Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Nel_Annette]

Also, this fun shit. http://www.shacknews.com/article/78003/ea-including-microtransactions-in-all-games

EA including microtransactions in all games

by Steve Watts, Feb 27, 2013 7:30am PST

Related Topics ? Electronic Arts

You can expect to see more microtransactions like those found in Dead Space 3. According to Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen, the company has decided to build some aspect of small convenience payments into all of its games going forward.

Presenting at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Jorgensen talked about digital sales of games and content. "The next and much bigger piece is microtransactions within games," he said. "We're building into all of our games the ability to pay for things along the way, either to get to a higher level, to buy a new character, to buy a truck, a gun, whatever it might be, and consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of the business."

Jorgensen did note, though, that the success of the microtransaction model is very much based on the game itself. "So The Simpsons [Tapped Out], for example, is a free-to-play game, leverages, obviously, The Simpsons TV show, and you pay all along the way. Last quarter, we did over $25 million in Simpsons business alone," he said. "So there's an opportunity there, probably smaller opportunity on a per title basis than something like a FIFA or a Battlefield."

[Spark Of Spirit]

This might be the last console generation, gents.

[Daxdiv]

EA must be jealous of the mad money Riot and Valve makes by having their games being hat shops. Hey, skins in League of Legends and hats/cosmetics in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 are pretty good. As for buying heroes in LoL.... eh........ But then again those games are F2P and need a way to make money.

[Foggle]

This might be the last console generation, gents.

Doubtful. But EA's swan song? Most likely.

[Kiddington]

Presenting at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Jorgensen talked about digital sales of games and content. "The next and much bigger piece is microtransactions within games," he said. "We're building into all of our games the ability to pay for things along the way, either to get to a higher level, to buy a new character, to buy a truck, a gun, whatever it might be, and consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of the business."

lol wut

[Nel_Annette]

You'll enjoy what EA tells you to enjoy, damn it!

[Spark Of Spirit]

Madden fans will buy anything. They'll probably lap this up.

[Kiddington]

Madden fans will buy anything. They'll probably lap this up.

Pretty much signifies the end of the "Create a Player" option being a standard feature of any sports title, let alone Madden.

Want the next up and coming star out of college on YOUR team? Better save a few bucks.

[Eddy]

So EA is basing their entire business structure on the sale of microtransactions from a mobile Simpsons game. Awesome.

Oh, EA, something to consider: the mobile Simpsons game is free, that's why it can get away with microtransactions. You're talking about microtransactions in games that people are already spending $60 on.

[Rynnec]

http://www.destructoid.com/android-rip-off-dev-did-not-know-who-yoshi-was-247643.phtml

This guy is either lying through his teeth, or incredibly stupid.

[Eddy]

The download version of Tomb Raider for PSN has strict DRM that requires you to be signed into PSN to play it.

The future of gaming, folks!

[Foggle]

At least it's only on the download version, for now.

Sounds like it might be a mandate from Sony rather than Square Enix's choice, though. The only DRM on the PC version is Steam.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Capcom did it with Final Fight Double Impact and Bionic Comando Rearmed 2 on PSN but XBLA had no such restriction.

This has to be a Sony thing.

[Rynnec]

www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-03-12/sentimental-graffiti-arrives-on-u.s-psn-in-japanese

Leaving the text in a text-heavy game untranslated kinda makes it pointless to release overseas.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Not to mention there are plenty of games in Japan that have no proper text that could easily be released here but simply don't.