I might be in the minority, but I have zero interest in a game that has a full price tag with day one microtransactions on top. It feels like double-dipping - either include everything in the initial purchase, or go F2P and rely on microtransactions (or more specifically whales) to fund further development.
Charging $30 and still trying to nickle-and-dime your playerbase feels kind of scummy.
I’d never buy a game with microtransactions, but is there any viable financial alternative for an mmorpg?
I was really excited for Disney Dreamlight Valley and then they changed the announced payment scheme. I am happy to pay for a game. I am happy to play a F2P game with MTX. I am not happy to pay full price for a game with MTX, paid expansions, and season passes. Pick a lane.
Clearly my personal boycott isn’t really hurting their bottom line, and my conversations with people about it have really not changed hearts and minds, but it’s nice to see I’m not the only person with this approach.
People are letting themselves be bent over and saying please and thank you. Really upsetting to see.
I feel the same as you but for different reasons. Games with mtx have a different pace and game progression to account for the mtx. If I’m paying full price it’s for the kind of game that is very much not a mtx kind of game. There are certain expectations that game developers keep trying to change for the worse when it comes to what you are getting when you buy a copy of a game. The only way to fight it is to be picky about what you buy.
This is why I will NEVER play games with micro transactions, as a hard rule.
Creates a perverse incentive where the game exists only to disrepect your time and play psychological tricks on you to make you pay. I am not subjecting myself to that.
Apparently it had a Kickstarter campaign too.
