Why AAA Games Can’t Quit Microtransactions

[@GoingIndie]

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[@BogdanZelinschi]

Hey can you give me some CP for my yt channel? I need cp.

[@hyperfusiongear9050]

There's only certain game's i bought that had that stupid microtransaction and yes even dlc. And I was a idiot for even bothering with it for example. 1. Cod 2019 2. Final fantasy 14 3. Halo 3&4 and yes i know it only had dlc but I hated those practices so I stay far from these. 4. Gears of War 1-3 same with Halo 3&4 dlc maps i never even bothered with the new Gears of war games 4&5. 5. Cod game's from the past in 360&ps3 that had dlc I hated these practices so much that slowly I started to walk away from it and I'm glad i did. And that's pretty much it the only mmo game I bought was only final fantasy 14 and I must say it was fun and addictive. But unfortunately I was getting sick and tired of paying for subscription so I made a hard call and I stop playing the game from that day forth including Cod 2019 I told myself never again. I will tell you these game's are fun but very addictive and companies love taking advantage. And let's not forget about battlefield game's like 3&4 after battlefield 4 I was done with it didn't bother with battlefield 1&5 or even the last one that came out. Yep that's pretty much it. I wish I stop sooner and stayed clear from these game's. Now I buy certain game's that I would play and enjoy. We'll I least I didn't buy those sports game's lol I heard many stories about them.

[@AlexiosTheSixth]

One of the worst parts about the lack of pushback for anti-consumer buisness practices in the games industry: Nowdays many gaming fanbases often call people who DO push back "entitled complainers who are being mean to the devs" "just enjoy things"

[@justarandomtomato_]

CoD Warzone mobile

[@hyperfusiongear9050]

There's only certain game's i bought that had that stupid microtransaction and yes even dlc. And I was a idiot for even bothering with it for example. 1. Cod 2019 2. Final fantasy 14 3. Halo 3&4 and yes i know it only had dlc but I hated those practices so I stay far from these. 4. Gears of War 1-3 same with Halo 3&4 dlc maps i never even bothered with the new Gears of war games 4&5. 5. Cod game's from the past in 360&ps3 that had dlc I hated these practices so much that slowly I started to walk away from it and I'm glad i did. And that's pretty much it the only mmo game I bought was only final fantasy 14 and I must say it was fun and addictive. But unfortunately I was getting sick and tired of paying for subscription so I made a hard call and I stop playing the game from that day forth including Cod 2019 I told myself never again. I will tell you these game's are fun but very addictive and companies love taking advantage. And let's not forget about battlefield game's like 3&4 after battlefield 4 I was done with it didn't bother with battlefield 1&5 or even the last one that came out. Yep that's pretty much it. I wish I stop sooner and stayed clear from these game's. Now I buy certain game's that I would play and enjoy. We'll I least I didn't buy those sports game's lol I heard many stories about them. And yes i had a feeling people would call me a complainer for that but think people these developers and companies are milking the heck is wish i got out sooner but man was it addictive but man I hated the practices.

[@anitouchp.2803]

@@hyperfusiongear9050 Halo 3 you mean map packs?

[@hyperfusiongear9050]

@@anitouchp.2803 ya map pack or dlc

[@Buttersaemmel]

not only this but a ton more of people also then start to argue how this 20$ skin isn't as bad because other games sell skins too for 20$. it's astonishing how fanbases often not only attack the company for theire shady practices but in parts protect them...

[@elpolodiablo5486]

$1 to reload your gun is fucking crazy.

[@PassivPsychosen]

Thats the reason i buy no ea games anymore xD good that piracy is a thing

[@jiggerypokery2962]

Imagine a souls game with a $1 to revive. They'd be the next trillion dollar company.

[@nikobellic8002]

That can't be real right.

[@AdmiralBison]

what's crazier is the crazy exploited whales will be hooked on that kind of crap.

[@AdmiralBison]

@@PassivPsychosen Support the *grey* and *black* market. Why should people care about corporate copyrights and patents anymore?

[@TOO-D-3000]

It's sad because at the end of the day these companies highest priorities are to make money and not a fun game

[@MasterMemo]

That's capitalism, baby!

