People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model (Destiny)
by Cody Miller 
, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, October 03, 2017, 15:06 (2688 days ago) @ ZackDark
It almost sounds like stubborn hypocrisy, but the low-investment and high competition is a good point. Still, there are models of microtransaction that don't make the game worse, just like there are examples of arcade games that are coin-munchers.
I can't really think of a microtransaction model that doesn't make the game worse.
1. Buy items you can get by playing
This makes the game worse because 'frictions' are designed in to make paying to skip them and acquire items more desirable.
2. Buy items you can't get by playing
The game is worse because it doesn't have these items in it to begin with. I mean, they ostensibly make the game better right? Or else why buy them?
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- It's a valid business model -
Revenant1988,
2017-10-01, 07:30
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- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 07:56
- +1 - cheapLEY, 2017-10-01, 08:16
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
Korny,
2017-10-01, 08:21
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 09:59
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - Revenant1988, 2017-10-01, 11:03
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 09:59
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
Grizzlei,
2017-10-01, 08:26
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - Korny, 2017-10-01, 09:28
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - slycrel, 2017-10-02, 10:36
- It's a valid business model - Cody Miller, 2017-10-01, 11:48
- They are actually complete opposites -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 14:07
- Except the example is buying more lives, just like an arcade
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Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 09:42
- Except the example is buying more lives, just like an arcade
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
narcogen,
2017-10-01, 19:47
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 20:48
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-02, 05:59
- You didn't OWN the arcade - Schedonnardus, 2017-10-02, 06:36
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Vortech,
2017-10-02, 13:18
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-02, 14:19
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
MacAddictXIV,
2017-10-03, 13:23
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 13:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 14:54
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 15:06
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 16:26
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 16:49
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-10-03, 16:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:08
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 17:27
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - cheapLEY, 2017-10-03, 17:44
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-03, 17:58
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 11:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-04, 11:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 12:05
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - cheapLEY, 2017-10-04, 13:22
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 12:05
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-04, 11:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 11:29
- Well, yeah -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 18:12
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 10:15
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
ZackDark,
2017-10-05, 16:38
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels - Harmanimus, 2017-10-06, 22:07
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-06, 22:20
- Not really - ZackDark, 2017-10-06, 23:18
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
ZackDark,
2017-10-05, 16:38
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 10:15
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 17:27
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:08
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-10-03, 16:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Claude Errera, 2017-10-03, 22:10
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 16:49
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 16:26
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 15:06
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 14:54
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 13:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
MacAddictXIV,
2017-10-03, 13:23
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-02, 14:19
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-02, 05:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Kahzgul, 2017-10-02, 00:52
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Kermit, 2017-10-02, 08:16
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 20:48
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 07:56