Board 8 > $50 Chocobo GP offers mobile game style mictrotransactions

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Raka_Putra
03/11/22 5:30:07 PM
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https://kotaku.com/chocobo-gp-microtransactions-square-enix-switch-final-f-1848641267

After the match is where things start to skid off the tracks. You unlock new racers and levels, yes, but also a bunch of different currencies for different types of shops where you purchase new karts, outfits, and other unlocks. Theres Gil, tickets you earn from playing the game, and Mythril you can only get by spending real money.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TangoBun/status/1501898430284656643

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redrocket
03/11/22 5:31:30 PM
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Just one step closer to the Crash

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voltch
03/11/22 5:31:33 PM
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40 is now only worth $50?

Damn that hits hard.

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Raka_Putra
03/11/22 5:33:49 PM
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Kwehxit

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UshiromiyaEva
03/11/22 5:33:51 PM
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Brexit Bux

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TomNook
03/11/22 5:34:02 PM
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I thought about trying this out...but definitely won't now.

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Xiahou Shake
03/11/22 6:33:30 PM
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The premium currency also apparently expires after 5 months. This was already mega disgusting but at this point I'm wondering if Squeenix is just running tests on how much they can get away with.

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swordz9
03/11/22 6:36:31 PM
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Interest lost
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andylt
03/11/22 6:41:56 PM
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F2P mechanics in a paid game are extra scummy, but this seems like several levels worse than in something like CTR (though that game gets bonus scum points for only adding microtransactions after the positive reviews came in lol).

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UshiromiyaEva
03/11/22 6:42:43 PM
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It's kind of nuts how all of Square's good will is currently being shouldered by like 4 games over the last 5 years, and it's not like they get any real credit for Nier so it's honestly just 3.

If we actually made it an even playing field amongst their modern library they'd be an absolutely laighing stock nowadays.

Over the last decade they've put put out arguably the worst major game release of the year that year for nearly half of them.

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JackMan
03/11/22 7:38:13 PM
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If it helps, the game is kinda meh too. I played three races earlier on the free trial and... well, it's no Mario Kart.

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tcaz2
03/11/22 7:41:07 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
It's kind of nuts how all of Square's good will is currently being shouldered by like 4 games over the last 5 years, and it's not like they get any real credit for Nier so it's honestly just 3.

If we actually made it an even playing field amongst their modern library they'd be an absolutely laighing stock nowadays.

Over the last decade they've put put out arguably the worst major game release of the year that year for nearly half of them.

Yeah if you're talking about them as a developer they really don't have many from the past couple years. It's basically just FF14 and FF7R, maybe KH3 after the updates. I was gonna add DQ11 but then I realized that was like almost 5 years ago now so its not exactly recent anymore. It's on the edge.

They have a better track record as a publisher but I don't know exactly how much of that is due to them specifically.
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UshiromiyaEva
03/11/22 7:46:23 PM
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I was counting DQXI myself. Not counting KH3, I think even if you're a fan of that series still it's hard to argue that game came away as a huge plus for SE. The publisher VS dev split is an argument that has to be HD in regards to both positives and negatives. If you're counting just published that still gives you Babylon's Fall, The Quiet Man, Balan Wonderworld, and Left Alive (actually did they actually develop left alive??).

I feel like adding published actually makes SE look worse than just developed. If you remove just published however you also lose stuff like Nier.

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Team Rocket Elite
03/11/22 7:53:40 PM
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Balan Wonderworld is developed by Balan Company which is technically Square-Enix.

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tcaz2
03/11/22 7:53:54 PM
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I don't know if you should entirely look at it only as huge plus vs complete failure either though.

Cuz they also have stuff like NEO: TWEWY, Trials of Mana, Bravely Default 2, Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy, Dissidia, etc, which while they aren't all eye popping huge commercial successes, are still very good games to some extent or another.

It feels kind of disingenuous to not factor that kind of stuff in at all.

Not saying that Square doesn't have a spotty track record recently but I don't think its as bad as you are making it sound.
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TomNook
03/11/22 8:03:54 PM
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JackMan posted...
If it helps, the game is kinda meh too. I played three races earlier on the free trial and... well, it's no Mario Kart.
I guess this softens the blow.

I was still pretty interested in trying it out though, since Square's last good game was Rad Racer, which was also in the racing genre. But, I guess I will just wait for them to get their shit together and make another good game in 30 years maybe.

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