I fully disagree (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Monday, October 05, 2015, 23:26 (3432 days ago) @ Cody Miller

When games are supported by microtransactions, there's a fairly steady and predictable income stream with which to pay employees, scale the business, and support the game.

When they're supported by single lump sums, there's every incentive to rush the game out the door to get that money instead of giving the game the polish it deserves.

Are the shitty games that abuse addiction to bilk people out of thousands of dollars? Hell yes there are. Is Destiny that? Well, it does use a lot of shitty addiction models to bilk you out of your playtime, but it does not (yet) abusively bilk you out of your money. Only time will tell. As long as the micros are cosmetic and do not affect gameplay, I 100% support them.

So far the microtransaction games I've played include Warframe, Path of Exile, and Hearthstone, and all three of those are friggin' awesome.