Dragon Ball FighterZ is eight days away from release, but evidently some already have the games in their hands and one person who does has revealed something many may not be happy about.
It would be more surprising if you said there weren’t any lootboxes. It’s probably safe to assume there will be lootboxes in majority of games from now on. People can whine all they want but it doesn’t change the spreadsheets. Whine when the lootboxes are done badly, don’t knee jerk to the word because that’s just useless and dumbs down real cases of crappy loot boxes. As long as they are available in game without purchasing with real dollars then I don’t care.
As long as it is just cosmetics, I could care less, if the game is great and I feel like giving more to the devs, it isn't a bad avenue to buy some cosmetics. Simultaneously, I really don't care much about them so can also just play the game and ignore then altogether.
But it’s the gamers who buy them. And they buy enough of them for every company to start looking into it. Even rockstar said they were looking into the model. I get what you’re saying and I don’t disagree but there aren’t enough boycotters to stop the practice. That’s why it’s better to just accept it instead of missing out on good games. And save your battles for when loot boxes truly are abused. If you have a knee jerk reaction every time you hear those words then nobody will take you seriously. “Oh it’s just them again”.
For now.. too many games I've defended for their microtransactions in the past have gradually got worse.It's worrying because there really is absolutely no need for them in a fighting game not to mention it's going to likely sell really well anyway.
The problem is that one word, 'lootbox'. It's enough to kill anything for me these days. It might be cosmetics, but down the line a new patch update will arrive, with 'new and improved' items, that will sell better. See where I'm goin'?
I'm not saying they'll do it, I'm just saying that as soon as there's lootboxes in games nowadays, the possibility of it happening is like 70/30 or somethin' -_- I hate it bruv, it's annoying, especially with otherwise great games
"but down the line a new patch update will arrive, with 'new and improved' items,"
Can you cite examples of boxed retail games, not a free to play title that added items in loot boxes that were in some ways pay to win? AFTER release? The "give an inch they'll take a mile" argument just sounds and looks like paranoia.
If you read the article it even states that it appears to just be lobby avatars.. that doesn't bother me in the slightest but still clutching at straws really to shoehorn the loot boxes in. Seeing how minor (currently) they are, hopefully they won't be microtransactions and simply an ingame reward. Still it's a worrying trend to start off small then gradually get worse (looking at you Bungie) and still, even EA would struggle shoehorning them into a fighting game.
Nowadays it pisses me off that people like getting rammed in the butthole and accept stuff like this....this is why this topic of loot boxes keep recurring....
Your regular person just playing some CoD accepts it because it's video games and WHO CARES! Some of you are so melodramatic it's ridiculous, to posit that loot boxes are even a point of contention amongst regular Joe game buyers is hilarious. They're just video games, it's not like you can only buy retail boxed copies of games there are hundreds released every month.
Do they cost over 9000?
It would be more surprising if you said there weren’t any lootboxes. It’s probably safe to assume there will be lootboxes in majority of games from now on. People can whine all they want but it doesn’t change the spreadsheets. Whine when the lootboxes are done badly, don’t knee jerk to the word because that’s just useless and dumbs down real cases of crappy loot boxes. As long as they are available in game without purchasing with real dollars then I don’t care.
Hopefully it's just cosmetic.
humorous
My hype boner just went flaccid -_-
Ffs