Activision Blizzard Made $1.2 Billion From Microtransactions In Just Three Months
Call of Duty microtransaction sales are four times higher this year compared to last year.
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Activision Blizzard Made $1.2 Billion From Microtransactions In Just Three Months
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But we needed the price increase cause they hurting. The top continue to shit on those below them.
The gaming community is a disgrace. How are there so many people spending money on microtransactions? Do people enjoy being screwed over?
Completely anecdotal, but there was at least one player in every single MP game I played of Modern Warfare the last week or so that was using one of the three $20 Halloween skins. In Warzone, it's harder to pin down, but I feel like I was fighting multiple Billy & Leatherface teams per game. I get the feeling that several people out there have spent more than $60 in less than a year on MTX within the free game.
I don't get it either, but at least it's not gambling like other games.
How is Warzone monitized? I thought it was pure F2P and full of microtransactions. With how gigantic the game seems to be, i'm honestly surprised it wasn't a much higher multiplier over the previous year
Where are people getting all this money from to spend that much on microtransactions? I thought unemployment is the highest it's been in 10 years
They're hiring 2000 people actually
Activision-Blizzard needs to hire 2,000 people to meet production demands
Activision-Blizzard has plans to hire over 2,000 people to meet upcoming production demands, according to CEO Bobby Kot…
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It's a lot easier for folks to justify spending money on mtx when they get the game for free, so I could see that. There were no shortage of premium skins in Warzone all year.
its just exponential you can have just need a base Of 4 million people Spending 100 a month in their games. Or 8 million spending 50 a month.
That's not enough so it makes sense that prices have to be raised and people have to lose their jobs. Maybe once they get to 2.5 billion they can think about hiring new workers at lower wages to replace everyone.
Yup, anytime someone talks about gaming being cheaper than ever because of inflation, and then goes on to say $70 games were inevitable, all I can think about is how so many companies are posting record breaking profits due to MTs and DLC, plus they make more from the move to digital.
I have the exact opposite read on this. I'm quite happy to pay more in order to have games that have no MTs.
That will never happen. They will be 70 dollars with the same amount of MT.
Every extra dollar of the next-gen price bump is going straight into Bobby Kotick's pocket. He's thinking of all the dead dad holograms he's going to do and planning his next trip to the demon-worship pedophile cult island.
It's not just that he is funding Republicans. That is to be expected. But it's the fact that he directly donating to Mitch McConnel, one of the most blatantly evil people on the earth. Bobby just can't help himself proving all of the people who meme about him being evil.
I'm on a steady Sony Studio game diet. I can't recall what MT were in recent games. The last game that was MT heavy that I played was D2 (never bought a single dust or whatever it was). Some of the sports game I have have MT but they're games I buy at 80% off to play a couple of games a year against friends (Fifa, NHL).
I'm fairly certain it's only ever a small percent actually spending money in these games but it's enough.
I don't think it's a small percent. More people pay for mtx than you think.
Oh I agree. I spent $10 on the battlepass and actually spent $20 on MTX myself so I'm in for $30 haha, and I used the exact same justification. I feel shameful for being part of the problem, but I also put in like 400 hours (minimum) so I don't feel too terrible about my price / value proposition.
From a reddit comment: More than 50% of the profits of games with MTX comes from less than 8% of the playerbase.
That's still 6 million players and you still have to account the rest. Literally millions will buy battle passes or starter packs. Is that alot? No. Is it a transaction? Sure is.