absolutely ruined the game. I literally wanted to sue them for the mental anguish that we have been feeling not to mention you can’t even play a fair game because they cheat to the extreme, but it is nice to finally know that it’s not even just cheating. It is Clash Royale who has an allowed them to have unlimited elixir what is so sad.

[@deku9972]

0:25 nah man, hay day is definitely the most p2w supercell game no doubt. love the vid as always

[@lkjkhfggd]

It's amazing the game is still around honestly. I was playing this back in 2017 or so. Games needing to last forever and ever is just not realistic. Eventually players will get bored of the gameplay and move on to something else.

[@srivardhankarnati9569]

I was 800 or so trophies away from 9k. I really wanted to grind it out and reach it, but the evolutions have taken away all the fun for the game. Even worse, my tower is not level 15, and a lot of people in the trophy range I'm in have that. So, basically every other match at best, I face these types of players and instantly lose. There's no concept of a fair fight anymore, it isn't even about the opponent having the better deck, it's about them having the broken evolution making the difference, and that made me pissed. I know I can achieve it, but I've lost interest due to whoever runs this game. It's been about 2 months since I stopped playing clash royale, and I haven't regretted that decision. Thanks to whoever runs Clash Royale for killing the game I used to love.

[@cheradenine1980]

The numbers still speak for themselves. It’s an incredibly clever game, and we love it at its core. The P2W is an issue, but nothing beats winning with underlevelled cards!

[@berkankillzx]

They also nerfed progression in brawl stars

[@nolongerhavetowork]

Hi, when is Supercell going to confirm the closure of this?

[@younes9745]

Idk how. But i have receipts and all. I created my new acc 2 months ago. I spent 150€ total. Got a max pekke bridgespam deck and lvl 15 towers. Mac little prince and goblin barrel. I made it to ultimate in one season.

[@jskolz]

For me, this game died (I think it was) Summer 2019 update. Players who struggled to reach Masters or above instantly drop stages. Was all downhill from there. Clan Wars 2 was the best thing since, but no ones cares about that now either. New tower cards are decent. Star card use to be fun to grind for. Champions, evolutions, golbin stage etc just made the game garbage. I still play though 😂😂😂 just refuse to spend money now.

[@g22sda83]

Im glad I left trash royale in 2016 july and brawl stars in 2023 september

[@lavablade2]

Bs is p2w like cr

[@Cheatm2137]

As a f2p CR player, i'm surviving this bs

[@ellijahbelcher8965]

It’s a cesspool of greed and money hungry developers

[@gaidencastro9706]

Clash Royale isn't dead. The creators have no choice but to keep it alive.

[@taylormeisman7521]

Level 15 was the biggest turn off for me

[@4GodSoLovedCR]

Concurrent players has been over 900k for over a year… the games not dying

[@nemanjajakovljevic8015]

And imagine if they add level 16 and u need 100000 elite wild cards for one level

[@shamchez5234]

Remember yall, tencent owns a big chunk of supercell. They’re probably to blame just as much as supercell, if not more

[@KhalydMontanez]

Would some matchmaking adjustments based on levels be codable ?

[@Redpanda1214]

I only enjoy 2v2 mode i stop grinding top ladder

[@user-zr4ow6kf2s]

Bro I lost 130trophies because of pay to winners in arena 14 with no skill

[@IMMAPARADOX_]

Watch supercell shut your KZbin channel down

[@blags2]

Hopefully not… these videos are just my opinion at the end of the day

[@progamermaster2685]

The other supercell games are not in danger because other small "cells" of people are working on them and they are making more profit so no need to change anything

[@youssefhassan1577]

keep going bro 💪 🙏 💯

[@naamacaspi985]

the credit card is the best card in cash royale

[@NetherFortress-vl5fo]

I don't know why players are still stuck to this game This shittest game ever possible I buy AAA games every month and I enjoy it

[@user-mq6nj7kx6q]

​@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex cash royale dev are known for scamming players and destroying their credits cards 😂

[@user-mq6nj7kx6q]

@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex new clash royale player 💯

[@yakandery]

just say that you re broke🤣🤣

[@aveteranweeb4188]

yo just gonna say keep up the good work man your style of content is amazing, still thinking about why you have so little subs . Anyways imma sub now that i seen lots of videos of your channel

[@lete.mp4433]

My clan was so active all 50 players on and talking and doing war, then they started adding all this shit like level 15, evolution cards, and just a bunch more pay to win, a lot of them including me just left, in this world we’re in now I don’t want to spend 100s on a pointless game when I got bills n shit to pay now

[@Mark_CTN]

I love CR ive been playing since literally day 1, ive had big breaks here and there like ive just come back after a few years and my max cards were 2 levels behind which was annoying. You can still compete with max level cards easily a level or 2 below if you play things right but it is all getting beyomd a joke now, ive bought the last 2 passes to catch up and i do enjoy the game but they need to sort their sh1t out fr

[@Parodyor1]

squad busters is more p2w

[@drewmantheoriginal3106]

I haven’t played clash royal since 2021. I saw this coming and I quite. There is nothing supercell could do at this point to get me to play again.

[@bananasplit298]

Can you make a video on brawl stars. There most recent updates are all temporary and even though they give good progression they take it all away next season and replace it with something new and the cycle continues.

[@SheLoveMyGum]

Supercell wants you to have fun and fake progress in their game. They will benefit themselves because they put the money on a pedestal.

[@MrFish-jh9qh]

Temporary events are a good thing. Actually adding new mechanics often lead to the game being p2w so by adding them through temporary events, the game is some of the game is shortly p2w (like with mutations).

[@dariusk7686]

Without evolutuons and all the other stuf the game would be booring for long time players.

