microtransactions
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Subscriptions, DLC And Microtransactions Made Up Almost 60% Of Video Game Sales In 2021
3It feels like the gaming community has a very complicated relationship with additional gaming purchases like DLC, microtransactions, and subscription services. We’re very much living in an era of gaming right now where they’re almost unavoidable. While we scorn the in-game transactions that feel somewhat unnecessary, we also feel a desire to support the games…
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The Four Corners Report Into Video Games Is Targeting Microtransactions And Loot Boxes
After putting out a public survey asking for people “who play video games too much”, the ABC’s Four Corners program has announced their investigation into video games will air next Monday night — and microtransactions are being directly targeted. The show, called Are You Being Played?, begins with a quote from someone saying they’d spent $4000 on in-game…
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Genshin Impact Receives 17 Million Mobile Downloads In Its First Four Days
Genshin Impact is turning heads, with over 17 million downloads in its first week.
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Here’s How Microtransactions Work In Marvel’s Avengers
Ever since Marvel’s Avengers was revealed to be an endless online game, a la Destiny, prospective players have wondered about potential microtransactions, and just how bad they are. To just be out with it: Yes, there are microtransactions in Marvel’s Avengers. No, you can’t pay your way to a superpowered character (or, well, a more…