Ananasdoener@feddit.org to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoMarvel Rivals' latest gambit is seeing whether you'll pay real money for colourswww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down11cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkMarvel Rivals' latest gambit is seeing whether you'll pay real money for colourswww.rockpapershotgun.comAnanasdoener@feddit.org to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoInfamously Dead or Alive did that with character hair colours. That is, not paying to unlock the option, not even paying to unlock individual colours to swap them when you want : you’d have to pay every time you wanted to change a character’s hair.
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoI love fighting games. But holy fuck is the monetization some of the most outrageous I’ve seen.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoEvery once in a while I’ll look up the price for the full version of DOA with all the skins and suddenly I don’t feel bad about my gaming budget.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoGenre wide? I wouldn’t say so.
Infamously Dead or Alive did that with character hair colours. That is, not paying to unlock the option, not even paying to unlock individual colours to swap them when you want : you’d have to pay every time you wanted to change a character’s hair.
I love fighting games.
But holy fuck is the monetization some of the most outrageous I’ve seen.
Every once in a while I’ll look up the price for the full version of DOA with all the skins and suddenly I don’t feel bad about my gaming budget.
Genre wide? I wouldn’t say so.