Microtransactions are already a popular business model in online games, but they are making their way into single-player titles - here's why that's a problem.
A frustrated FIFA 21 player has taken to twitter to calculate the true cost, in pounds spent or hours invested to obtain his Ultimate Team. Spoilers, it's one hell of an investment. In this opinion piece we examine the increasing practice of dressing gambling up as microtransactions, and the recent developments in Europe and the World to combat this insidious maleficence.
Twitter user @ScudzTV has calculated the real-world cost of creating his own dream eleven, in both hours invested and hard earned cash. He embarked on a seven tweet tirade, illustrating that to achieve this dizzying feat, a person would need to invest either twenty two thousand hours playing, or a poultry £80k ($111k).
Don't get me wrong. You can get a decent team by just playing. I have done this my self. Buy I agree to even get just one of these icons it's going to take such a grind to the point where even playing at intended is just not fun anymore or spending such a large amount of money.
Activision Blizzard's share price has been skyrocketing since December 2020, according to the Wall Street Journal. The current price per share is $ 95, bringing the company's total value to $ 72 billion. Activision Blizzard celebrates success The corona pandemic is named as one of the factors for the increasing value of the company.
That is such a crazy amount of money. Good for them i guess?
"In its most recent financial quarter, the company made $ 1.2 billion from pure microtransactions, which was more than half of total revenue"
This does not bode well.
Didn't they laid off devs last year???? From how Activision started in the 80s to what they have become it's an embarrassment but money talks
According to its developers, (Toys for Bob) Crash Bandicoot 4 will not feature microtransactions, despite the x-box storefront suggesting that it would contain “in-game-purchases”. Game Luster’s Rhiannon Bevan isn’t convinced due to publisher Activison’s track record. In this article, Rhiannon details the reasons for her concern.
Even if not there at launch, they will most likely add them in with an update, just like ctr, wont be a day 1 this time.
True quality SP games without any milking schemes are becoming a rarity, with just a handful devs committed to them left...
This shit just gets on my nerves! MT's have no business being in a full priced game, especially a SP game! Ubi I'm looking at you because you do more SP games and I get them all used so you won't cash in! That's my go to if a publisher/dev have them in their games. I just go second hand!
That's another reason I'm such a PlayStation fan, they still put time and money into quality SP games and don't nickel and dime you. Jesus just imagine Aloy's bows or attires hidden in packs or the same with Kratos in GOW.
Only solution is that we all stop buying these games until the MT's are removed ! And that's easier said than done because if 20% of all buyers out there ignore this, these companies still think it's a good idea to include them...
I'm guessing that's a good thing but it didn't matter to me because I always ignored MT's,they never hindered my gameplay what so ever.
Good thing my backlog of great singleplayer games is immense. I mostly focus on multiplayer or “games as service” and their live events but even they are growing thin with my patients for bs monetizations. I’m fine with waiting until single player games become dirt cheap if they want to stick in monetization crap.