This time, The Gamesmen talk about a Nintendo Switch exploit, Nintendo's E3 plans, the retirement of Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima, the Amazon Prime price jump,
more about loot boxes, and, the imminent reveal of Switch Online service.
Not exact matches
If you were hoping the
loot box drama was
about to end or slowly fade away, it is
about to get a whole lot
more interesting.
Loombe also went into
more detail
about rewards, as there are three types, the first being these Clash Capsules, where if you bid one Ticket, you get
loot boxes from a Clash Orb, while bidding five gives you Clash Capsule rewards.
GDC didn't ask
about loot boxes in 2017, so we have no point of comparison, but it certainly felt like
more than 1 in 10 games had
loot boxes this past year.
For anyone wanting
more context, here is the complete set of questions they had
about loot boxes in Fantasy Strike and beyond, and the answers I provided:
The sad fact is,
more casual gamers types simply don't care that much
about MTs or
loot boxes in many cases, certainly not enough to hold EA accountable.
Destiny 2's already slightly - baffling array of
loot boxes and microtransactions are
about to get a little
more complicated.
The three of us spend a supersized show talking
about the big gaming news from 2017 including the rise of the Nintendo Switch, the end of the Nintendo Wii U, Microsoft Xbox One trying to change its image with
more 4K & less Kinect, the continued rise of eSports in surprising places,
loot box controversies, and much
more.
The reason for this is because the developers claim that the grinding will feel
more «meaningful» and give players a sense of «accomplishment», which is similar to what EA and DICE said
about implementing the
loot box progression system in Star Wars: Battlefront II.
Everything gamers need to know
about Electronic Arts and DICE's Battlefield 5, including the setting, logo, modes,
loot boxes, and
more.
This week on the ShockCast, Logan and Tomas talk
about Middle - Earth: Shadow of War, the Polish game development scene, and some of the
more recent controversial implementations of
loot boxes in games.
While Middle - earth: Shadow of War mostly escaped the intense scrutiny and anger directed at two of 2017's biggest
loot box / microtransaction cautionary tales, those being the much - maligned Destiny 2 and the even -
more - widely - detested Star Wars: Battlefront II, the game was nonetheless «review bombed» on platforms such as Steam and Metacritic by gamers who were unhappy
about Middle - earth: Shadow of War's monetization system, and it thus went on to become a popular example among pundits of the dangers behind poor implementation of microtransactions and
loot box economies in triple - A video game releases.