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RE: OT: The Official Video Game Discussion Thread
(11-21-2017 08:48 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  What's your opinion on the pay-to-win debate surrounding Battlefront 2? I know it's nefarious as all hell, and I would never partake, but I feel like this is something that Nintendo has been doing for years with their amiibo lines with little to no negative backlash at all.

Related...but Battlefront 2 Starfighter Assault on a 70" UHD/HDR is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

(11-21-2017 10:52 AM)MechaKnight Wrote:  I'm not too familiar with the amiibos, but DLC is a problem when it comes at the expense of enjoyable gameplay.

In the past, most paid DLC came in the form of multiplayer map packs and single player expansions. They added fun new content.

Since then we've seen the rise of "free" mobile games which make their money off cosmetics and power ups. So mobile game makers starting making their game intentionally boring to incentivize buying power ups to ease the grind. Instead of DLC to make the game more fun, we have DLC to make the game less tedious

And unfortunately it worked. Bad mobile games started making tons of money off the pay to win model. And now we're seeing it in AAA titles. And it's terrible. I won't buy Battlefront or any other game that handicaps the player to push paid DLC.

Amiibo:

IMO, there is what Amiibo was supposed to be and there is what Amiibo is... and there is what Amiibo gets used for. Originally it was to be the Nintendo equivalent to Skylanders where you had a scannable figure to give you a character in your game you could personalize and use. Smash Bros was the first game to use them in an actual way like Skylanders with them being a trainable fighter and all. Their next best use was as a "trainable" AI character in a Mario Party game. Then, what happened due to the character line up, stocking situations/supply, and what not they became collector items for Nintendo characters. After those first two games Nintendo has really been on a scannable unlock tear for costumes/skins, weapons, gear, ect... in the games they have had uses for. It seems like that now though Nintendo is pricing them as collectible figures for a particular game and if you buy them you get some early bonuses or other cool items.

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As far as DLC goes in general, it gets to be murky path to travel because of all the ways people use it and then the costs for such.

I'd say personally, though, if I got REAL added content at a fair price I would be game. Then again, I think it is kind of a case by case basis overall and in most games.

Micro Transactions on the other hand seem like a cheap way to put out a free game but make up money on the back end with enhancers you pay for.
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