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Is There Such Thing As Good Microtransactions?

Microtransactions. Love them or hate them, they are here to stay. But are there any games that use them well? And are they ever really ok?

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Kribwalker3196d ago

The way they have done them in games like titanfall 2, plants vs zombies garden warfare 2, halo 5 and gears of war 4 are great examples. They are cosmetic and don't effect the gameplay and don't create a pay to win atmosphere, yet then the game provides you with free DLC so they don't segregate the player base. It's way better then paid DLC, as you don't have to buy MTs and you still get all of the new levels and modes

Sam Fisher3195d ago

Yeap thats the best answer here, and these games are well deserved

UCForce3195d ago

Titanfall 2 doesn't have microtransaction, but they have paid DLC like cosmetic items and free maps DLC. The thing I hate microtransaction even they are cosmetic or not, because it's make you feel jealous when someone looks better than you and can make you feel impatient .Those shouldn't belong in AAA Games. Microtransaction is only work in Free to Play games.

Princess_Pilfer3194d ago

A game is more than just the machanics. The experience of a game is in large part in players heads. For example, early wow had "unrested experience" that was what you got if you played for too long, and players *hated* it. So what did they do? They changed the name. "Normal" became "rested" and "unrested" became normal, and players loved that because they felt it rewarded them for gettiing on every day.

When they hide parts of the experience in a game you paid for hostage behind a paywall or a metric **** ton of arbitrary grinding, what they're doing is exactly the same as day one DLC mixed in with the above rebranding I described above. It's given a new name and suddenly people are like "oh well it's ok then." No, it's not, and it never will be. Stop buying games that do it.

It would be *less* despicable for them to just sell the costumes people actually want to buy, but of course they don't do that because they want to force you to spend 2 or 3 times as much as you would to buy the costume to buy boxes and get lucky or earn the pittance of "currency" they give for duplicates so you can get it.

Liqu1d3196d ago

No. It's not possible to provide a single example of good microtransactions.

drizzom3195d ago

Is there a such thing as a good mosquito bite?

slate913195d ago

Overwatch and Halo 5 come to mind.

UCForce3195d ago

But It shouldn't belong in it. The reason I stay away from those games Microtransaction system because those are like gambling system.

slate913195d ago

I can understand their reasoning. An online only game aiming to be the next counter strike wont be free to keep the servers up long after their game stops selling a lot.

Princess_Pilfer3194d ago

You mean games that deliberately create skinnerboxes and use frustratingly grindy loot systems specifically tuned to drive people to buying lootboxes and preying on psycological addiction mechanisms to keep people buying?

No, no they didn't do it right because (unless the game is free) They *can't* do it right. It's always BS.

slate913194d ago

Perspective I guess. You have your opinion, Ive got mine

Princess_Pilfer3193d ago

It's not my perspective that's that's what they're doing. It's is factually what they're doing. Look up skinnerboxes.

slate913193d ago

Is there a way to look up "frustratingly grindy loot systems" as well? That sounds pretty opinionated.

Princess_Pilfer3193d ago

Skinnerboxes that prey on peoples psycological weaknesses to get them buying things don't work it that thing is quick and easy to get without buying it. Their "leveling system" is the clash of clans timer.

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Comparing All The Current Game Streaming Subscription Services

In 2020 the sheer number of game streaming subscriptions makes you wonder where you should focus your energy and money. Are you are looking for a streaming subscription to satisfy your gaming needs? Well, we put together a table overview for you to peruse and possibly see which ones you might prefer, or see why some of these are now redundant services.

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isarai2287d ago (Edited 2287d ago )

Sony just needs to up its resolution and framerate and it'll be quite the service, still don't like streaming though so doesn't really matter to me.

SpaceRanger2287d ago

Why is Xbox GamePass on this? Not a streaming service.

CaptainCook2286d ago

Xcloud will be included with Xbox Game Pass this year

RazzerRedux2286d ago

And they announced that.....when?

CaptainCook2286d ago (Edited 2286d ago )

@RazzerRedus
Here's the link from the engineers themselves talking about Xcloud at Xbox London Event 2019.

"There's 2 things.. We are going to give you the games you own from the cloud or the games you've purchased in the future, and we will bring Game streaming to Xbox Game Pass so you are Free to discover and play anywhere and everywhere"

https://youtu.be/VTveV4Yfh2...

SpaceRanger2286d ago

Once again, why is Xbox GamePass on this? Your comment only further proves my point.

RazzerRedux2286d ago

@CaptainCook

Thanks. I missed that announcement obviously.

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RazzerRedux2286d ago

Neither is Uplay or Origin. "Journalism"

2pacalypsenow2287d ago (Edited 2287d ago )

The only game streaming services are PS Now, Stadia and GeForce Now.

Xbox Game pass, Uplay plus and Origin aren’t streaming.

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24-year-old faces nearly 9,000 charges for trading game accounts

A 24-year-old inhabitant of Poland has received nearly 9 thousand charges of illegal distribution of games. His idea was to buy digital versions of the games and then resell access to the account to many people. Losses he caused were valued at nearly $260,000. He pleaded guilty to all charges.

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masterfox2291d ago (Edited 2291d ago )

it's over 9000!!! :D, sorry I couldn't resist.

Bleucrunch2289d ago

hahahahaahahahahahaaaaaa. GOOD ONE!!!

Exvalos2289d ago

Omfg lmao!!!!! Never a more perfect time to say that

badz1492289d ago

it's not over 9000 though

Father__Merrin2289d ago

these cretins are all over ebay you search for a game key and something cheap comes up once you click on the post its actually not a game key but rather access to a account. theres no option on ebay to report them

arkard2289d ago (Edited 2289d ago )

Should be, what does not participate in digital sales (unless something changed im unaware of) so a sale like that is against there terms and conditions

I was wrong, they do allow digital items now.
https://www.ebay.com/help/p...

But I checked and there is still a reporting tool on the mobile website at least. You have to scroll pretty far down to get to it though

nucky642289d ago

not sure about that. i used to sell digital codes from blu ray movies i bought. i never used them so it seemed like a waste. i usually put them up for sale for a third of what the entire movie package cost me. the last time i tried to do this (around 2 months ago) i get message that trying to sell digital copies isn't allowed.

nucky642289d ago

so true. i was always curious as to how people were allowed to do that. now i know - they aren't supposed to.

Cyb3r2289d ago

Some websites sell accounts too Im surprised that noting is being done about this

JackBNimble2289d ago

And they're all stolen accounts

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JackBNimble2289d ago

Why are they calling this trading accounts, this is plain and simply stealing.

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The Game Deflators E64 | Nintendo Loses and Exclusive to the PlayStation 4

This week on the Game Deflators #podcast, John and Ryan discuss the loss of Nintendo Exclusives, Pokemon, and TemTem. Also in the gaming world, we can't forget about the Xbox and PlayStation. Microsoft is re-hiring a a marketing exec of the Xbox 360 days and the PlayStation continues to proove why it will be a force to be reckoned with this next console generation.

To round off this episode the duo tilt their Game Boys and play some Pokemon Pinball. This classic game came out in 1999 to relatively good reviews. Does it still hold up for gamers?

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