[@Shadowyartsdirty3]

What's sad is they could have spent some of that money making Africa better

[@Dr._Nicolas]

​@@MasterMemo its called greed, capitalism is the reason we have videogames in the first place

[@TheChristianChicken]

What i feel like they don't understand is making a good game means more money.

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

Then stop spending money

[@toragodzen]

I remember the story of how Bayer AG released heroin as a painkiller without adequate long-term testing in the end of 19 century. It was a huge success-until the dark side of the product emerged. I believe we're in a similar situation today, and it’s not just games but social networks and everything built around "getting a dopamine hit".😢 It's less destructive than opioids for physical health but not less destructive for mental health

[@Jwduth]

Hey thanks for the support and featuring my game! Can't wait to see where it goes in the future.

[@butterestpecan]

15:05 game corporations dont HAVE to depend on microtransactions if their CEOs and executives dont take such ridiculous paychecks

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

That and spend so much money on fking marketing.

[@Buttersaemmel]

OR just lay off some staff and raise theire own paychecks.

[@markfreeman4727]

Line must go up forever, so demands the shareholders

[@TonyTheTGR]

But they'll never not do that.

[@Code7Unltd]

Imagine paying millions of dollars to someone in your company whose whole job is... Just firing off emails from Outlook, which is running on it's computers all day.

[@vegadavies5658]

Any indie dev reading this Do not sell out to AAA publishers

[@aravindmuthu5748]

wrong bro, they need the money. After 5-6 years developing an awesome game, it is natural that they want to cash out and get that reward.

[@filioperibeiro6285]

Not gonna happen.

[@Dat_Jonx]

@@aravindmuthu5748 you saying like they are obligated to development.

[@chengong388]

Why not? Are you going to pay for their losses instead? You can’t simply ask other people to lose money I’m afraid.

[@filioperibeiro6285]

@@chengong388 Might be good for the dev. But not good for the people who bought the game and supported him. It's not a win win situation at all. Just look at what happened with Risk of Rain 2, that's the best example.

[@Laztier]

Shotgun Farmers was the first indie game I saw with a battle pass and its so funny to me because its entirely free and it even gives u currency which could be bought with real money.

[@videogamingfreak13]

I'd argue that corrupting industries and psychologically manipulating people into bankruptcy in order to gain just a bit more money is kinda evil ngl.

[@NCC-0000]

It is, no matter how video poster sees it

[@VinnyStalck]

The problem starts when the priority of a company changes from "pleasing the players" to "pleasing the shareholders"

[@MonuKumar44444]

That's what priority of any company is

[@sneezyfido]

It works like this in any field. What happens is that shareholder interests are short term and parasitic, while building a sustainable company and good product require exactly the kind of long term strategy and investment that the quick buck crowd dislike. Going on the stock market is a death sentence for the sustainability, product quality and good ethics of a company.

[@ejfiewfeuihefwiuwe]

...? That is every public traded company Valve for instance which everyone loves and I do as well is a private company they do not have to appeal to shareholders and have more freedom in how they can make a profit

[@konoko-o3o]

@@MonuKumar44444 Some companies don't have shareholders.

[@HenkkaArtGames]

One additional aspect of modern gaming sucks: developers and publishers have corporatized cheat codes. They are no longer random button combinations you have to learn from your friends or online, there is no more IDDQD or IDKFA that you just type into the game while you are playing the game. Now it's all about completing certain tasks or finding a number of collectibles and you are awarded with the OPTION to turn cheats on. I was so bummed out about Doom: Eternal that it had gone the same route where you have to activate cheats from a menu and that you have to basically earn them first. And even though the game is excellent, these decisions feel like the developers don't want you to have fun your way. They want to curate that fun and safeguard the sanctity of those precious platform achievements!

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

9:49 that is not the main issue, the issue is that most games are developed to please stake holders, so, as long as there is an more profitable business model, they will adopt it.

[@saschaberger3212]

Customizing the energy color of your magic attacks. WHY ON EARTH IS THAT NOT A COMMON THING. This should be mandatory. Amazing

[@MasterMemo]

Extra work, for single player. Multiplayer games for clarity.

