Tag: Controversy
You Can Now Pre-order Microtransactions
Monster Hunter World Won’t Devalue Its Gameplay With Loot Boxes
Call Of Duty: WWII Drops Loot Boxes Onto Normandy Beach So They Can Be Opened In Public
It seems that Activision’s patented method of using matchmaking to sell microtransactions really was a tipping of the hand. COD: WWII has a public social area, Normandy Beach, where you can open your loot boxes in full view of other players. Activision’s plan to manipulate its own customers by appealing…
Loot Boxes Are Dirty: Dauntless Removes Them From Game
Slay To Pay (A Jimquisition Halloween)
Super Mario Odyssey 7/10 SHOCKER!
Loot Box Controversy Having No Impact On Game Sales
Inspired by an article (and the commentary that followed), I discuss the NPD’s suggestion that recent loot box backlash hasn’t damaged the industry… and why that doesn’t entirely matter. Read the article if you wish: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-25-npd-loot-box-controversy-having-no-impact-on-sales-potential
Activision Patents Microtransaction-Based Matchmaking
Full patent page here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9789406.PN.&OS=PN/9789406&RS=PN/9789406 After receiving loads of emails about this, I woke up ready to give this patent a good going over. While patents never guarantee real-life implementation, they can be reflective of a business, and boy does this one – a matchmaking system based on selling microtransactions…