Micro-transactions in AAA games here to stay?

26 November 2013
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  1. Pur!Fier
    26.11.2013 at 14:35

    Totally agree with everything. I refuse to pre-order anything these days because I have no idea how it will actually be with all the freakin PR glorification and then after launch and I maybe are interested in the game I have to pay R150 more and then I dont have a DLC that was included in the pre-order for which I have to pay an additional R100. Really pisses me off.

    One example is Company of Heroes. I would like to get it but the whole $10 DLC packs put me off so much and now most people who pre-ordered got the first DLC included and I cant partake in that DLCs activities so now I have to pay even more for a game with very mixed reviews.

    Battlefield 4 is another example. The only reason why I actually got it is, because I utilized BT Games’ membership bonus where I can pay the pre-order price several days after launch and my local BT Games still had the Steel box pre-order version available. Otherwise I would have to once again pay an extra R100 for the China Rising expansion pack that everyone already has. And then we dont even want to start talking about all the launch problems with Battlefield 4.

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