[@saschaberger3212]

@MasterMemo clarity. Yeah you obviously never played Warframe

[@AlaiasAlias]

Warframe

[@HozmatKidd]

I mean depends on the game

[@blackestyang7528]

it only takes a small % of players spending a lot on microtransactions to make publishers see money. This isn't on *us*

[@markfreeman4727]

for every player that 'votes with there wallet' there is 2 whales or 5 normies who will obediently shovel money into these games

[@yungluke]

I remember going to the school book fair and I would always buy the newest Cheat Code books, now Cheat Code guides don't even exist anymore for todays modern games

[@SweBeach2023]

What I find so sad about microtransactions is how it's targeting vulnerable people, be it because they are kids and thus immature or because they have an addictive behavior. Paying 25-100 dollar during a few years of playing F2P game is ok, but we know most gamers pay zero while a small share are whales - addicts - spending tens of thousands of dollar.

[@ContrastCopy]

Indeed. Those (mostly) innocent kids don’t know what they’re doing. In china, these type of micro transactions are heavily regulated, especially in relation to kids, and it’s honestly wonderful. Although they also legally regulate children’s playtime to only one hour on schools days and 2 hours on weekends and holidays, which feels a bit like overkill. It’s a give and take I suppose.

[@TonyTheTGR]

The first microtransaction arcade game I know of was feeding quarters into Gauntlet 1+2 for HP boost as it passively ticks down 3 HP a second while you're playing and not taking any damage.

[@MonaraLaFaye]

The gaming community has grown massively and a lot of the people who came into it late have different views on in game spending than those who once pushed back on these practices when they first showed up. People vote with how they spend money, but money also attracts more developers. I'm pretty happy as a gamer, I get more choice in my games than ever. I simply don't buy games that monetize like this, but I profit from there being so many developers making good games. It sucks that the industry is predatory, but I just don't engage with that part of it. I play more and varied games, made with powerful engines and that look great for the same money I always have.

[@CatDribble]

The thing is EA are seen as the villan, so if we already see then as the villan, they probably think ahh may as well double down and make more money off this

[@ContrastCopy]

It’s better than seeing them as the hero and them being able to quadruple down.

[@AthanasiosJapan]

People are easily manipulated. Gaming companies are not the only ones who know how to manipulate people.

[@blabla-fw9ix]

Facts .

[@ebx]

oh man... I love MapleStory because i have Stockholm syndrome, and it saddens me to know that game is one of the reasons why micro-transactions are a norm nowdays

[@You_are_wrong99]

honestly, I have just stop playing games in general, specifically games with a lot microtransaction. I literally played a 3 dollar game and enjoyed that game way more.

[@NealBauer]

I have never forgiven EA for kicking out Trip Hawkins. Ever since then, they've been screwing up 99.9% of everything they touch.

[@TonyTheTGR]

Then just find where he is.

[@PEANUTGALLERY81]

Thanks for a well reasoned and balanced take on the situation. My only complaint would be saying these microtransactipn/battle pass system was a norm from the software industry. I’d say both software and games (also technically software - I know) both got infected by the same market virus. I remembered paying for full featured OS and Office suites back in the pre-internet days and I loved that model. Nowadays, every bloody piece of software is either an adware with some extra utilities or a monthly subscription. It’s infuriating.

[@Wozza365]

I've never put value on these skins tbh, I no longer care because I'm straight up not putting a penny into them. At least with CS they can be resold. I actually got dropped one like 10 years ago and it ballooned to £1k in value, so I sold it and bought 2 Steam Decks. I'll happily run around in default skins, though I do appreciate for the kids it's probably a lot of peer pressure forcing you to buy some skins for these games to "look cool"

[@Mohamed58290]

I love the mindset you have keep going you deserve support from us

[@StrategyWithRob]

Awesome vid guys

[@Vertech_]

Great vid. fallen worlds looking good, cant wait for it

[@PogoBrick]

Great content! New companies (especially indies) need to be ok with what they can make from game sales. If you don't go down this path you won't become dependent on it. My games should never need the crazy revenue that can come from this kind of IAP. I have a targeted line of what the company needs to make (not a drooling grin about what it could possibly make).

