It's not as bad as you think Mr.Miller (Gaming)

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Friday, February 28, 2014, 07:48 (3921 days ago) @ Cody Miller

According to Engadget at least.

Granted, this is more for mobile gaming but I think the same applies to console gaming as well.

For me, I'd say I fit into their finding.

The only game I ever really spent money on micro transactions was Ace Combat 6, and it was really early into the life of the game.

They were selling special planes to use in Multi Player that had different abilities, art work and colored missiles, and I really wanted the A-10 that was tweaked to not be affected by gravity.

It was a Gatling gun death spewing Christmas themed murder machine and I was gonna own it.

So I hesitantly plunked down my 2.50 in MS points and didn't regret it after I had it.

Then they released a tweaked version of my favorite plane, the F-18 and I had to have it because reasons. There went another 2.50.

And then that was it.

I never bought another plane in that game again. Not because they didn't have anything else I wanted, but because I was simply content with what I had.

The ones I did get kinda helped me rank up faster, but only on certain maps where the things I bought had a slight advantage. They didn't come up every time and didn't fit every situation. And even when they did, it if everyone on the other team saw the plane I was using in the lobby they could change their plane to counter mine (and they often did, the Christmas hating dicks) and then my advantage was for nought. The OPTION to use it was really cool. It was very much like a secret weapon. Fun!

Long story short: The world of gaming as you know it is not ending. Yes, there will be dumb asses who pay tons of money for the game and dlc, and then spend more for in game crap that doesn't really make a difference but if they want to spend their money to "play" the game in that way, that is their prerogative.

The point is, I don't think there are as many people taking advantage of the whole pay to win\rank up\not play as you think there are. They exist, of course, but as the old saying goes a Fool and his money are soon parted.