And i take this over more expensive games or games split into 3 dlc:sPeople wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
Aren't Fortnite skins $20? Those aren't even licensed characters.
People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
People wanted this.
They don't want game prices going up. They don't want lootboxes to exist at all. They wanted optional things to be sold directly. Well, there it is.
About in line with other battle royale games and in line with what people will pay.
How far we've come from horse armor.Seems fine. It's licensed, has no effect on gameplay and it's not in random loot boxes.
How far we've come from horse armor.
We just get desensitised more and more.
Then don't buy it.Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.
This is what happens when people keep saying "but [anti-consumer thing] really isn't that bad, you're overreacting" for long enough. They'll just keep pushing the envelope further and further. Can't wait to see what people will be defending on here 5 years from now.
Skins and whole new characters were being sold directly before and prices were generally somewhere in the realm of semi-reasonable (2-5$ per character). This is not ok. This is greedy pricing that preys on the weaknesses of the human mind.
What weakness is it preying on exactly? The customer knows the price, they know exactly the product they're getting (in their local currency, no less), and they're free to walk away at any time.
You already concede that cosmetic microtransactions are not fundamentally immoral, so there is nothing inherently predatory about this practice. We're just haggling about the price at this point.
Don't try to regulate prices on a free market. Buuuut, saying that, whoever buys this is a complete... ly rich person.