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3. I have a much bigger problem with microtransactions in paid games than I do with Free to Play
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 08:34 PM
Dec 2013

I can understand microtransactions in Free to Play games because the developers need to make a living somehow, but I am bothered by the new trend I am seeing with microtransactions popping up in full price games. Both Forza 5 and Gran Turismo 6 have introduced microtransactions into their games and those microtransactions are extremely expensive, in Gran Turismo 6 there is one car that costs almost $200.00 in real cash. Why anyone would spend that I do not know, and Forza's microtransaction system is even worse as they eliminated the ability to win cars in races which means the only way to unlock new cars is to grind for hours or else shell out money. It is a free to play model in a full price game and this should never be acceptable.

I am fine with free to play, I am not fine with gouging the consumer on full price games.

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