Microtransactions are an “unfortunate reality” of modern gaming- NBA 2K19 prod.

[Not DuCT]

Yes they are an unfortunate reality. Doesn't mean you have to make a Jewish stereotype look tame in comparison.

[sir whoopsalot]

If your game if F2P, then yes, microtransactions are an unfortunate reality.

If your game costs full price, it's just you being a greedy fucking hack.

[FixEEt]

Me wanting these cocksuckers behind bars and their businesses crumbled to dust is an "unfortunate reality" of modern gaming as well. Lock 'em up.

[Yuzusio]

So it's the usual "bunch of cunts who pretend like they care about the consumers to make more money" crap, fuck off

[Reagy]

Man rolling in money explains that they don't have enough money and they need you to give them more so they can pay their workers even less.

[Peachy]

You want to jail people for using shitty, annoying business models?

[FixEEt]

If lootboxes in premium games are gambling and they don't put the effort to avoid it being available to children, then heck yeah, jail the higher ups for letting that happen. ESRB barely helps prevent kids playing most of the games that have these anyway.

[Soul_Reaper2]

I don't understand, basically "we force them into games wether they make sense or not or if you want them or not so they're an unfortunate reality"

[Mister Sandman]

I pride myself on having never spent even a penny on a microtransaction.

[angrytoadnoises]

I've never ever spent money on micro-transactions, either. I'll outright avoid most games that include them, unless it's a multiplayer-centric title because then I'd never be able to play mutliplayer again.

But that just makes it sting all the more when the mainstream gaming audience does. The vast majority of the gaming market doesn't really see a problem with them. Worse, there's a good portion of people who would agree they are just an "unfortunate reality."

Even if there was a massive shift within the industry and some active boycott of MTX throughout the audience, nothing would change. Money would still be made off the 'whales' as per the business model, and the game will be bought and played in general anyway because for some reason people who play games seem to have no self control.

Honestly we can keep getting mad at these guys for saying this shit, but the mainstream consumer audience as a whole has continued to let shit like this slide time and time again. We'll always be mad, they'll always be smug, money's always gonna be made.

Shit sux

[Køleskab]

Alright. That does it. I'm contacting the Danish gaming commission.