microtransactions
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Microtransactions Are Profit Giants, But How Do Gamers Feel About Them?
More than 40% of the world’s population play video games. But besides being entertaining, digital games are a product. The need to bring in money from players is integral to game design.
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In-Game Purchases Poison The Well
Video games will always manipulate us. Each challenge and scenario in a game has been carefully engineered to make us react a certain way. Most of the time, that’s what we sign up for. But the moment real money enters the equation, something changes.
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Fallout 76 Will Let Players Create Their Own Vaults, For A Price
New underground building spaces are coming to Fallout 76 sometime later this year, but the best and biggest will be gated behind its premium currency.
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Physical Games Now Require ‘In-Game Purchase’ Disclosures In Australia [Updated]
The decision comes after ongoing backlash against the inclusion of microtransactions in games.