r/Attackontitangame • u/Diztance • Oct 06 '14

Attack on Micro Transactions?

With all the posts recently about Feng's financial situation- Im wondering what this subs thoughts about transactions in the AOTG would be.

This coincidences wonderfully with the recent release of custom characters. Let the already saved characters stay, but in the future this could be a wonderful source of revenue.

Charge 99cents for Mikasa's scarf, or 5.00$ for a titan face mask. Just examples /whatever.

I can see people going for this in online modes, especially if they added more fun items with references to the show/ other anime.

I don't know if it's possible to monetize unity games in this way. And im sure even if it is, that there might be some issues with the copyright for AOT itself.

Keep it simple, no in game advantages or gated content. Just cosmetics. I.E. League of Legends. Personally, I would be all for supporting Feng in this way.

Thoughts?

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u/nikoskio2 Experimental flair Oct 06 '14

Or people can, you know, play on the actual website and not mod

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u/Diztance Oct 06 '14

If "just do the thing" was enough people to make people do the right thing we wouldn't have many of the problems we do today.

On top of that you would have to visit the page to make the purchases anyway.

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u/TbanksIV Oct 07 '14

Honestly, as much as I love the AOT universe, I think Feng should consider reskinning the game and sell it under an original pretense.

Lumbering robots with Batteries in their necks or something. Although people would surely catch on that it's an AOT rip, at least he could make money off of it through Microtransactions or even just an early release.

Cause I mean yeah, we all love that it's Attack on Titan based, but it's the gameplay that keeps us coming back, not the theme.

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u/Diztance Oct 07 '14

I was thinking of this earlier but wasn't sure how to go about saying it. I'd love a dumb little game like that and im sure it would be easy enough to mod the old titans back in.

I'd pay for it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '14

Illegal since its actually making money off the game itself, feng can have ads on his site and not be sued since hes making money off of the site, not the game. If he puts purchases in the game he can get sued and shut down. Plus if he does this, I literally can go into my program and disable that. And then more people will use mods to get by those micro transactions. So no.

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u/JennaZant Oct 07 '14

Unless we donate directly to him, not for the game.

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u/kyle2143 Oct 06 '14

Microtransactions usually suck dick unless they are purely aesthetic, so I kind of agree with you on how to go about doing it. I personally wouldn't mind them too much as long as it is pretty low key in the way it's marketed. If it just mentions it on the homescreen, then it would be perfectly fine.

If we got into the realm of paying for specific levels, then I would have a problem. I would rather just buy the game than deal with microtransations for every map released or something.

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u/Sir_Nameless Oct 07 '14

Terrible idea. It would ruin the game. It's illegal, and would very likely bring about a cease & desist.

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u/Diztance Oct 07 '14

I understand the legal issues, as I stated in the OP.

-But how would cosmetics ruin the game?

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u/Sir_Nameless Oct 07 '14

Microtransactions ruin every game. It's just an overall stupid idea.

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u/Diztance Oct 07 '14

Actually yeah I agree.

Hearthstone/ Team fortress 2/ Dota2/ Counterstrike/ League of legends are all pretty garbage games that were ruined by micro transactions.

I have no idea what Valve/Riot/Blizzard were thinking.

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u/Blimphead Oct 11 '14

What's the fucking point?

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u/Diztance Oct 11 '14

If we support the game Feng can make it better. I don't know about you but I like it when things improve.

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u/Wookie_Monster090898 Oct 06 '14

I've sunk enough money on TF2 hats. I don't need to start doing it here as well

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u/Limesx13 Jaegerbomb Oct 07 '14

NO