Tag: money
Star Wars Battlefront II – Gamblefront (Jimpressions)
Studio Killer EA Acquires Respawn Entertainment For Over $400 Million
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
A Grisly Post-Mortem Of Dead Space (The Jimquisition)
Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War – Loot Of The Rings (Final Jimpressions)
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