[@Hiihowisitgoing]

yea.... that is the reason i only like indie now XD

[@matthewhardwick8208]

I think a massive part of the future is companies expanding to multi platform releases. And recently we're seeing PlayStation and Xbox make significant progress in regards to Cloud streaming. These innovations will help get video games out there to more people. Eventually 75% of the entire global population will play video games. We're pretty much at 50% right now.

[@montybowman6245]

great video! hope we wont have to wait so long for the next video

[@sjeeke]

Similar anti-consumer things are happening in other industries... car companies asking for a monthly fee for using the heated seats in your car, for increased hp for the engine, getting updated (yet still outdated) satnav maps, etc... or tech companies brick your inkjet printer when you dont use their expensive overpriced cartridges. Amazon Prime is basically turned into traditional cable (with the ads they are now going to force you to watch) and still having to pay extra to view certain content on a per view basis (some which was viewable before with just a Prime accou t). Spotify and Apple are trying to take over podcasting and push an ad model onto it (which will eventually lead to podcasters getting demonitised or blocked like on youtube).

[@FireF1y644]

Palpatine music on JR speeches is so fucking funny

[@elpargo]

As someone involved on the non gaming business side of the internet I can tell you it is indeed nuts to know of a better financial model and choose not to use it out of non fundamentals. As a passionate gamer since I was a little kid I can tell you it is nuts that one of my favorite games and the one I play several hours per week right now I paid like 25 usd two years ago and they just announced an upgrade I thought it was not technically possible with their engine which I’ll get for free in a year or so. Regardless what you me and everyone else commenting here opinions are. People are buying micro transactions, just like they buy coffee, fast food, sugar, cigars and online poker. Regardless of 1000s of hours of research and content on them. Gaming business it’s the hardest of all software companies. Talent is expensive, development cycles are huge and customers are way too passionate about the product (in both sides of love and hate) The real question is how can I give more than 25 usd to that company without everyone on the internet blaming them for taking it.

[@LemonCupcakeVRInfinity]

the Palpatine music in the intro lol

[@theShadeslayer]

I honestly don't mind microtransactions as long as they are cosmetic only and not pushed in your face. 'The Finals' has done this really well.

[@shoeshank112]

Not Thor's dad catching a stray

[@AdmiralBison]

*Grey* and *Black* markets WILL spring up and grow in response to corporate monopolize squeezing the market.

[@Kevfactor]

I’m for content behind the paywal, not making it another live service game. They used to release expansions for games but now it’s all cosmetic or pay to skip junk

[@damndanieI]

All we can do is to buy video games that are fun instead of trying to sell microtransactions to us. But I don't belive gaming will ever the same since it became casual amd there are so many people paying for ingame purchases

[@TheInquisitor2012]

If I find who *EVER* bought that stupid oblivion horse dlc . . . _You gonna miss those kneecaps you have_

[@pranaav2027]

I am certain that unfortunately at least about 100 people most probably bought that DLC. Not a lot, but it proved that there were people willing to buy.

[@TheInquisitor2012]

@@pranaav2027 Its just rly stupid like *WHO* are you trying to impress here ? The stupid NPC's ?? I swear people with no financial sense make life harder for everyone else man

[@lpfan4491]

DLC is still in a diffrent level from microtransactions entirely. There are siturations when DLC can have a genuinely positive impact on the IP it is a part of.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

They are the kind of people who deserve intraosseous infusions just for the heck of it. 🤣

[@Hiihowisitgoing]

yea.... that is the reason i only like indie now XD games like stardew or lethal are better then TRIPLE A games nowadays! Edit: okay in the video there is mentioned what i said XD people like indies bc you need to pay less and it is more fun

[@joevaghn457]

Unfortunately John was correct. Price sensitivity goes down drastically. You’re likely to brush it off as a minor loss of insignificance. It’s a nasty manipulation tactic

[@MasterMemo]

Can't be understated how much more you can make from a person by asking for 1 dollar a day for 10 years than 100 dollars a year in that same period. Not only is it easier to part wirh a couple dollars at a time, but also some people just might not have the bigger sums to part with. Still, i think games missed out on being consumer friendly AND making more money by having solid unlockable content to go with the purchased stuff. At any rate, I dont mind the extra purchases if a) it's all cosmetic, b) there is free, earnable stuff, and c) the games are actually fun

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

Try Combat Master then. It's like COD, but better.

