It’s only controversial if you were misled. If it’s just $30 for a different colored TP, then it’s just bad business and if anyone bought it, foolish consumers.
It still cracks me up when I see quotes of reddit users in a random thread (taken as a newsworthy story, lol). It makes me wonder how far it can go with obscene usernames. Imagine having a good breakdown of a problem posted by someone called AnalNosferatu69 that you just can’t quote.
Always makes me laugh on here when I see SatansMaggotyCumFart or whaterever the name is lmao
There was a subreddit dedicated to that exact phenomenon. I forget what it was called.
I think you’re thinking about r/rimjobsteve
That’s the one!
Have your own reddit account with an inoffensive name, copy the comment, paste it as a reply to another instance of the same question, quote your own reddit account I the article. Foolproof!
Then you get “a reddit user”
Then you lose a fun of citing @ilikeboobies as an expert.
:(
I’d not be a coward to cite you if the chance arises.
You’re a good person Cyrillic fellow
(:
I’ve been boycotting Blizzard since the bNetD lawsuit & haven’t regretted my decision yet.
The level of contempt they have for their players is amazing.
For me it was when they banned Blitzchung from a Hearthstone tournament and took away his prize money for supporting Hong Kong freedom. I haven’t regretted it since they don’t make good games anymore like they did when I was growing up.
Simple solution, ditch diablo 4 and play last epoch instead. D4 is a fucking disgrace of a game.
Isn’t that game in early access?
It releases on 2/21 this month.
If people stopped paying ridiculous prices for cosmetic shit like this maybe we could see reasonable prices like $1 recolours of things. There’s absolutely no reason changing the colour of something should cost $30 other than the fact that people fucking pay for it, and it means other more sensible dollar-conscious players get priced out of the fun little things like that.
Addicted people with poor self-control are abused in these kind of microtransactions. This should be illegal.
Uh… I don’t think recoloring something in a game I already paid for should cost anything.
Oh well, the market clearly accepts paid cosmetics. It sucks for people who don’t spend money on it like me but at the end of the day people will blow cash on it and that’s why it keeps getting up charged.
If it didn’t cost anything they wouldn’t do it at all. You already paid for it, they have your money. They do the extra stuff to try and squeeze out more money.
Games used to come with free cosmetics lol
They couldn’t charge for it, cause games were mostly offline. In this era of always-online stuff… People pay for it. Not the majority, but there are enough whales to cover for everyone, apparently… So companies do it. Gaming has become an industry. It’s not run by passionate developers anymore, but by investors. Why would they not charge for it in this time and age? There is literally no incentive, from their perspective of “we’re selling a product”.
You are not wrong. I wish you were. Alas, I was a Blizzard fanboy for decades but no more.
Or you could get Last Epoch. And maybe start enjoy playing an ARPG again in the process.
Wish I could say I was shocked…
I mean, it is just a cosmetic, so don’t buy it.
If they’re doing this with things that affect gameplay then that’s absolutely not alright, but I don’t see the issue with cosmetics.
As long as idiots buy this crap they’re gonna keep making it.
Once upon a time, I would’ve agreed with you… until I heard that Epic Games got in trouble for trying to create a culture in Fortnite that shames and bullies kids for using the default skins. The advertising around cosmetics is as psychologically exploitative as battle passes and the like, and though they lack the same addictive qualities as lootboxes, they prey upon the same people - namely, kids and those with mental health issues that make fiscal responsibility difficult, like ADHD.
Plus, Blizzard has a history of making in-store items higher quality than what you’d find in the game, so it does affect gameplay in the sense that you get lower quality stuff in the game as a result. Plus, look at what they did with the original Overwatch skins being paywalled when they forced people to switch to Overwatch 2. Blizzard deserves no benefit of the doubt here.
When they make low effort cosmetics they are both restricting features that could be in the game and incentivizing themselves to prohibit a modding community that adds a ton to games for free.
You never know how other people value their money. Some people buy a $3500 AR headset. Some people buy a truck that costs more than they make in a year. Some people pay 30USD to make the portals a different color.
I have NEVER bough a cosmetic item in a game, I truly do not understand people who do. But, people love that shit so who am I to say it shouldn’t be available to them?
I’m someone who can’t find a game without dollar signs in it anymore because these idiots are reinforcing shitty practices. Fuck them all.
Modern games cost WAY too much to make and the industry has come up with the worst possible way to solve that problem. If you want to make a single player game with modern graphics that sells for 70$ and has a few 30$ dlcs, it HAS to be a huge hit or your going out of business. There are very few studios left with the guts and confidence to make that sort of wild “all-in” bet.
The worst part is that games production costs are almost all labor cost so making games cheaper means making games with less people. There is no worker friendly future for games but free to play cash grab skinner boxes.
Making art with 100s of millions in budget requires a hell of a patron. There is no market way to get the Sistine Chapel.
then by all means buy it and stop writing articles about this game.
People increasingly love getting fucked in the ass by corps and paying for the privilege. Trying to fight this trend is a lost cause.
I think the bigger problem is their game is not fun in its current state.
God and people keep buying this shit.
Then don’t buy it. It’s optional.
