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Posted November 16, 2014
I'm so glad I haven't been hyped about a single AAA title since the 5th console gen. Sounds like I'm not missing much.
Posted November 16, 2014
Moar Ubi "news": http://imgur.com/gallery/pZblPQk
Posted November 16, 2014
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iippo: btw having those chests or whatever in Assassins creed unity, which you could only access via microtransaction mid game are kinda daring. unless i am totally misinformed ofcourse. Anyways, ive only played and completed the first one so not going to check it out any time soon :D
You can also buy all weapons and upgrades in that game for up to 99 dollars. So basically the stuff you would get by inputing cheat code in old games for much higher price than the game itself.
Posted November 16, 2014
I don't find micro-transactions and DLC evil, but used and abused excessively like Borderlands and such is just a travesty. "If they love it, then sell them more". Some people will pay money for any garbage tied into their favorite IP.
Posted November 16, 2014
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iippo: btw having those chests or whatever in Assassins creed unity, which you could only access via microtransaction mid game are kinda daring. unless i am totally misinformed ofcourse. Anyways, ive only played and completed the first one so not going to check it out any time soon :D
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Vitek: You can also buy all weapons and upgrades in that game for up to 99 dollars. So basically the stuff you would get by inputing cheat code in old games for much higher price than the game itself.
IDDQD = 20€
IDKFA = 15€ (Weekend sale)

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Now just make Those achievements buyable.

Hopefully no one tells ubi about Progress Quest. That would be the obvious next step in gameplay design..
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Posted November 16, 2014
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iippo: Hopefully no one tells ubi about Progress Quest. That would be the obvious next step in gameplay design..
Why not just add a optional feature of 'hire a dev/player to play the game for you!'?!?
Posted November 16, 2014
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iippo: Hopefully no one tells ubi about Progress Quest. That would be the obvious next step in gameplay design..
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rtcvb32: Why not just add a optional feature of 'hire a dev/player to play the game for you!'?!?
i am not certain which one is better, hire some dude to play the game instead of me, or just outright cheat (buy) everything -_-

if minecraft was ubi game, they would probably make every block a microtransaction. "Because we want it!"
Posted November 16, 2014
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MaGo72: I like how Tony Key phrases it: "If they love it, give them more" - the word "give" sounds so altruistic.

The fun ends with sentences like this:"People are learning behaviours that we can take advantage of.".

It is quite disillusioning. I grew up with pc games and see the change from making a good game to earn money to figuring out ways to make money and build a game around it.
Yup. Sadly that's how a lot businesses work nowadays.
They don't care about creating art of meaningful content. It's all about maximizing profits. And apparently they found out the best way to do it is by exploiting consumer behavior.
Posted November 16, 2014
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Pardinuz: And apparently they found out the best way to do it is by exploiting consumer behavior.
Currently the #1 videos watched on Youtube is Kittens... think they could exploit that by adding kittens to the game and then censoring them out unless you pay?
Posted November 16, 2014
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Pardinuz: And apparently they found out the best way to do it is by exploiting consumer behavior.
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rtcvb32: Currently the #1 videos watched on Youtube is Kittens... think they could exploit that by adding kittens to the game and then censoring them out unless you pay?
Haha! Definitely. :) I guess that video is already monetized by ads but there must be cat lovers out there who are willing to pay more to unlock extra cats.
Posted November 16, 2014
To be fair, $200 is close to what Blizzard is doing...split one game into three $60 games before we even talk expansions...
Posted November 16, 2014
99.999% crap.
Posted November 16, 2014
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Elmofongo: I thought this already said AAA gaming these days in a nutshell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMcVZQI6ybw
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AnimalMother117: You're both right.
I do notice the guy's channel he must really just hate the gaming industry right now. Completely ignoring good games released last gen.
Posted November 16, 2014
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Pardinuz: And apparently they found out the best way to do it is by exploiting consumer behavior.
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rtcvb32: Currently the #1 videos watched on Youtube is Kittens... think they could exploit that by adding kittens to the game and then censoring them out unless you pay?
Who wants to become an indie developer!

I have an idea...Kitten Simulator, just need some yarn and shoelace physics and lots of milk.
Posted November 16, 2014
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RWarehall: To be fair, $200 is close to what Blizzard is doing...split one game into three $60 games before we even talk expansions...
this was actually mentioned before and i disagree.

as far as i know, Starcraft 1 sp is about as many missions and gameplay hours as Wings of Liberty forexample.

I see nothing wrong in splitting the story into race by race trilogy as long as each offers full games worth of gameplay - and ive been told by several people this is the case.

Every race is playable in MP, no paygates there.
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