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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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[–] Ugetsu@feddit.de 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People hate them so much that it became the most lucrative way of monetizing games ever.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, that statement is so dumb. Even if it's hugely successful, a game of this type is made for a niche audience. That niche audience does hate microtransactions but they're in no way representative of the mainstream.

[–] EremesZorn@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think, with 700k concurrent players, we need to recognize cRPGs may not be as niche as we previously thought. However, your point stands: this isn't going to hurt anyone's revenue from MTX.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Compared to the hundreds of millions that play mobile pay to win games, that's still niche.