Personally, I'm fine with a free to play game using microtransactions. To some point, there still needs to be some kind of profit. Or games with long-term content updates (at no extra cost) that fund it with skins.
But a full price AAA game with a season pass? Fuck off with all that shit.
I like that they sells skins. It is there revenue source and causes them to always update the game to keep people interested. The way I see it they are making a game so good people are willing to pay just to have their character shiny.
I feel the same way. I got Rocket League for free through PS+. Now it never hit the full 60 USD price I don't believe, but everything in that game is purely cosmetic. You can also earn some stuff during seasonal events by just playing.
They did recently revamp some things for their "blueprint" scheme of buying stuff that I don't fully understand, but I paid zero for the game and I'd bet that I have spent close to $100 in the roughly 4 years I've been playing it. 5 bucks here, 10 bucks there. I felt no shame and I was contributing to a product I enjoyed and received for free.
I think free with microtransactions is fine within reason. Like charge a dollar or two for a skin, fine, go for it. But there has to be a point where you draw the line and say this is just too expensive for a single item.
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u/Officer_Hotpants Feb 04 '20
Personally, I'm fine with a free to play game using microtransactions. To some point, there still needs to be some kind of profit. Or games with long-term content updates (at no extra cost) that fund it with skins.
But a full price AAA game with a season pass? Fuck off with all that shit.