League Of Legends’ Money-Grubbing Could Be A Whole Lot Worse

League Of Legends’ Money-Grubbing Could Be A Whole Lot Worse

For all its talk about being a big ol’ piece of ~~freemium content~~, League of Legends is really expensive. Too expensive, some people (like me) might say. But for all the grief critics give Riot for monetizing almost every inch of League’s virtual real estate, it’s really not as bad as a free-to-play MOBA could be.

YouTuber Randy Nova (via Reddit) paints a nightmare scenario of free-to-play microtransactions gone amok in League of Legends with a new video that asks what it’d be like if Riot’s wildly successful MOBA was somehow acquired by Electronic Arts, of all places:

It’s a real terror to behold. Just imaging having new items made available to purchase being shoved in your face like this every few minutes in a League match:

The specific dig at EA; casting everything in a hyperbolic caricature of The Sims 4 that isn’t really representative of how that game — which is excellent by the way — is an unnecessarily pointed joke at the company’s expense. Although that being said, it is a fair bit of shade-throwing considering that Riot’s proven itself to be far more tactful than EA at monetizing its freemium content in ways that its players consider fair and reasonable for the most part. That and the fact that EA gave up on developing its MOBA Dawngate before the game even had a chance to go toe to toe with the genre heavyweights.

Ultimately, my main takeaway here is I am so glad League of Legends hasn’t ever tried to dive into #social #media #integration, because those “share your latest baron steal!” pop-ups would be agonizing.

Thank you for sparing us that annoyance, Riot.


The Cheapest NBN 1000 Plans

Looking to bump up your internet connection and save a few bucks? Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


3 responses to “League Of Legends’ Money-Grubbing Could Be A Whole Lot Worse”