[@ContrastCopy]

I have only purchased two micro transactions in my life. Once was a seven dollar purchase in clash of clans when I was 7. And another was a 5 dollar purchase in Pokerstars vr (the irony is thick, I know). I have few true regrets in life, but those are two of them.

[@Lucaspeeetarbitrage]

The problem is with the people paying not the companies If they get no buyers, they'll stop

[@Mireneye]

Was not expecting a random Rurikhan to pop up

[@calebb7012]

As an example, farcry 4 has 0 mtx. Farcry 5? Cash shop for skins in a primarily single player fps. Farcry 6? They lock abilities behind this customization and artificially inflate the grind to make paying for garbage more appealing.

[@FalconB76]

The solution has been simple which is to vote with your wallet. But there are casuals who keep buying and companies who come up with new ways to manipulate and monetise with new ways. This will be very hard to get rid of it.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

Yep! It's not just "casuals" buying this stuff though... toxic, "no-life" veteran "hardcore" gamers buy it too. People love to blame capitalism for all our problems, but really it's just people making stupid decisions supporting greedy companies... and allowing bullshit leftist/democrat policies to exist that enable companies to easily gain a monopoly through anti-competitive practices and government sanctioned monopolies via patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Bill Clinton brought us the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which to this day enables companies to strike down content for copyright reasons... but is also very abusable to the point where greedy companies use the DMCA to make a quick buck filing false DMCA claims on KZbin channels (because there is no penalty for making false claims, and no legitimate verification process). It has also been used censor criticism (like when Battlestate Games attempted to censor Eroktic's KZbin channel), violating freedom of speech. Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks shouldn't exist, or at the very least should last no longer than a few years with a restriction that only small companies and individuals be allowed to apply for them.

[@chengong388]

I honestly don’t get the appeal of loot boxes and battle passes. I’ve spent money on cosmetics, I get that 100%, coo looking skin, I want to buy it, even if it’s expensive. But if they then hide it behind loot boxes, suddenly I don’t want to buy it anymore because there’s no guarantee how much I have to pay, there’s no clear price tag so I’m not buying. Battle passes are even worse and I don’t get them at all. It’s just like not only do you have to pay money, but you also have to grind out game progress? WHY? Either make it in-game only, or just make it a simple purchasable item! If I’m gonna pay money that usually means I don’t have the time to grind, pick one!

[@markfreeman4727]

they want to squeeze more for charging you to skip battlepass levels, its double dipping and why i don't play alot of modern games

[@AdmiralBison]

...and many will never quit piracy.

[@SimuLord]

I'm not against spending more money on a game that I already own. I just remember when it involved going to the game store, which still sold PC games at the time (yes, I'm old), and buying an "expansion pack" on a disc. I play American Truck Simulator. For $7, I got the basegame (California, Nevada, and Arizona) and the New Mexico DLC bundled together in 2018. I have since spent $150 or so on map DLC for the 12 states they've added since then. SCS Software has a LOT of players like that; if the "% of players with the achievement" stats are anything to go by, something like one in 300 to one in 500 of their players are still buying new map DLC (based on the achievements for visiting every city in the DLC state.) Their highly engaged playerbase makes them profitable, and they do sell cosmetic DLC like paint jobs and tuning packs as well. At no point does it ever feel "greedy". It's just old-school "give the people who love your game most a good value for their money and they'll keep coming back."

[@davidpowell3043]

@GoingIndie Surprised to see Hunt Showdown on your video. Do you play or use to play? Thanks for the content and commitment to quality gaming. Because of the music in your video I have a strong desire to play Hades and Balatro.

