"I'm just grateful that we're allowed to not do that because that just frees us to purely design the game for the player's experience"
  • saigot@lemmy.caEnglish
    141·
    1 day ago

    Who buys them?

    • People who dont game buying a present who just go “oh deluxe version, not that much more expensive, lets treat them”
    • wealthy people that just pick the priciest option
    • people with completitionist tendencies
    • streamers and wannabe streamers for whom the extra cost is a trivial operating expense
    • children and others that dont understand the value of a dollar
    • people whose primary draw to the game is the photomode
    • “i like game, I want more game therefore I pay more” (yes this logic is terrible when applied to microtransactions)
    • SlightlyIncandescent@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      24 hours ago

      The type of monetisation that especially confuses me as a guy brought up on pre-internet era gaming is any kind of pay to win. You’re buying a game then paying extra money so you don’t have to then go through the tedious task of actually playing the game.

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        I’ve had a few games come with a handful of items for some reason, and very quickly learned to never use them.

        Pre order now and ruin the game!

      • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        23 hours ago

        The same thing has always confused me about CCGs. Why spend hundreds of dollars to be able to play them at all, when you can just get Dominion and know that the game is both fair and varied?