Sentences with phrase «taking microtransactions»

Our Take Microtransactions and lootboxes proceed to be a scorching subject in video games.

Our Take Microtransactions and lootboxes continue to be a hot topic in games.

Not exact matches

It was still one of the industry's top three selling titles in 2017 — and its online mode continues to draw an increased number of players and was the single - largest contributor to recurrent consumer spending (microtransactions, subscriptions and other post-release digital content) in Take - Two's just - released fiscal third - quarter earnings.

It's the space - bound dogfighting dream you've always wanted, but a lack of single player content and some nasty microtransactions take the shine out of it all.

Its universe keeps getting harder and harder to take seriously, and its microtransactions are borderline gross, but Mortal Kombat X is a great fighting game all the same.

The ship may have sailed on Shadow of War, a messy sequel received angrily by fans and a game that has taken six months to start removing its controversial microtransactions.

If you haven't been keeping up with the game, the game director has shared some information like the time it will take to complete it, lack of microtransactions and how it supports better frame rate on the PS4 Pro.

Recently, Take - Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick more or less confirmed that microtransactions would be present in Red Dead Redemption 2 by saying that the company seeks to implement «recurrent consumer spending opportunities» into all upcoming releases.

Either way, this question about in - game gambling in Red Dead Online shines light on just how little we know about the microtransaction set - up that Rockstar and Take - Two are planning for the game.

This is not the first time there's been action taken against loot boxes and microtransactions in video games.

Even though Take Two has recently announced that all their games going forward will feature loot boxes or microtransactions, Obsidian has confirmed via a post on their forums that they flat - out will not include such features in their upcoming RPG.

While microtransactions have been a highly debated topic lately, in this instance, it doesn't seem as ridiculous, as most Animal Crossing fans enjoy the game for how long it takes to build special areas and manage other characters.

Take - Two says its games can go further with microtransactions — but it doesn't want to go so far that fans see it as greedy.

Take - Two's net revenue was up 15 % to $ 476.5 million, with about a fourth of that coming through virtual currency sales, DLC and microtransactions.

Between microtransactions, a too - early announcement of a season pass, and another dark take on the DC Universe, Injustice 2 didn't stand a chance right up until it delivered in every way a fighting game should — even overcoming the poison of loot boxes.

They've seen such success with downloadable content, it's only one step further to take it to microtransactions.»

It is too early to determine whether that will be a monthly subscription, tournament entry fees, microtransaction fees, or a combination of all three, but we expect to see the company take some action by year - end, when Call of Duty Black Ops launches,» stated Pachter.

What it actually did was simply take the idea of microtransactions in the free to play market and ramp them up a billion times and then build the entire game around it.

The insanely popular online mode has been quite profitable for Take - Two, due to its microtransactions known as Shark Cards.

In this article, we'll take a look at some of the worst examples of microtransactions in video games.

Considering how stellar the game's core content is, while also taking in invasive microtransactions and some light, arguably pay - to - win elements, I feel that 8/10 is a fair score.

Streaming games didn't turn out as good as it sounded, and microtransactions really took hold no matter what you were playing on.

Players do not care about how old the game is though, as the updates to GTA Online keep it interesting, and neither does publisher Take - Two Interactive, as Grand Theft Auto V continues to rake in real money from microtransactions.

In addition to the Twitter hashtag, gamers are also taking to Reddit to voice their frustrations over unaddressed issues, including encouraging a boycott of Black Friday discount deals for FIFA 18 and its microtransactions.

Like most AAA shooters, Gears 4 has microtransactions that take the form of card packs, with each pack in Gears 4 giving you 5 random cards.

During Q3 FY18, Take - Two's recurrent consumer spending (virtual currency, add - on content and microtransactions) grew 64 % on a y - o - y basis and accounted for 32 % of total net revenue for the reported quarter.

Popular shooter «Destiny» got microtransactions in October 2015, but may soon take things to the next level.

Online microtransactions are great for Take - Two.

Despite gamers» overwhelming hatred of microtransactions, Rockstar and Take - Two should be applauded.

While the titles it takes inspiration from are all free - to - play with microtransactions, ArmaGallant prices itself at $ 20 and still offers microtransactions.

«This isn't the game's next billion dollars, as some have supposed microtransactions will make Take - Two.

and ACT 4 is a disgrace to us all, just to take some bucks from microtransactions... very very low game, we have to discourage this type of games.

A strong, secure backend is certainly important to handle the millions of payments needed to make console games with microtransactions profitable, and Jorgensen thinks his company has this taken care of.

Microtransactions take the form of currency called «Death Metal» and can be exchanged for kill coins.

As the conversation over lockboxes continues to ramp up, a story of one teen who got caught up in online gambling and spent over $ 10,000 on video game microtransactions is drawing the attention of many — as is this scathing piece at Polygon taking EA's poor apologies over Star Wars Battlefront 2 to task.

In addition, we also get insight into just how much Valve and other developers take as part of a cut for microtransactions.

Take - Two Interactive President Karl Slatoff took the side of the ESA by saying that he doesn't consider lockboxes gambling and that the Red Dead Redemption 2 studio will continue using microtransactions going forward.

It has a rewarding combat system, online co-op, a customizable ship, and a very generous and well - executed microtransaction system that doesn't take advantage of players who don't want to pay.

Following the reveal of the Obsidian as a partner in Take - Two's new publishing label Private Division, Obsidian has announced its next project will not include any microtransactions whatsoever.

Festival of the Lost this year is plagued with microtransactions while taking away reason to play... Read More»

Turns out that when money - grabbing microtransactions are no longer lucrative — or your game has become largely irrelevant — it's the perfect time to say you're sorry and take them away.

Managing to unlock all those characters is an effort that could take you either weeks of irritating grinding, or convince you to plunk down more money to buy the characters via microtransactions.

On the plus side, the microtransactions have been taken out of the game, along with the insulting pop - up advertisements for them.

All the microtransactions and DLC content for this new style of game take the place of the annual sequel.

GREE is a popular social networking site that also offers a hub for users to download free - to - play mobile games, the issue is that GREE take a percentage of the profits made through microtransactions.

Some fans took that to mean that the company will be adding more microtransactions and loot boxes to its games.

When it was discovered how expensive certain in - game unlocks were, and how long they would take to earn simply by playing the game, the concern was that EA / DICE had balanced Battlefront II too heavily toward encouraging players to spend money on microtransactions.

The Take - Two's and Bethesda's can keep on making things like Paid mods or Microtransaction galore because they know gamers will eat.

That's because Blizzard's take on microtransactions contain skins, emotes and other purely cosmetic additions.

As long as the microtransactions to don't take away from the game's unique fun factor.