Originally Posted by txa1265
The whole micro-transaction thing has been discussed to death before. It is basically ringtones for consoles - something of benefit to consumers at a price disproportionate with the value.

Yup. And this is not a good trend at all. You take $50 worth of material, chop it up into 25 pieces, and sell them for $5 apiece. Voila. You just made $125 instead of $50. Not a good trend for gamers.