[@philosoaper]

3-4 years ago I just started flat out refusing to pay for any game that has these "micro" transactions in them. It's really just bullshit to call them micro when a skin is like half the price of the game itself and not just like 20 cents.. but whatever. I did originally want to play Dragons Dogma 2 for example... but haven't for this reason. Most "franchises" are just recycled shovelware anyway. I was initially expecting to feel like I missed out on a lot, but that never happened and by backlog just keeps growing. I also do not touch anything on my phone that has "in-app purchases" if there's any kind of credit system like number of edits in a editing spp, weekly/monthly subscriptions, gems, gold or anything like that. It's full permanent unlock for a single payment or nothing. If it gets much worse, I could always return to the days of my youth.

[@hrthrhs]

Question: When these stats show microtransactions earn many times more than game sales, is this taking into account free-to-play games? If it doesn't then microtransactions aren't as lucrative as it would seem.

[@qrcus]

the hades soundtrack in background of video is something i like

[@HeribertoEstolano]

It's quite simple: the people who buy content from microtransactions don't read/watch reviews, don't informe themselves about games, don't engage in online discussions. They're simply not here interacting with us. They're the Call of Duty, Fortnite, League of Legends or FIFA players. They don't care about the "games industry", the only content they consume is about that only single game they play. That's why so many people "hate" microtransactions and still so many people buy them. Becasue we are not the same persons.

[@mikfhan]

Battlepasses, tasks you must complete with a deadline and you have to PAY to do them, instead of getting paid for your time. Gamers truly deserve the misery we have allowed into our lives. I would rather pay twice up front for a complete game that replaces macrotransactions with actual decent gameplay and story content, but releases are so broken/overhyped these days it's better to wait for bargain bin 3 years later. Godspeed AA indie studios, we need you.

[@craigfletcher-zn8kl]

The outright evil in that opening statement.

[@ejfiewfeuihefwiuwe]

My view on this matter is that: Your game sales WILL dry up and WILL eventually stop turning in a profit especially the bigger your company is most of the time with video games the first sales come in the first month and then the sales slow down significantly companies need ways to turn a profit and with how expensive and time consuming video games are to make nowadays making just another video game is much more expensive and time consuming then say selling an optional battle pass or selling a DLC fighter in a fighting game there are micro transactions I do not agree with (A lot of the Sim series DLC does not feel optional and feels required to have a complete game) but most of the time especially when it is purely cosmetic like Valorant or Fortnite then I have no issues with it are Valorant skins way too expensive? well yes but people still buy them anyways so why should they lower the price?

[@Dr._Nicolas]

Treat your money like you have a limited ammount, disposable income should go to your savingd not to AAA pockets, just buy games without microtransactions

[@Sixeye_]

You have teens now that grew up on microtransactions. When a millennial complains about microtransactions, these teens will say "It's apart of the game". When a person says "You can earn credits by just playing the game, you know that person is who these big companies love. Earning credits playing a game is a free2play mechanic, but when they put something like that in a paid game, they implement manipulative tactics, like making the person grind like hell or pay money, even though they just bought the game. Or there's the day one DLC, which is straight up cut out content from the full game and sold back to the player. The player buys content they should of got by buying the game. It's disgusting that there's no laws against this stuff. If a person received a pizza after paying for it and it had no topping, then the shop says you can have topping for extra $. That shop would be fined for misleading the customer. I completely stopped playing EA and Ubisoft games because of their greed. I did play Anno 1800, only because it didn't have greedy microtransactions. I will buy India games these days because I know there's no munipulation tactics. I loved Far Cry, Assasins creed, total war, mostly all the big AAA games, but I just don't buy them anymore. I don't even get excited for a new AAA game anymore because I know there will be munipulation tactics in them. It's sad when a Indie game comes out that people love, then it's picked up by a big company and the sequel is filled with microtransaction, that sucks. Luckily us old school gamers have Indie games to keep us interested in gaming. The creativity is coming from Indie developers. Ubisoft is the first to fall because of their greed, but many more will follow. Indie games will save gaming.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

Piracy will save gaming too. Companies have been removing some older games from sale, or even killing off community-ran "revive" projects. As an example, you can't buy Battlefield 2 anymore (unless you get a used copy or buy a "like new"/"sealed in box" copy from a collector/scalper)... but EA shut down the Battlefield Revive Project. I avoid "Live Service" games... so game companies better start catering to people like me with quality games, or I'll just flat out refuse to buy anything. lol

[@ToonKurt]

13:42 Why did he chose the only skin from the battle pass that reaperd in the shop ?

