Thursday, October 26, 2006
This is getting ridiculous
EA are going goddamn nuts. First charging for unlockable content in games, then selling in-game money, and now selling frickin' video tutorials. As with any stupid idea given the push by a large force in the industry, these have a danger of actually catching on and forcing gamers to pay more and more for things they should already be getting with their games. There are possible models out there for gamers to buy parts of a game's experience that they want, but I don't trust the industry to deliver a good model, not after the way they are handling this microtransaction/"consumables" business.
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Are you surprised? The gaming industry is constantly finding ways to screw over gamers. You know Guild Wars used to be free?
And after reading gaming comics I'm really understanding the running joke between the Wii/Playstation 3 releases.
Cha-ching.
I'm not surprised, but that doesn't mean I should expect to pay for a part of a game that should have already been there. Admittedly it's not so bad a situation right now as it could easily get.
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