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It's more accurate to say arcade MTX have moved into the home. I don't follow your thinking. "Making the game more difficult" and "microtransactions" are both
by JohnBooty 5y ago
It's more accurate to say arcade MTX have moved into the home.
I don't follow your thinking. "Making the game more difficult" and "microtransactions" are both ways to squeeze more money from players but man, they are very different.
- willis936 5y agoPutting money in every time you want to play is the ultimate micro-transaction. Gaming has been trying to push its way back to that golden era of profit since the home console genie was let out of the bottle.
- JohnBooty 5y agoFor me, the difference is crystal-clear and razor sharp. "Putting money in every time you play" leaves the play experience itself pristine. The cost of each game is consistent. "Microtransactions" pollute the gameplay experience itself. I don't know how much each game will cost. I might get hooked on the early stages of the game only to discover that accessing the rest of the game will require either impractical amounts of time, or some unpredictable and arbitrary amount of money. It also completely shatters the 4th wall for me, ruins the immersion.