I was honestly surprised when I learned that some f2p Pokemon games (like Pokemon Picross) basically capped the microtransactions at 30-40 dollars and after that you could not buy more. As an example:

Expansion packs do that you know. And they were a much better value then what we get today.

Yeah, and it’s not like you can just buy the $100 bundle and have all the gold you’ll need, they expect that players will pay for these transactions repeatedly.

Unfortunately, and I’m sure you know this, they’re not going to stop offering the $100 option until people stop buying it. 

Guess it can’t handle my fire mixtape.

I don’t think the concern is the warning. I’d say maybe a company should avoud highly flammable materials when they make clothing.

Counterpoint: fuck bunnyhoppers and I support anything that makes their lives harder. Jumping around every corner was not the main method of combat when I heavily played shooters, and it’s ruining every attempt I’ve made to get back into them.

This is a prime example of early mussel car.

Same author, 2 years ago....

Nope, total BS. Anyone who does a remotely small amount of grinding to lvl up pokemon will quickly run out of pokeballs. Or at least run out of higher grade ones. No way in hell am I leaving each town without 50+ of the best ball I can currently buy.

While I highly appreciate your reporting and every point you make in this article is sound, that doesn’t change the fact that every Bethesda game since oblivion looks and feels like oblivion and those of us who played oblivion to the ground in 2008 are getting tired of playing oblivion for the nth time in 2018.

Good on you! I’ll be watching some streams when I have time and donating as well.

For ExtraLife? 

This r2d2 game you speak of... is it an rpg where one can fully customize the gadgets and functions of an astromech droid while taking part in a galactic romp in which, although consistently out of my depth, I continue to triumph against all odds and save characters far more important than myself, all with a whimsical…

I’m part of the internet here’s my reaction: They haven’t done Halloween skins before? They should still let people buy the skins they want instead of gambling money on a slim chance of getting the skins they want. I had really hoped the threat of government intervention would have frightened them into changing that.

It’s just the fact that they are there. Microstransactions in a single player $60 game, equals no purchase from me. Developers absolutely balance a game to make you want to purchase microtransactions, why else would the system be there, if you believe anything else you are simply kidding yourself.

Exactly. And the amount of people defending this practice here, that is in principle not different from what EA does and is frowned upon by a majority of gamers, is unreal. I guess EA and Ubisoft just have to do this long enough and at some point people are happy with Day 1 paywalled content, stat boost items, shoving…

The amount of people trying to convince NoGas that that microtransaction stuff is all fine and dandy in this AC game is baffling to me. Not even a single negative word about Day 1 DLCs anymore? Not even on principle? People have all right to not be happy about this. Or is Kotaku fine with this? How about fighting…

Some people took issue with the game’s portrayal of cops and Spider-Man’s relationship to them. Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra critiqued the game’s black and white approach to law enforcement as predominantly unimpeachable good guys and criminals as violent anarchists, but she wasn’t alone. The Ringer, Deadspin, and Dot…

Jim Sterling just released a video essay about microtransactions, and that the game doesn’t feel balanced unless you pay for XP boosts. Thoughts?