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EA's Skate Gets Microtransactions Before Its Release Date (www.ign.com)
submitted 14 hours ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Of course it does. We all saw it coming.

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[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You can spend real-world money on a virtual currency called San Van Bucks, which in turn is used to buy cosmetic items.

I hate this but if it's just cosmetics and the game price is fair I'll be ok with it. I know the price is going to be a full on AAA release and they will still cram this into it.. but I can hope.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 9 points 13 hours ago

It should, according to other, be free to play

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The price is nothing, apparently the game is free to play.

It'd be pretty suprising if it didn't have microtransactions.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

lol, imagine a studio developing a game for half a decade and then just sharing it out.

"Don't tell our staff, but it was a labour of love and they're all being let go because we're out of investor funds. Also don't tell the investors. Or the publisher. In fact don't say anything until we've made it to Montenegro."

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 0 points 12 hours ago

Man, that's a fair point. If you want to be mad at something be mad at the five year dev cycle into an early access launch. I'm not even saying it's the devs or EA's fault. Making games is hard. And expensive. But definitely hard.