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Post by Ex on Sept 14, 2021 21:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by Sarge on Sept 14, 2021 22:19:32 GMT -5
As the article notes, it isn't the first time, but it definitely feels like the most consequential form. Pretty lame, honestly.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 14, 2021 22:30:30 GMT -5
$129.76 Add all DLC to Cart
This stuff is probably in 25% of your PS4 collection already... Especially if it's Ubisoft, EA, Activsion, etc.
It's usually easy to ignore this crap and carry on. But yeah that doesn't make it right, especially when it's like some in game prompts or menus that want to take you directly to the digital store. Talk about killing the immersion.
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Post by Ex on Sept 15, 2021 0:26:45 GMT -5
When it's the point where the difference between 5 hours of grinding and immediate success is simply a matter of $$$, that's monetization I can abide. This sort of P2W thing is rampant in the mobile space, has been for years. Guess it was only a matter of time for consoles.
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Post by paulofthewest on Sept 17, 2021 20:15:54 GMT -5
The micro-transactions + P2W do turn me off, but not $70. I mean, yes, more $$$ is =(, but I remember SMB3 was $50. Using an inflation calculator that is $127 today.
Just sell the game as it is intended to be played.
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Post by Ex on Sept 17, 2021 21:47:35 GMT -5
SMB3 was actually worth $127 though. It'd be different if for $70 you get an entire game, that doesn't need day one patches, doesn't have a third of its original content sliced off to be sold for DLC, doesn't have in-game advertisements, and doesn't incorporate P2W to bypass copious grinding.
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Post by toei on Sept 17, 2021 21:59:21 GMT -5
When it's the point where the difference between 5 hours of grinding and immediate success is simply a matter of $$$, that's monetization I can abide. This sort of P2W thing is rampant in the mobile space, has been for years. Guess it was only a matter of time for consoles. I don't think you need to grind in Tales of Arise without the DLC, though. If anything, the DLC will probably just make you very overpowered, from what I've read.
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Post by Ex on Sept 17, 2021 22:00:14 GMT -5
toei I wasn't speaking directory towards Arise, just $70 modern AAA games in general. Edit: And I do plan to buy the game because of course I will. Just not until it's discounted.
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Post by Xeogred on Sept 30, 2021 20:55:53 GMT -5
Somewhere out there in the world, some person(s) were paid to design this logo and some multi millionaire executives said yeah, that looks great good job:
Okay.
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Post by Ex on Sept 30, 2021 21:34:20 GMT -5
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