Monday, February 3, 2014

News::Were Losing the War on Microtransactions

Hardcore Gamer: We all know that microtransactions are becoming more and more integral to their respective games, convoluting competition and damaging publishing rights, but weve still been able to (begrudgingly and reluctantly) coexist with them. Final Fantasy: All the Bravest was a downright travesty, one of the most manipulative and dishonest releases to come from any franchise. When you have to either wait three minutes to revive a party member or pay real money to speed it up, thats putting up a paywall that literally prevents you from continuing. Youre forced to justwait. All the Bravest was widely panned for this issue alone, earning a number of dubious honors, including places on many gamers and publications worst of 2013 lists. But as much of a wreck All the Bravest is, its not the worst use of microtransactions. Thats very hard to believe, but something has gone lower. A game has made microtransactions even worse than All the Bravest did.



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