Tag: money
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)
Rainbow Six Siege Raises Price, Adds New Loot Boxes
Destiny 2 Is In A Bad Place… And Publicly So
YouTube To Demonetize Channels It Deems Too Small
Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle Selling 50% Of Its Roster As DLC
Source: https://gematsu.com/2018/01/blazblue-cross-tag-battle-launches-may-31-japan-asia-june-5-north-america-adds-dlc-character-blake-belladonna With 20 playable characters at launch and a further 20 confirmed DLC characters, the latest Blazblue has Arc System Works gating off half its roster. It’s part of a growing trend in “roster-based” games where fighting and sports titles are seeing just how far they can push the…
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/
PUBG Dev Says Sony Is Very Strict With PS4 Games… Hahaha!
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS isn’t on PS4 and will apparently remain Xbox One exclusive for a while… part of the reason is that Sony is strict. This reason seems incongruous when you consider Life Of Black Tiger and other terrible games flooded the PlayStation Store last year, though there is a nucleus…