The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhat was Capcom thinking?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1imageWhat was Capcom thinking?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarePilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThe thing with microtransactions is that people actually buy it. And it makes gobs of money. We don’t deserve full games.
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWhales buy it. For every 1,000 fans upset by this decision there is 1 fan who is rich enough that spending $1,000 on the game is nothing. A lot of these aggressive monetization schemes aren’t meant to make money on the average player.
The thing with microtransactions is that people actually buy it. And it makes gobs of money. We don’t deserve full games.
Whales buy it. For every 1,000 fans upset by this decision there is 1 fan who is rich enough that spending $1,000 on the game is nothing. A lot of these aggressive monetization schemes aren’t meant to make money on the average player.