Tag: Microtransactions
Let’s Talk About That Crappy Thing Warframe Does With Prime Unvaulting
For the most part, I’m a big fan of Warframe and its business model. However, if there’s one thing that’s proven regularly contentious, it’s the Prime Vault. So let’s talk about a particular aspect of the Prime Vault that continues to aggravate invested players, and is worth Digital Extremes actually…
The Cost Of Doing Business (The Jimquisition)
Star Wars Battlefront II ‘Only’ Shipped 9 Million Copies, Microtransactions Return Soon
[UPDATE: Apparently the originally reported figures were incorrect. Battlefront II supposedly shipped 7 million, not 9 million, which is still a fuckton and obviously even more sad for poor Electronic Arts. Haha.] Electronic Arts expected Star Wars Battlefront II to have shipped ten million copies by now, and fell short…
Anger (The Jimquisition)
Warframe – Pretty In Pink (Jimpressions)
Let’s Be Insufferably Sarcastic About Overwatch’s 312 New Skins And League Tokens
EA Proposes Unfair Matchmaking To Raise ‘Player Engagement’ & Monetization
Analyst Suggests Anthem’s Loot Boxes Could Be ‘Just Cosmetic’
Michael Pachter gives us an interesting launchpad here. Firstly, the suggestion that loot boxes in Anthem is simply a given. Secondly, the preemptive defense that rolls back and retcons the concept of loot boxes. Source article: http://comicbook.com/gaming/amp/2018/01/04/anthems-loot-box-system-bioware-cosmetic-items/
Pink Darth Vader Modded Into Battlefront II Because EA Said Nobody Wants Pink Darth Vader
Top Ten Shittiest Games Of 2017 (The Jimquisition)
*CORRECTION: For some reason I said 2K Games instead of Warner Bros. at one point. I blame these companies being so interchangeable. And the drugs.* 2017 had some absolute gems, but they were more than outnumbered by this year’s horrors, stinkers, and utter flops. From those games mutilated to earn…