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Topic	Jim Sterling now whining about Sea of Thieves microtransactions
Frolex 02/14/18 11:54:57 PM #93:	Darmik posted... Getting additional content for free months after launch has never been the standard. Buying some $30 Pets Expansion three months after launch doesn't magically become more pro-consumer because it's not a microtransaction. Buying Sea of Thieves 2 in 2019 isn't somehow more pro-consumer too. Expecting Rare to produce constant, additional content for free years after launch is not a reasonable expectation. It has never been the standard. Even in L4D2's case those expansions were released well after launch and were spread apart. Sea of Thieves is a live game that will get new shit every month. If you don't buy the microtransactions you get it for free because other people are paying for them. Before a few years ago, releasing free content for a game was certainly more standard practice than slapping a $60 price tag on a free to play game. Paying for a robust game expansion or sequel is certainly a better value proposition for consumers than paying $60 for one game and then paying continuous fees on top of that to access whatever modicum of content they eek out over the course of a year. And can we dispense with the the nonsense about how "microtransactions are free as long as you don't buy them!" even this game's dev team have been uncharacteristically honest about having to pay money to get what you want rather than being disingenuous with the claim the technically the content is free because you can grind an exorbitant amount of hours to maybe have a chance to get an item. Having to put up with that bullshit is the price "free" players are paying --- http://i.imgur.com/HOLHd4k.gif http://i.imgur.com/six2WTN.gif <cite>Frolex posted [p:896111264] in Jim Sterli... [t:76319459]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote> Getting additional content for free months after launch has never been the standard. Buying some $30 Pets Expansion three months after launch doesn't magically become more pro-consumer because it's not a microtransaction. Buying Sea of Thieves 2 in 2019 isn't somehow more pro-consumer too. Expecting Rare to produce constant, additional content for free years after launch is not a reasonable expectation. It has never been the standard. Even in L4D2's case those expansions were released well after launch and were spread apart. Sea of Thieves is a live game that will get new shit every month. If you don't buy the microtransactions you get it for free because other people are paying for them. </quote> Before a few years ago, releasing free content for a game was certainly more standard practice than slapping a $60 price tag on a free to play game. Paying for a robust game expansion or sequel is certainly a better value proposition for consumers than paying $60 for one game and then paying continuous fees on top of that to access whatever modicum of content they eek out over the course of a year. And can we dispense with the the nonsense about how "microtransactions are free as long as you don't buy them!" even this game's dev team have been uncharacteristically honest about having to pay money to get what you want rather than being disingenuous with the claim the technically the content is free because you can grind an exorbitant amount of hours to maybe have a chance to get an item. Having to put up with that bullshit is the price "free" players are paying --- http://i.imgur.com/HOLHd4k.gif http://i.imgur.com/six2WTN.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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