Comments on: SWTOR to be Microtransactional

By: WorldIV.com » I R > U

WorldIV.com » I R > U — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:33:55 +0000

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By: EA Wimps Out « Tish Tosh Tesh

EA Wimps Out « Tish Tosh Tesh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:32:34 +0000

[...] 10, 2008 by Tesh Apparently, there’s been some kerfluffle about this little teaser from [...]

By: Keen

Keen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:52:14 +0000

Agreed Brent. Better yet, we should be asking: How does this fit into a quality MMORPG? We’ve yet to see the microtransaction model ever applied where the results were a AAA title.

By: And Then There Was SWTOR… « The Ancient Gaming Noob

And Then There Was SWTOR… « The Ancient Gaming Noob — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:26:28 +0000

[...] were both positive and negative reactions to [...]

By: brent

brent — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:42:56 +0000

Microtransactions tend to be a solid option for gear and ego (costume) driven games… I wonder how this fits into a story-driven game. Seems more difficult.

By: Beau

Beau — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:38:30 +0000

Right, all those Cash Shop games make no money. lol

Why do you think this and other games are pursuing this? Because they’d actually like to make money.

As though there has been some proof recently that a good game is made bad by adding microtransactions.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:33:27 +0000

I agree, Lars. We’ll have to see what they mean by this as the details are fleshed out next year.

Oh, and I liked Granado Espada as well!