Match-making to boost micro-transactions

[Transient]

Having multiple governments looking into your business model will do that.

[Eraser]

NFS Payback rewards, practically a slot machine

[vid]https://i.imgur.com/Y0dKIFz.mp4[/vid]

edit: words

Holy shit, they're not even trying to hide it now

[phantasmagoria]

Having multiple governments looking into your business model will do that.

Not to mention Disney. I can't imagine they've stayed quiet over this either. They've perfected the art of separating gullible consumers from as much money as possible and the last thing they're going to want is EA coming along and fucking it up for them.

[Eraser]

The sad thing here is that in an attempt to save face, EA and DICE are playing dumb. They know full well they are testing the limits of what people see as acceptable in terms of revenue generation so what would set them in the most positive light is to just admit to it and say "okay, we pushed too far! We were cunts and we promise it won't happen again".

Admit to your own faults, it's step one towards earning forgiveness.

[Eraser]

This is how the financial world reports about it:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/11/17/wal ... -game.html

It feels kind of dirty

[losCHUNK]

As it turns out the public will only put up with so much dick in their arse

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[Lieutenant Dan]

The important part to take out of this is.. for now.

[Eraser]

I'm wondering, with the apparent ease micro-transactions were turned off, has EA prepared for this scenario?

[Don Carlos]

I'm wondering, with the apparent ease micro-transactions were turned off, has EA prepared for this scenario?

Yeah I was thinking the same thing

[Κracus]

Lol yeah... I still wouldn't buy the game. They just want to sucker as many people into paying full price for it before turning microtransactions back on.

[Don Carlos]

Haha...good point

[Eraser]

Back in 2012 EA allegedly fired the creator of Plants vs Zombies for refusing to implement pay2win mechanics in PvZ2

http://mp1st.com/news/plants-vs-zombies ... win-system

[Eraser]

More assholes in suits not understanding what this is about: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/11/20/gam ... rices.html

[Mat Linnett]

That's seriously fucked up. And a chilling reminder that cunts in suits earn so much more than the average human being, they don't understand the value of money.
I wonder if any of them know the price of a loaf of bread? I wouldn't be surprised if they thought it was $10.

[Transient]

EA was probably testing the waters with their microtransaction shenanigans, seeing how far they could push it. But they might have gone too far, because now they're on the radar of several US State governments.
https://kotaku.com/hawaii-wants-to-figh ... 1820664617

[Transient]

Back in 2012 EA allegedly fired the creator of Plants vs Zombies for refusing to implement pay2win mechanics in PvZ2

http://mp1st.com/news/plants-vs-zombies ... win-system

It looks like that story is a little more nuanced than first reported.

In short, those sources said, Fan’s ethos as an indie game developer conflicted with the new corporate structure of EA, which had purchased Popcap in the summer of 2011. He didn’t mesh well with the massive corporation. It was true that Fan didn’t want to make “freemium” games, the sources said, but he wasn’t working on Plants vs. Zombies 2—he was working on other projects. Fan lost interest in Plants vs. Zombies when EA began envisioning it as a massive franchise, the sources said, and he spent time on new ideas, like a game with the brilliant title Full Contact Bingo. When it became clear that Popcap’s future would revolve around making free-to-play games with microtransactions, Fan no longer fit in.

https://kotaku.com/widespread-rumor-abo ... 1820649466

[Mat Linnett]

And yet, in the midst of all this, some genius at Activision decides that now would be an appropriate time to turn on microtransactions in COD WW2.

A last, desperate grab at sweet MTX cash before states start legislating against them?

[Eraser]

It irks me that as obvious as it is, the website doesn't even draw parallels with Battlefront 2.

It's like we burn EA to the ground for this, but with COD it's the most normal thing in the world.

[Mat Linnett]

Yeah, I think the gaming press as a whole are too neutral when it comes to announcements from publishers; it's like they're afraid their source of info will be cut off if they say anything that annoys the big ones.

I think it pisses me off the most when sites simply regurgitate press releases without offering any criticism. That's just free advertising.

[Transient]

We learned last week that Belgium's gambling authority was investigating loot crates in Star Wars Battlefront II over concerns that they constitute gambling. Now, the decision is in, and the answer is a resounding yes, according to Dutch-language publication VTM Nieuws. The commission claims that purchasable add-on boxes, the contents of which are randomized, mix "money and addiction" and thus are a form of gambling.

Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens added: "Mixing gambling and gaming, especially at a young age, is dangerous for the mental health of the child." The commission will now reportedly work through the European Union's process to execute a total ban.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/22/bel ... oot-boxes/
Maybe it's not too late to cut out this cancer.

[Eraser]

lootboxes in Doom
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=58499

[MKJ]

lol

[Don Carlos]

Haha very good

[MKJ]

Bungie changes 'rigged' XP system in Destiny2. But only after they got caught.

https://kotaku.com/bungie-changes-desti ... 1820728952