Originally Posted by Nereida (Post 1061614715)

Cus I'm not interested in that kind of interaction, but people with convenient moralities should feel at least a little bad about it now and then. [emoji3]

Also, don't wanna derail the thread.

To reinforce my point on the topic, as others in this thread I'm fine with the MP microtransactions since I won't play that game mode.

As for single player microtransactions, they don't bother me either, even the so-called pay-to-win. Pay to win what exactly, the special Olympics of gamers? You're not competing against anyone, or getting any recognition from anyone for it. Pay to win only has relevance in a multiplayer frame.

I see the issue if a game is purposely and obnoxiously grindy or difficult and you need to pay to have a real chance at defeating some encounters or level at a decent pace, but who would play a game with such shit design? They'd be shooting their own foot. Assassin Creed did something similar, but the game's difficulty wasn't extreme, neither I found it to be grindy so if people wanna pay to skip through the game, whatever. In my eyes, they're paying to have less fun and it doesn't affect me or my own ability to enjoy the game.

I definitely won't play any multiplayer game that gives any inkling of an advantage to players who pay more over those who just purchase the game at base box price, but that's not the case with CP2077, since again, single player.

Originally Posted by JFarrell71 (Post 1061614731)

I didn't even remember that it had microtransactions.

Originally Posted by largh (Post 1061614734)

Yeah, I see those kind of "microtransactions" similar to "Deluxe" or "Collectors Editions" with only digital goodies. If someone wants to support the developers and pay extra for the game, fine with me. Why don't people rage about Deluxe editions? Pretty much every game seems to have those in Steam.

Originally Posted by JDR13 (Post 1061614742)

The microtransactions were in the multiplayer mode, which, ironically, was accessed from within the single-player game. It was the optional APEX missions which you could launch from that console in the middle of your ship.

Originally Posted by SveNitoR (Post 1061614740)

The way I think of it is that in a privately owned company, the people working there and the bosses are the ones who have the power to choose how to operate. In publicly traded companies the stock holders also do. And large companies seem to attract investors who are interested in the money more than the product itself.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato (Post 1061614676)

Anyway I stand by my prediction sooner or later CDPR will be another EA/BioWare.:cool:

Originally Posted by JDR13 (Post 1061614742)

The microtransactions were in the multiplayer mode, which, ironically, was accessed from within the single-player game. It was the optional APEX missions which you could launch from that console in the middle of your ship.

Originally Posted by Ripper (Post 1061614771)

That's it. And on top of that, there is a significant problem with pressures driving short-term profiteering at the expense of long term value. Not to drag the thread too far off-topic, but these are the types of reasons I tend to be quite pessimistic about how games companies will behave once they reach the publicly-traded stage.