[@SatchelChannel]

Piracy and indies are the only option

[@Blvckguy]

Nah this needs to get to trending

[@maxasaurus3008]

Yep this is part of the reason I haven’t bought any consoles since ps1

[@nullpoint3346]

They're moving to NFTs now.

[@OnyeNacho]

These greedy corporate scumbags may not be evil but they are still at best bad without a doubt. They have absolutely no business in the gaming industry and should GTFO.

[@OnyeNacho]

$2.49, not $2.50! Cents don't round. Say it exactly for what it is!

[@krisclem8290]

I think the online nature and the constant maintenance of servers and game patches makes it almost impossible for the game studios to part from this practice. Idk would it be better if the game charged a small fee every patch to keep the game alive? Would gamers be ok with that compromise.

[@hon3r352]

Wake Up, Babe. Going Indie Uploaded a new video

[@jemarshaw4986]

WA selling $350 cosmetics in apex legends

[@Ivan-Gomez]

the only way for Microtransactions to died is for something else to replace it

[@itsfy_]

going indie

[@nativegamer947]

great vid

[@whimzy5859]

Bethesda is actually on record saying that the horse armour was testing if they could push content to all platforms because it was before the age of proper dlc. The fact you don’t know this kinda negates a portion of the video

[@LoganFPS]

Im realizing now that because of me having valve games like portal 2, csgo, and team fortress 2 as my first actual pc games i got into normalized the whole paid cosemtic thing as it was just normal to me to see a cute little 5 dollar beanie for p-body to eventually snowball into a $600+ library of fortnite skins accumulated over years of engagement as its something most my friends play, ive stopped recently because i only realized how bad it was because i got into zenless zone zero a gatcha machine disguised as a great beat em him rpg and ive kinda turned back to replaying what i would consider "childhood classics" like infamous and the warriors game but it makes me realized a lot of gamers from my age range onward have had it normalized so much

[@Hefaistos95]

bf 2042 is one of the best shooting games ever made

[@Marco-bq3wc]

What I really hate though is that games with agressive microtransactions just work even of there's huuge backlash. Take Diablo Immortal as an example. Upon announcement and release there lots of people and KZbinrs criticized it, but in the end it was one of if not the most successful game (just looking at the ROI) for Blizzard. And even when the monetarization became even more aggressive and they included features that some said ar pay to win, the player spending didn't go down!

[@MysteriouslyMilitant]

This is why I have reverted back to emulation and homebrewed consoles, as well with playing games on cartridges and disks again. This is also why I do not also play Call of Duty 2020 - 2024 at all anymore.

[@Ultimate_Hater75]

Skip to 8:00 if you don't want to hear the horse armor for the millionth time.

[@yt_n-c0de-r]

Internet and DLCs (patching games on the whim) killed good games. They can make BS and claim: we'll fix it later, never lootboxes - but do both anyway. We could go back, if we weren't spoiled brats, obsessed about having the best thing now and not having the patience to wait for good physical products anymore. Comfort, on-demand and stream/DLC will always lead to downfall. But worst of all (in all businesses) is this infinite growth notion & letting investors in (I know, devs need money). But play with the devil, and you'll burn.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

It's big corporation behavior, not companies care to interested game quality franchise product anymore and more always online games, pay once game cause companies unhappy money earn too low.

[@jemarshaw4986]

Battle passes are just the worst like why can’t I just play the game and play the game how I want to play the game I have to do these dumb challenges. It’s just so stupid.

[@bread9132]

good video :)

[@shoeshank112]

You renamed it from the original post so it was hard to find. I'm here cuz i saw Flats reacting to it but his video has the old title

[@MarcoMasseria]

Microtransactions are a long time friend who gives you a ride in a moment of need ... Only to present you with an Uber bill. "Hey man, it's only fair, I gotta charge ya" No, you don't. That's not a friend. Why is that relevant? Because these games want an emotional attachment. They want it both ways. PUSH BACK.

