MTs almost exclusively fall in the ugly category. The only exception I make is for games where MTs are the only source of revenue, and even those can be handled in a pretty shady manner sometimes. There is absolutely no reason why a full-priced retail game should have MTs in it. None. And no, I don't expect MTs in new games because I don't buy those kinds of games. If it has MTs, I go the other way and refuse to give a single red cent to the company behind the game.

Yes
Now stop asking stupid questions that have a obvious answer

I don't have a problem with good DLC, but microtransactions are like cheating in a game, every game. They shouldn't even exist.

Have you played a GaaS game? They stink!

Si.

Back in the day people charged a full price in return a full experience of gaming.

Things became different early in the online days creating content that split the communities up but many paid because the price were small and content became frequent.

They slowly over a long period of time charged more, changed the method, charged more, changed the method etc to a point you now have governments and councils moaning about it.

It's the greedy shareholders who demand more greed with alternative ways to gain maximum profit so yes it does now ruin gaming of today.

Yes.

I remember a time when we could buy a game and it was the complete experience. Today games are hacked up and sold back to us in pieces, right after we've spent $60 on a full priced product.

I don't mind paying good money for a quality DLC, MHW Iceborne, Red Dead Undead Nightmare amongst others come to mind, but $10+ for a character or weapon skin?

No thank you.

I fear the videogame industry is in for a crash, devs and publishers (not all) are milking their player base for every last penny and a disconnect between the companies and the fans is beginning to form.

I remember a few years ago when you had to buy an online pass if you bought a traded game and the outrage that caused, it's only a matter of time before the gaming community say's definitively that enough is enough.

Yes

Yes it ruins game design. Because fun isn't the priority, money is. There's absolutely nothing wrong with expecting a return for a product you've put time and effort into but this cancerous practices are a different animal all together!

It's funny to me because instead of playing a game that a development team created, you just spend cold hard cash and get what you used to get by, wait for it..... playing the game!

Free to play games are where microtransactions, loot boxes etc belong. They do not belong in full priced games, period! It's a terrible practice that has outlived it's welcome as far as I'm concerned.

Games like Shadow of War and it's sales and reputation and goodwill created by Shadow of Mordor were washed away. I loved Shadow of Mordor. It was easy to follow and fun but it's sequel is a bloated game that had you grinding and also had an obviously tacked on merchant that constantly tried to get you to spend money. It got so bad they pulled the whole market place out of the game but the damage was done. I got it pre owned and that's what I do if there happens to a game that interest me but has things like this. No way I'm buying it new.

The good news is there's still plenty of companies that have stroke that don't rely on this garbage. There's also devs that deliver awesome dlc and expansions that are worth the extra cash. The Frozen Wilds, Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone come to mind.

Nobody asked for games to be recurring services. It was pushed on everyone to grow revenue and cut costs. Yet when you call it out you get met with "bUT tHe DeVs nEeD tO bE pAiD tOo!"

Nobody asked for the industry to pull this, making free maps means that money will turn into into spending your time more, and you can't get that back or increase it.

MT deserves its place in free to play games... not paid games. you pay MT to remove ads on free games. MT has no rights to exist in paid games. 20 years ago, we unlock colored gear skin or whatever cosmetic stuff by playing the game. Now you unlock these stuff by paying real money.

Nice click bait title. Anyone can see they are numb nuts

Absolutely.

If it's purely cosmetic to buy and that's the only way to get that specific cosmetic, then I don't mind all that much. But as soon as there is a form of grinding or battlepass in it, then obviously it's a problem as the microtransactions will revolve around how much grinding is needed for certain things.

I learned this especially from playing a ton of Gears 5 which I have 160 hours in it. I love the game, but man I am starting to see the ugliness of monetizing especially with the new characters they put in it recently. You can only grind 1 character at a time from what I can tell and it takes forever, or you can simply skip the grinding and buy them instead. It's really stupid. I wish they just made them unlocked by default. I'm glad they're free, but the grinding needs to go asap. I don't want to grind 10 hours for one character. F*** that.

Most importantly though, microtransactions need to stay the F*** out of single-player games. *Looking at you Bethesda and Ubisoft*

Many of them yes

Yes. Next question.

They certainly aren't making games easier.

What is up with all these fucking articles defending micro transactions?! Gaming was so much better before them

Don't you dare be an apologist on this

Depends on the type. And I know some people say that cosmetics are fine but sometimes they rip people off with then and that's not okay in my opinion.

What rock have you been under yes microtransactions are ruining just ask EA on how Battlefront 2 turned out for them.

Yes. Stop asking stupid questions.

In a F2P I don’t really care but if I’ve already paid for the game, I really despise having that content locked behind more money.

Yes. Next question?

Lol

Yes

It ruins one if they let it. Any game that I'm interested in playing that has MTs I simply pay no mind.

I never buy games with micro transactions. So basically it’s bad for the devs.

YES!

Crying like a baby..... OUIN, OUIN, the bad MTs are ruining my game Ouin Ouin!

And how many ppl paid for the extra content in Overwatch? things like events, Heroes, Maps and constant tweaking of the game? Dead by Daylight, Payday 2, Killzone 2, Counterstrike, etc. has been going around for how many years and they have still supported today's Tks to MTs.

But no! let's go back to the good old days where Capcom would charge you a nice extra 40$ for a version of SF4 or even further where they would sell you every freaking update on Snes, Ps1, Ps2, etc as a new game with no online.

But, But, But, MTS are so bad cause they are ruining the game, story, and single-player experience.
Since we all love Microsoft because they are ruining everything with MTS I will let you have your fun at them by naming 2 games that use MTS in the single component of their games.

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Oh, perhaps there's almost no single-player game that uses MTS (except WB Shadow of Mordor). But I can name you a bunch of games without MTS that had shady DLC practices, Online passe or pay to unlock a damn costume.

Now, I'm not saying that all MTS are good (pay to win or roadblock to make you buy Mts come to mind) but I strongly believe that the benefits of having free content, constant updates, events, and cheaper prices (hey I'm quite happy with Epic giving me 6 free games per month) is a compelling argument for making them stay around.

Yes...Yes they are

Yes

We have to ask - is the GAAS method actually more profitable in the long term than the old model?
Just look at Anthem, I wonder if it would've been more profitable in the long term for Bioware and EA to of made 3 good Mass Effect games this gen instead of one bad one and the trainwreck that is Anthem.
All those years wasted in the early stages of Anthem's planning and development, I just can't see Anthem making enough profit to justify it's development time.

Publishers should just make the game $120 with no microtransactions. Games have been $60 for years without price rise due to inflation. Everything is more expensive now and their bills should get paid as well. It's nothing but kids who use their Mama's money for games in the comments.

Not all, but they do ruin some games. Either way it's not a positive development for the consumers.

Is this really an article?

Yes. I won’t play any game I can’t outright buy for a specified amount of money. It’s no longer fun when I feel like I’m getting nickle and dimed the whole time. I’ll find a new hobby when it comes to that

No.

That's nice, I torrented all 3 Starcraft 2 games, Warcraft 1, 2, 3. Hmmm let me check what else I can take :D haha Suck a dick Blizzard.

Those anime tracer guns print money.

Unbelievable. Nobody recalls their stance when one of their tournament winners said something pro-Hong Long and they stripped him of the victory. Nobody recalls the half assed apology issued that wasn't even an apology.