[got haggis] Star wars battlefront 2 micro transactions backfire

Just shows how dumb Gamers as consumers really are.


If you don't like it.
Don't buy it.

That's all Publishers respond too... the bottom line.

It's a shallow arcade blaster game caked in candy coated visuals and the Star Wars brand.
 
every year i read about this shit.....microtransaction outrage....but then as soon as the next title is announced, everyone still preorders it.......dont preorder, and better yet, don't buy games from these shitty fucking companies


jesus christ for anyone with an attention span greater than 10 seconds it isn't that hard.
 
I have not bought a game from EA since Titanfall... even then it wasn't for full price because EA Games fixes the price by region, so if you're in Mexico (or using a VPN to trick the EA Store), the game is a lot cheaper. 650 Peso... $35 USD.

I don't remember the last game from UbiSoft, Activision or Bethesda I consciously bought. Diablo III is the only Blizzard game I've paid (and played) for since Warcraft II.

I remember BF:BC2 being the last real game I enjoyed from EA Games... right before they yanked all their stuff off Steam to start Origin. I also remember PC games being $49.99 and how EA Games decided to fix a flat price for all their games... since console games were $59.99, now all PC Games would be too... then 69.99, then 69.99 with an seasons pass. Then 79.99 with a seasons pass. Now 89.99 with Microtransactions Loot Crates and a seasons pass.


Raising the price wouldn't be a problem, if we were getting more "game" to go along with the experience... but we're not. We're getting less and less of a game. Battlefront 2 has a campaign of 12 missions and maybe 4-6 hours of gameplay. Call of Duty: WW2 is over 100GB installed for a game that only lasts 6.5 hours. That includes all the down time watching scripted sequences and real-time events.
 
Hellsfury said:
Raising the price wouldn't be a problem, if we were getting more "game" to go along with the experience... but we're not. We're getting less and less of a game. Battlefront 2 has a campaign of 12 missions and maybe 4-6 hours of gameplay. Call of Duty: WW2 is over 100GB installed for a game that only lasts 6.5 hours. That includes all the down time watching scripted sequences and real-time events.
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that's not really fair since SP is an afterthought for those types of games now. people buy them to kill people online with fabulous graphics. ss: tribes SP content was about 5 minutes depending on how long it took you to figure out jump jetting. :p:

the AAA gaming industry is pretty trash tier these days. but there is a whole lot of indie stuff out there though, so yeah, stop buying AAA games and they'll have to learn how to actually make them again.
 
Hellsfury said:
Just shows how dumb Gamers as consumers really are.


If you don't like it.
Don't buy it.

That's all Publishers respond too... the bottom line.

It's a shallow arcade blaster game caked in candy coated visuals and the Star Wars brand.
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thats why they spend 4x on marketing vs dev. to MAKE u like it therefore buy it no matter how shit it is.
 
HaPpY said:
thats why they spend 4x on marketing vs dev. to MAKE u like it therefore buy it no matter how shit it is.
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!00% this. Sad that people don't have any self control. Imagine how much money these publishers would lose if the average player simply waited a week to judge the game on it's merits rather than hype.

also, this is going on over at reddit:
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Steam Awards Idea : StarWarsBattlefront
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This is just a way to stop people pirating the game I guess. Useless as a standalone game, you need to go online to buy shit to make it worthwhile.

although I'm sure there is a cracked version with all the DLC/loot available somewhere.
 
no just having multiplayer on company hosted servers automatically prevents piracy which most games do these days.

and nothing stops single player piracy.
 
I cant wait till they get to the stage of offering you the option to trade your new item for two other loot crates.

Then the gambling will really kick in.
 
I haven't bought an EA game since Mass Effect 2. Partially because they pulled all their games from Steam but also because fuck EA.
 
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