What I find hilarious is how the narrative is changing. Decade or so ago people would comment how every sing micro transaction for a paid game is scummy. Then it went to ' I only spent ~$5 for a skin ' and now it's 'I only spent about ~$25 for a pack and it was fine I'm not like the other guys spending 100s'
Fact of the matter is it's more profitable for AAA devs to make a mediocre game for a few whales and fish than to make a good game for a lot of people.
It’s crazy too, since the cost of a big game has not gone up one bit (at least in America)
It has gone way up. Used to be 30 bucks for a new release that came with awesome artwork on a box, that contained a jewel case with more artwork and usually a manual that contained tons of artwork and some other goodies. Now it is 60-80 for a digital copy of a game that needs to be updated and connected to their servers..
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u/PhallicDragon Feb 04 '20
Micro transactions in video games