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The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

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[–] whatisallthis@lemm.ee 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (25 children)

The job of the AAA gaming company is to make money, not good games.

For the same reason McDonalds is never going to serve filet mignon, big gaming companies are never going to release feature-compete passion projects.

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Witcher 3, the Last of Us (ps3), Baldurs Gate 3, God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Elden Ring, Read Dead Redemption 2 (offline), Zelda, etc...

There are plenty of triple A games that were well received that didn't involve gambling and mtx.

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ones that weren't well received like Cyberpunk 2077 did well too.

[–] Sina@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Because they largely fixed it..

[–] whatisallthis@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t care how they were received. Give me a total revenue comparison.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You simply listed exceptions, thus proving the rule stated by @whatisallthis

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many exceptions do you need before it no longer being an exception, 50%?

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you listed less than 1 percent?

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry for not combing through every major release since tetris and making a perfectly objective list of every good game of which most them I've never even seen gameplay of.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why so salty bro? Maybe go outside, meet some people. That usually helps me when I´m grumpy ...

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Salty? I listed a bunch of games that are clearly made by passionate developers and have been part of defining of defining the space in recent history. You are the one leaving a snarky comment that I listed less than 1 percent of games as if that proves anything.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

We probably just did not understand each other well. Can we just agree to disagree and move on? I respect you and your opinion, have a nice day!

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