EA to include microtransactions in ALL future games.

Name · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:41

I know how much the pc players hate microtransactions, the slightly more casual console players tend not to mind it so much, generally speaking.

So how would you feel if i told you EA's Chief Financial Officer said this:

We are building into all of our games the ability to pay for things along the way; to get to a higher level. And consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of business

If you think Dead Space 3 was annoying, expect more...much more.

Source:
http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/27/eas-future-games-will-all-feature-micro-transaction/

Name · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:53

I find it so suprising how out of touch management are with the consumer, its unreal.

He's virtually just saying to the press "people pay to win, and they love the ability to do that, so we're giving them the platform to take part in even more pay to win."

Looks like people who want to play games homogeneously are in the minority now.

Name · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:10

Thinking about it, i think most of these paying elements will be multiplayer.

"BUY SUPER XXX WEAPON FOR £££" - Buy more extreme perks, killstreaks, armour etc.

Thats bad enough. I dont know what I'd do if they added things like that into an SP game, it would totally break it. Hoping that the single player aspect will remain untouched

Name · 28 Feb 2013 at 01:26

It's not a new idea, its just becoming a lot more mainstream, i personally hate the business practice of it, low on ethics - but EA are a business after all.

Im just going to ignore the store transaction ******** - course im still going to buy good EA titles, as long as they dont introduce a BF4 timed exclusive on XBOX i should be fine

Name · 1 Mar 2013 at 09:03

Just realised this is really going to suck for BF4.

Being able to pay for all unlocks from day 1..i know this was available in BF3 but i dont think it was that visible when it came to market. I also wouldnt class the expansions as 'Micro' transactions. Intresting to see what will be announced at E3

Name · 1 Mar 2013 at 21:26

They've obviously just seen how well Simpsons tapped out has done, $25m in Q4 2012.