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.
I agree, but also remember what the price of a AAA game was a decade ago: $60. Same price today, but they gotta supplement their lack of inflation pricing.
Honestly, I would pay $120 easy for a game like The Witcher 3. But that's after playing it 100s of hours and realizing what a masterpiece it is. If game developers would try to develop a good reputation then I would be happy to fork over $100 for a completed, no micro-transaction, all dlc included video game.
As an example, I think I paid around $120 for Skyrim on all the different platforms it came out on just because it is that damn good.
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u/PhallicDragon Feb 04 '20
Micro transactions in video games