yes it is

No $60 game should have micro-transactions, case and final, I am disgusted to see Sony and Microsoft ruin both their racing franchises with these horrendous pricing models. Valve and Nintendo, you're our only hope now.

Yes, they are.

They are not bad, just ignore them, and the people who complain about them. Although they shouldnt be outrageously high for retail games.

People bitch about microtransactions before they even play the games. There inclusions doesn't instantly ruin a games progression, but people automatically perceive an increased "grind" without even looking at how the game works.

Apparently GT6, the progression hasn't changed a bit, so no issue there.

With Forza, the progression has changed, but folks are ignoring the fact that turn 10 has added plenty of ways to earn credits. Simply being a good driver (thus improving your drivatar) will bet you credits passively. And turning off assists and racing well results in credit multipliers. So their new model encourages getting good at the game. You also earn credits by creating popular mods. The people who don't want to bother with getting good, and just want to look at pretty cars have another OPTION.

The solution is simple... If you don't see value in a microtransaction, don't buy it. But unless is breeds a pay2win economy, it isn't neccisarily evil.

For retail games, yes. They are that bad. For free to play stuff, I understand it, and that's where they should stay.

There's no justification for paying money to devs to basically let you use cheat codes that make the game easier or unlock stuff in a 60 dollar game.

It's pure greed, simple as that. Probably not many people are going to be paying for those MTs now but it doesn't cost the devs anything to implement MTs, and the more they get money off of them the more they'll make it harder to earn the stuff without them in future games, basically building the 60 dollar games with MTs in mind from the ground up to get that extra money.

I personally would skip any game i was going to buy if it has MTs, or at the very least make sure i buy it used if i really have to get the game.

Yes.

I buy a music CD, I get all tracks, verses, interludes, etc.

I go to a movie, I see all action, climactic ending, teaser after the credits.

In games I buy at full price, I'm faced with buying items for the main game and multiplayer, colours, characters, alternate endings, REAL endings, content that could/should be part of the game.

Please gaming community, be vocal on forums and vote with your wallets and purses to put a stop to the rampant DLC and now not-so-microtransactions.

Maybe the author should have checked out Grid 2!!

Micro transactions are like taxes, they'll start off not too invasive but over time it will get more and more expensive and effect gameplay.

Just look at all the micro DLC - once upon a time it would have been part of the content of the game. Now it's we'll just chip that bit off and sell it separately in bits.

Now if the game is free and I then buy content like for example NFS World on PC that different.

Whenever microtransactions change the design of a game to make it longer, more frustrating and more of a grind that is absolutely a bad thing every time. It doesn't happen every time, and in some situations it COULD be a good option. However, I feel like the insidious nature of microtransactions and the lure of potential revenue far outweighs the slight advantages it could give to a certain amount of gamers.

They are only bad in my opinion in 2 situations.

1. The game is not beatable without it.

2. They are required to enjoy the game (much like some F2P models)

Personally I don't care for then and will never purchase them in a retail game. Reason being, I play the games to enjoy it no need to take shortcuts.

For example, GT6 has them but its already been confirmed that you can enjoyable beat the game and get all the cars etc without the use of the micro transactions, and they are there as a form of "ease" cause not everyone can put countless hours into their product.

Bad example,

Ryse Son Of Rome -

Every time I went to upgrade my character if I didnt have enough valor and I accidentally went to try and buy an upgrade, the game would open the store like "LOOK AT THIS YOU CAN BUY GOLD"

It got pretty frustrating, as it happened quite a few times.

Seeing microtransactions makes me miss the reign of Tips and Tricks.....

Actually yes, it has ruined them. I personally bought a console for the sake of playing forza. After playing it for 2 years watching the DLC's coming out and finding that after a game I payed full price for wants me to keep throwing money at it every month, it has not only ruined it for me it has left an everlasting bad taste in my mouth. I have stopped playing since and honestly I don't think I'll ever have the urge to go further than paying half price the the game with that sort of model. Die hart fan lost...

This is the reason why people prefer to pirate game nowaday. They are sick of this shitty DLC and microtransaction going around in the gaming industry

Microtransactions aren't a black or white affair. Some are ok and some are bad.
When I buy a costume pack for LittleBigPlanet, that's a microtransaction but it's not a bad thing. It's an additional piece of content that I decided I wanted that was in addition to the actual game. Playing without the costume doesn't impact the game.
However if I buy a game for full price that then requires me to buy additional content in order to experience the game, then that is bad.