[@89volvowithlazers]

Yup explains why I dont play certain titles ever. Own hundreds of titles not one includes micro. Nope

[@shaggy7599]

I really do not care if the multi billion dollar company goes out of business because they can't exploit vulnerable gamers. Womp womp.

[@blightedrfs]

House of hades song in the background

[@dustinweist3160]

It's ultimately our own fault for being so collectively stupid enough to enable these companies to keep doing this because we keep buying the shit.

[@DarenKajiWolf]

I propose get DEEPER into what all this means... Did anyone realized about how normal is "gambling" randomness and bet in games that are directed to families and child, the overused "Dice" in many games and the people that is accustomed to go a lot to places that have a pay to use services like cinemas, certain arcade games, etc... MANY people is accustomed to pay already for not so useful or worth things, now with videogames, and the many psychological strategies and artist united (Plus human stupidity) came up to what is the gaming industry, specially "biggest" games and gacha games (some are also big, like the HOYO gambling experiences behind a cool setting that looks not so boring or "grind appeal" hahaha) Edit: ah yes, just like gamers did in the past... Yeah, still being a success... So... F...

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

No. They are not good people. Exploiting players with greedy tactics is evil.

[@dromm3]

So what can we do about this? Not buy these micro transaction filled games and only buy good quality games? Does anyone have a list of good games because I constantly see “gaming is still great you’ve just gotta play the right games” but I need a list. (I also don’t want any 2d platform games lol)

[@nadaburner]

It's really not that hard to do research on games that interest you. It's also not hard to look in to older games. I dont know what platform you are on so i'm going to recommend some games that are on or coming to the major platforms. For mechanically challenging games I recomend anything from Fromsoftware, armored core 6, dark souls, sekiro, elden ring were fun for me. Capcom has Devil May Cry and Monster Hunter. Lies of P was fun for me too. Hollow Knight. Atlus has persona 5 royale and persona 3 reload for social sim + turn based combat. For scary games capcom recently remade RE 4, EA did DeadSpace. For a grindy game there's Palworld, terraria and Warframe For more casual games there is Hi'Fi Rush (unsure if on ps), Lego Starwars, castle crashers, minecraft, Yakuza 0 is just a dumb fun game for me. Vanquish, Baldur's Gate 3, Stardew Valley, Witcher 3, Nier Automata, Red Dead Redemption 2, Bioshock, Azura's Wrath, Command and Conquer 3: Kanes Wrath, Arkham Batman series, Cyberpunk 2077, Metal Gear (Revengeance too) I can go on and on but you need to specify what system(s) you use and prefered type of games. Or do the research yourself cause I dont know if you like the same games as me.

[@GDCubic]

Release on my birthday? lets go.

[@LuisSierra42]

We have the same birthday!!

[@greg2303-ai]

It's not EA's fault if their games are full of microtransactions, after all if people are spending billions of dollars on them, why should EA stop? I have never spent a single cent on microtransactions, I just avoid games that require paying to have fun.

[@chargeminecraft]

Problem is that casual players are oblivious to the fact that they are spending more than they need to plus they may accidentally or purposely spend money without having knowledge of how it works and stuff.

[@MasterMemo]

Because dlc and micro transactions got blurred together. Even the horse armor was just a dlc. Which is different to buying energy, currency, or premium currency, and different than a battle pass. It's fascinating because fighting games have been doing something similar for a long time and it hasn't been too much of an issue and I wonder why.

[@oo--7714]

@@MasterMemoidk

[@ButtorsGaming]

I mean we have indies. However those who are not plugged in only ever see AAA games.

[@dromm3]

I keep seeing this. Do you have anywhere you can point me to that has a list of good indie games? I don’t want any 2d games and that’s all I ever find lol

[@ejfiewfeuihefwiuwe]

Indies do have paid DLC as well stuff like Binding Of Isaac does they do tend to have less due to not having to appeal to shareholders but saying that all indie games do not have paid DLC or micro transactions is simply not true

[@ButtorsGaming]

@@ejfiewfeuihefwiuwe Who said they dont have DLC?

[@GDCubic]

ITS BEEN SO LONG