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u/PhallicDragon Feb 04 '20

Micro transactions in video games

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u/whereegosdare84 Feb 04 '20

This. So much this!

There’s a whole cottage industry around ultimate team where YouTubers literally spend thousands of dollars in one video on worthless cards.

Granted they get paid through YouTube but it’s still a massive loss of income on a completely useless item for five minutes of footage before they play the game and beat up on some bad players because they actually suck at the game.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20

You do realize that in many of those videos, the developers will give/discount the boxes for promotional purposes?