[@dariusk7686]

@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex Yeh I have been playing since release. I was already maxed as f2p. Thought they couldn't do anything to make the game more fun since they were releasing cards so slowly. Evos fixed the gameplay. Its kind of p2w if u wanna get evos as they came out but there is not realy a need for it. I have been runing evo knight and archers for like 3 months now on top ladder even tho I have almoust all evos (need them for cw since we are top 1 in country)

[@dariusk7686]

@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex They gave like 3 evos for free away and atleast 4 should have been already colected from shop, lvl ups, people just like to cry

[@PolishMonkIsGoated]

In some clash royale challengers, some in KZbinrs make a rule that they can’t spend money. That is how p2 win it is.

[@NinjaMonte1990]

I regret getting back into it

[@NinjaMonte1990]

​@@AdepojuOmosimisolasimex it wasn't. I'm just sharing my experience. It's okay to not like things,regret experiences and share opinions. Nothing wrong with that. It's what makes us humans and not mindless zombies.

[@domovoi_0]

Not less, you get 10x less in the pass. So many broken, missing and abandoned features. Love and blessings!

[@noahclaycameron]

Supercell has a knack for making the most piss poor versions of great game concepts.

[@Signupking]

they can increase prices because these players that already spend a lot will pay anyway its the mindset of: "i already spend so much money i cant just stop and throw everything away i did over the year"

[@Darwin-sama]

Getting a clash royale before the vid is amazing 🤣

[@Only_One_Diamond15]

Please let me know what other games you guys are playing that is similar to Clash Royale. My sister and I would love to know we’re done playing this cheating game.

[@RaiXYT]

Brawl stars was P2W and the newest game Squad Busters falls into the same problem. For some reason Brawl Stars become F2P friendly and I hope Squad Busters will change to the better. Clash Royale is also true that it started F2P friendly and you can beat higher lvl players when you're skilled enough, now it just doesn't matter when your opponent spends money 😂 The card balancing has a big problem too, they kept balancing on a single card % instead of the deck and whose the enabler. It too only make changes on one sided opinion and this is why some top decks are still the same for so long.

[@person5716]

from supercell to tencell

[@Pancake_simp15.]

Im a f2p midladder player(im in arena 17)and its fucking hell, i only have 1 maxed card and clash royale makes me go against people with a near maxed/fully maxed decks every single damn matchup

[@user-fz2nr8rj5y]

Coc is less p2w then coc? lol …. Don’t get me started on squad busters

[@Oscarsadventures]

At release and for a few years the game was awesome - I reinstalled it and honestly everything and everywhere just wanted my money. Pure greed and I hope they suffer dire consequences as a result.

[@YUUURRTTW]

they should of just kept adding new cards and added gold wagers so people could wager 100k gold and if they win the 1v1 they take 200k

[@domovoi_0]

Blagstastic video. Love and blessings!

[@noahclaycameron]

2:19... 👆ah, uh, y'know... I wasn't playing when the evos dropped, but those shards would cost 32 bucks now with a little patience for them to show up in shop. Of course they value books at about 20$ which is obnoxious, and of course gold is generally equal in value to a fucking game console in Supercell's eyes, so the 139$ price still kinda adds up.

[@voidpope]

I've been playing cr since 2016 November it's a shame I like these kinds a videos more then the actual game now 😞

[@bluewatergamingromania.m]

BS 0/noob stars is 0.5% p2w less then 1% but is still.

[@franzhuber6642]

Tencent ruins

[@Tentacoool]

tencent is ass true

[@light6666]

8:30 i have to stop you right there the tower troops where a walking joke that saw no use at all yeah sure the duchess was a free win against beat down but thats it and the cannon tower had zero use

[@Tentacoool]

2:19 crazy

[@Person-iguess1092]

I don't think supercell is even trying to make cr a good game

[@JubbJubb_]

Just a quick note, but Brawl Stars and Squad Busters are many times more p2w than Clash. Clash Royale is just more invasive with it’s offers.

[@tnyplays1385]

Yall think Clash Royale is bad, check out Pixel Gun 3D

[@KhalidKingDom]

TBH i don't hate Clash Royale Supercell Team.I hate the players who are buy & supporting these unfair shits

[@jonathanfloyd7154]

clash royale is pay to win just like call of duty lol

[@WilRage]

GG WP Supercell.

[@cakewalk4602]

I'm so bored and annoyed with Cr video like there's already so much negativity like way too much and this type of content has gone repetitive for too long, everyone knows this game is trash so please stop making more of this. Why not make a video on what makes Brawl Star the best supercell game as of now,that would be fun to watch.

[@Tentacoool]

womp womp

[@longpants108]

If the message isn't clear enough CR won't listen. These videos are necessary to give the devs/company a wake-up slap and see what they're doing to the game

[@4GodSoLovedCR]

I like evolutions

[@ol554]

I stopped playing this game

[@mosThorGT]

I agree that the changes implemented are disgusting but I think you are wrong to attribute them to Supercell and not (at least) share that responsibility with Tencent Games.

[@4GodSoLovedCR]

CR is still best supercell game!

[@joshuawilliams2447]

Wrong lol brawl stars is 😂😂brawl stars actually knows what there doing

[@nathanieljones8043]

Brawl stars hasn't? Also hay day might make more that cr at one point it consistently grosses more money for almost a year now

[@m0dze1532]

Boycott clash royale

[@apoorvmaity852]

Why are people calling brawl stars better? Have played at least 4 years with 25k+ trophies but still don't have all legendaries and the progress model is so shit I literally can't play more than 10 games in a day as there is literally no reason to. The gold and brawler points are limited and are so frustrating that I literally rage quit the game.

[@drakehasbula5557]

trash royale

[@kartonpudekopodobny]

periodt!

[@vadim_65rus]

Сash Royale

[@jaiwanth7984]

OK delete it🖐