stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agoThe Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’www.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: gaming@kbin.socialPCGaming@kbin.social
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkThe Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’www.forbes.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Gaming@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@kbin.socialPCGaming@kbin.social
If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.
minus-squareUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWitcher 3, the Last of Us (ps3), Baldurs Gate 3, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Elden Ring, Read Dead Redemption 2 (offline), Zelda, etc… There are plenty of triple A games that were well received that didn’t involve gambling and mtx.
minus-squareNightOwl@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoOnes that weren’t well received like Cyberpunk 2077 did well too.
minus-squareNacktmull@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou simply listed exceptions, thus proving the rule stated by @whatisallthis
minus-squareUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow many exceptions do you need before it no longer being an exception, 50%?
minus-squareUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSorry for not combing through every major release since tetris and making a perfectly objective list of every good game of which most them I’ve never even seen gameplay of.
Witcher 3, the Last of Us (ps3), Baldurs Gate 3, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Elden Ring, Read Dead Redemption 2 (offline), Zelda, etc…
There are plenty of triple A games that were well received that didn’t involve gambling and mtx.
Ones that weren’t well received like Cyberpunk 2077 did well too.
You simply listed exceptions, thus proving the rule stated by @whatisallthis
How many exceptions do you need before it no longer being an exception, 50%?
But you listed less than 1 percent?
Sorry for not combing through every major release since tetris and making a perfectly objective list of every good game of which most them I’ve never even seen gameplay of.
Why so salty bro?