The other salient point is that on mobile an analysis of IAP buyers showed that the whole IAP aspect of mobile (really that which drives AAA mobile gaming) is held up by 1.5% of consumers(the study's referenced and linked in the article if you're interested), and they are spending enough to hold up a multi-billion dollar industry thus the average mobile gamer a good portion no doubt of the other 98.5% has almost no say at all.
Which is why IAPs unchecked are so potent...
While there are some core games on Android (I run a site dedicated to just that),games like Xcom, Dead Trigger, San Andreas are the exception. If you look at the numbers all the money--and a lot of it too--is being made by the crap.
The other point is that pay to win games are utter trash, and that for the first time we are seeing a number of these games on PC and consoles and industry leaders, analysts, even ad copy, are suggesting a lot more is to follow. We created the boy...
Please do sign the boycott petition applet, included at the bottom of the article.
When IAPs are implemented they double, quadruple, sometimes increase the grind 10 fold.
Pay to win developers "design to grind," creating lengthy boring parts so that players might pay them away. Then say that they have just added IAPs to benefit busy players, when really they've altered the way they are designing to nickle and dime you.
We are looking to create a bulwark, a defense, a way of keeping tactics like design to grind from taking hold...
Logikil,
Thank you. I found it here:
http://www.teamvvv.com/en/n...
I will attach a further reading (bibliography) later this evening, and parts II-V will have more specific references; this piece is meant as an introduction to a series of articles.
As I am sure you know, sometimes thin...
Wrong. The problem is far from solved.
Well made games still make bundles.
What's more, well-made games with player-friendly microtransactions are raking in the dough, for example, Paths of Exile and Team Fortress.
In the mobile markets its different, there crap games with manipulative IAPs also sometimes rake in the dough. Immersive game design is replaced with cleverly implemented ploys to get players to continuously spend.
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We are on exactly the same page, my friend. I hope you sign the petition.
We aren't boycotting microtransactions or freemium games. We are boycotting them when they break the game and when they are both essential items and ridiculously expensive. By essential I don't mean you need it to win but rather it's a vital part of the game. And that's it. If you can agree with the above go here:
http://savehardcoregames.co...
And sign up. We aim t...
Did a bang-up job, Jen.
PS4 is a PC
Illuminate me what does This ^^
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mean?
100 word limit, makes the title on the included image impossible to replicate here.
So, please accept the above title.
There are, however, $500 dollar lunches disguised as free lunches.
Or how about a lunch with a timer where you have to pay more if you eat too slow.
Or how about one where when you get to the best part of the meal, the food is taken away and you are then asked to pay to continue.
Or a sloppy half-assed free lunch where they dangle delectable treats in front of your face as you gnaw away at crap.
To say nothing of how the design ...
Sorry, link is up. Please set it free.
A lot of peeps claim that becoming a reporter is actually getting a job in the media. That sounds about right to me. As far as subject matter is concerned, if I am writing an article about how one becomes an anthropologist, the article will discuss and thus be in part about anthropology. The article would discuss what you need to know, what subjects you need to have under your belt, etc... It's unavoidable.
I will of course remove it but I wonder: Aren't gaming platforms particularly germane to what game reviewers write about?
And free is a very relative term when it comes to mobile games. I find that free more often than not means huge pain in the &%(*$#. Though, like I said, will give Avabel a run through for sure.
What's the release date on Avabel?
Looks great. I'll give it a try, maybe it'll make our Most Hardcore List.
Nice work, Dude
The article links to a boycott. We hope gather a million names.