I feel exactly the same, old and out of touch.
That is a good one actually because it is also quite different as Nintendo games are not on sale that often or get a permanent price reduction.
MS will most likely watch how much money they can make from the cosmetics and will change it accordingly.
Thing is that many don't even see the problem so there is no need for a solution and I don't see these two different standpoints changing.
Of course it's profit seeking.
I guess skins that aren't grossly overpriced isn't a realistic expectation either,as they didn't make your list.
Because people are literally behaving like the frog in slowly boiling water. By accpeting what is now you only make it worse, every single time. It's been that way since forever. First it was horse armor, then people were upset and then told to get over the ingame shop in Dead Space 3, and now we have the travesty of a monetization model in NBA20K that is literally an ingame casino.
These are reasonable points but I think they should also be taken in the context of a commensurate increase in demand for post launch services and content. In the late 00's these were often in the form of DLC packs, and prior to that time period, were in the form of higher priced expansion packs.(which were admittedly meatier in content).
Yea,like I said I'm pretty out of touch tbh......there is no way I would ever consider paying $10 for a skin,I think it's awful value for money...it's a skin!
The thing is, nobody forced every publisher on earth to want live service games. These games aren't made because they think it's the best gaming experience, they are made to keep people longer engaged/spending money. That demand was created by these publishers, not the other way round. And it's not like expansion packs don't exist anymore. Blood and Wine or The Old Hunters are some of the best content out there, for a fixed price. But that's not profitable enough for a lot of these companies these days.
You are talking about companies that try to scam their employees out of their healthcare plan, commit severe tax evasion and announce record profits year after year. This idea that these companies would go under without microtransactions will not get less ridiculous the more often it is brought up. The gaming market is bigger than ever, sales for AAA games are higher than ever. To stay with your example, the game that cost 5 million back then and now 50 to make also sells triple or more the amount of copies these days. Not to mention things like digital distribution which nets publishers an even higher profit margin than anything in 2001 did. Talk about being disingenuous.
