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Topic	Who else will riot if RDR2 does not flop.
adjl 09/25/18 11:38:01 AM #37:	Lokarin posted... I read that as R2D2 twice... and was like "there's no way they're gunna make that a movie that's hella stupid" I only stopped reading it as R2D2 after reading your post and going back to read it 3-4 more times. Lokarin posted... Also RDR2 is going to flop anyways 'cuz they're self-cucking to meet the weak power of the modern consoles when they could do anything they want on PC Given that it's 2K, I can pretty much guarantee that the only reason they're steering clear of PC's is because they know PC users can just mod the game instead of paying for microtransactions. It's nothing to do with system power and everything to do with what will allow them to best milk their audience. VixYW posted... aHappySacka posted... Well the thing about microtransactions is that you don't have to buy them, and as long as you they don't inhib gameplay like what EA pulled then I don't see the issue. Well the thing about microtransactions is that as long as they exist, there will always be the risk that games containing them will be ruined for them being mandatory to play it reasonably. So I'm in favor of smacking those with the boycott hammer until this plague is purged from the game industry for good. Pretty much. As much as publishers like to trot out the "player choice" and "it's optional" defenses whenever they're criticized for implementing such systems, they want players to choose to buy microtransactions. Nobody is going to try to sell you something they don't want you to buy. When the person selling you stuff also has complete control over the game that might motivate you to buy that stuff, you can pretty much guarantee the game's going to be designed to minimize how optional those microtransactions really are, stopping just short of turning people away entirely. They'll present microtransactions as an option for people who want to skip the grind, but they're the ones that chose to make the game grindy in the first place. You can still refuse to buy them, but there's a very good chance that you'll have a lesser game experience for that refusal, which is why I just don't want to give them the money in the first place. There are enough other games out there that haven't been deliberately hobbled for the sake of making more money. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:909417796] in Who else w... [t:77034455]...</cite> <quote><cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>I read that as R2D2 twice... and was like "there's no way they're gunna make that a movie that's hella stupid"</quote> I only stopped reading it as R2D2 after reading your post and going back to read it 3-4 more times. <cite>Lokarin posted...</cite> <quote>Also RDR2 is going to flop anyways 'cuz they're self-cucking to meet the weak power of the modern consoles when they could do anything they want on PC</quote> Given that it's 2K, I can pretty much guarantee that the only reason they're steering clear of PC's is because they know PC users can just mod the game instead of paying for microtransactions. It's nothing to do with system power and everything to do with what will allow them to best milk their audience. <cite>VixYW posted...</cite> <quote><cite>aHappySacka posted...</cite> <quote>Well the thing about microtransactions is that you don't have to buy them, and as long as you they don't inhib gameplay like what EA pulled then I don't see the issue.</quote> Well the thing about microtransactions is that as long as they exist, there will always be the risk that games containing them will be ruined for them being mandatory to play it reasonably. So I'm in favor of smacking those with the boycott hammer until this plague is purged from the game industry for good.</quote> Pretty much. As much as publishers like to trot out the "player choice" and "it's optional" defenses whenever they're criticized for implementing such systems, they want players to choose to buy microtransactions. Nobody is going to try to sell you something they don't want you to buy. When the person selling you stuff also has complete control over the game that might motivate you to buy that stuff, you can pretty much guarantee the game's going to be designed to minimize how optional those microtransactions really are, stopping just short of turning people away entirely. They'll present microtransactions as an option for people who want to skip the grind, but they're the ones that chose to make the game grindy in the first place. You can still refuse to buy them, but there's a very good chance that you'll have a lesser game experience for that refusal, which is why I just don't want to give them the money in the first place. There are enough other games out there that haven't been deliberately hobbled for the sake of making more money. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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