Star Wars Battlefront devs dodge question of microtransactions

To read between the lines: "Yes, we will have microtransactions, but the exact form and price has yet to be determined, so I can't answer that question today."

[SaveFerris]

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[Gazondaily]

Haha very appropriate

[ArchangelMike]

At this point in time it should be fully expected. This game is goign to be marketed to the casual crowd. Those guys don't want to spend hrs grinding for loot, and frankly don't care about bragging rights and leaderboards.

They just want to jump in, have a blast with their mates, and jump out again. They WILL buy short-cut packs and booster packs - because they've already been condition by the mobile games culture to believe that this is how games work now. EA knows this and will capitalise on it.

Do you have to buy microtransactions? - No! You want to grind for your loot and keep your bragging rights and leaderboards - then go right ahead.

I'm just not surprised about it any more, we should be used to it by now. I just hope that nothing is kept behind a pay wall, and that every item or pack can be earned fair and square in game without having to fork out extra cash.

[Ristul]

Never give in to big corporations, we as consumers must never get used to greedy business practices. You need to watch this and come back again.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ArchangelMike]

I love Jim Sterling, and he's absolutely right. I don't think we should allow apathy to set in, and I don't believe gamers should keep silent about microtransactions. I'm gald that the gaming media are asking the questions and raising the issues. The fact the devs are having to squirm to provide explanations, means that they know it's a shady practice. They know that telling the truth about the matter will result in a backlash. That's how it should be, the gamers and gaming media must keep up the pressure.

[Ristul]

ArchangelMike
Well put!

[rajman]

EA gonna EA

[_-EDMIX-_]

???

"Games On Net: In Battlefield games there has been the option to shortcut by purchasing the Engineer pack, or something like that. Is that going to be an option you guys are exploring for Battlefront with the cards?

Niklas Fergraeus: When it comes to any type of post-launch support we don’t have anything to talk about, but we of course want to support the game after it launches.

Does this mean there are micro-transactions in Star Wars Battlefront for sure?"

Sooooooo how does that confirm micro transactions? Sooo no, it means they will support it with DLC as in maps as that is already been confirmed, this article is literally baseless and reaching just for the sake of it.

[TheSaint]

As long as it's not pay to win I don't care.

[traumadisaster]

This will be the first online only-no sp game I can remember buying. I'm now considering waiting for a year like I usually do on new games, BUT there is no sp.

So will I miss out by waiting for the goty edition? What will I miss out on? Is this game dependent on others to battle? They won't be gone for years right? Surely there will be matchmaking for novice players?

Any insight would be appreciated.

[Allsystemgamer]

You'll miss out on the initial player count. That's about it. From the looks of the game though I give it a year or 2 max of high player counts.

[TWB]

The battlepack purchases in BF4 were pretty pathetic anyways so I dont expect Battlefronts microtransactions being all to awful. Anybody who has played BF4 extensively knows that unlocking BPs is like collecting rubbish.

At one point I just gave up opening BPs and had like 600 at most.

[Chaosdreams]

I'm astonished.
Shocked.
& Flabbergasted.

s/

Have my money you will not.

(I don't think the micro transactions will be that bad, Dice has more of an issue releasing broken games.)

[Antifan]

You know what, this makes me wonder who in the hell is actually buying these battlepacks and weapon shortcuts for them to continue this practice in full priced games.
I don't think any adult gamer would buy this. Mostly kids who is using their parent's credit card.