Of course they're a bad thing, publishers have a marketing side totally separate from developers. It's these marketers job to figure out ways to squeeze more money out of the consumer while spinning it to look like its for the benefit of the consumer. Plain and simple it's not!
Micro transactions will get more and more intrusive in gaming and its our job as gaming consumers to push back and say no. To all those people who keep saying "I like grinding it doesn't affect me"
It will, it's just a matter of time before it becomes more pervasive and it will get placed in most games replacing things we normally used to get like cheat codes etc. Gaming is a business and its these businesses job to make money, that's fair but its our job as consumers to wield our power and say "well if you are going to nickel and dime us, no thank you" when they see its not profitable then they will reduce them and backtrack and say "we listen to the consumer". Don't forget as a consumer it's always in your best interest to create a market that benefits you, not the other way around. We have more power than we think.

No they are the new black industry standard blame free to play for the model if it upsets you embrace it lol.

No, they are not, in themselves, bad. But this being the games industry, how many are choosing to use them, the prices involved, and the games they're being used in, most certainly are.

A full priced retail game should have no micro-transactions....period. DLC add-ons are one thing, but charging people for what are effectively cheat codes is as greedy and grasping as it gets.
Even worse when you see a developer alter the progression of a game from it's previous installments in order to make those micro-transactions more appealing. Forza 5 isn't quite as bad as WarZ was - with respawn time being increased to 4 hours at the same time as adding an option to pay to respawn instantly - but they have changed how the game rewards the player in order to make it more of a grind, and make the idea of just paying to skip that process more attractive. It's cynical, and it's indicative of poor game design. If your game is boring people to the point of their wanting to skip sections of the gameplay....then you've failed as a game designer.

Microtransactions are awful. In 99% of cases I feel like I'm being asked to pay to win. I never pay more than the purchase price of a game, so I generally avoid games with microtransactions because I become enraged when grinding through the parts they designed to bore me into submission. So either you pay to win (lame as hell) or you are bored while consuming entertainment (oxymoronic and unacceptable.)

The only form I can stomach is when they build a game, as normal, and then make ignorable paid shortcuts for lazy incompetents.

Micro transactions will make me quit gaming and ive been gaming for at least 30 years

If the DLC is already on the disc, then yes.

What you all fail to understand is that publishers are not running for office, neither do they aspire to be saints. their some purpose is to make something enjoyable that people will make money. Micro transactions seem to be just that.

What you also fail to realize is that they are bound by the laws of the free market and capitalism. As long as people keep paying for those extra things. If you stop supporting the publisher, the free market is a harsh judge.

You do not have to play the latest game. It is your money. There are other ways to spend it. Of you spend it on games that have those micro transactions, you are supporting the problem.

Wuchang is great. Nine Sols didn’t have a physical copy so I never played it but I’ve heard good things so I will check it out. I stopped playing sports games many years ago when before the card dlc’s or whatever they’re called.

Last comment… ):

Great month for others, but not me. Hate soccer and soulslikes. Maybe Nine Sols is good.

🫡 it was fun while it lasted, N4G.

FC26!

I hated that he died. The game was good but you never want to see a character you can relate or enjoy to die off like that. We wanted more Joel not less. Still a really good game but that part will always sit poorly with many

I really didn’t mind his fate. It was the way it was executed was the problem

Not gonna lie, I think they made a big mistake. I mean I like a big unimaginable shock moments as much as the next person. It was just too soon though. If you’re going to kill off the main character you need a solid back up that people love just as much to carry the weight of the loss. If you’re setting it up for a trilogy then he really should have died at the end of 2 or half way through 3.

Who cares, that was like 6 years ago.

I don't mind the story, I think it is interesting in its own. But I would much prefer it stays as a story between Joel and Ellie (And I don't hate Abby, but it just feels like a third wheel when I play the game, feel like it is not a story about her). Joel can live with the consequences in a different way than just get killed off, his emotional conflicts between him and Ellie, Abby and everyone else would have a lot of interesting stories to tell, not any less than just get killed off.

So we as players, who controlled Joel in the first game, can get immersed and feel the guilt with him, instead of getting angry that he got killed.

TLOU Part 2 was a great game, but the entire game made me mad

Personally I liked that they killed off Joel, his death scene was great. The story was good and how revenge drives a person. The last quarter of the game was dumb after Tommy told Ellie where Abby was located. She leaves the farm goes in an arduous trek killing many more people along the way. Finds Abby in a cage releases her they fight, Ellie gets two fingers bitten off, and suddenly she doesn’t want to fight and kill Abby anymore, lets her leave with a warning even though she was the one losing the fight. Why go the rough all of that hassle just to let the focus of your hatred just leave. Should have stwyed home with Diana and keep all her fingers intact. Still a great game with a good story and I liked Abby I saw no reason for all her hate.

They could have killed Tommy and made it a revenge story with Joel and Ellie going after Abbie.

ND was trying so hard to make me sympathize with Abbie and it just wasn't working. I just don't understand how you make a "revenge is bad story" while having me mow through hundreds of NPCs just to get to the main culprit and just...not finish the job. Druckman is a terrible story teller.