Wait until the reviews are out so people can‘t be warned, and the product can’t be dunked on and then…
Comment on Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Adding micro transactions after release is bullshit. There should be rules where it needs to be in from release or not.
caut_R@lemmy.world 4 months ago
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Exactly. If they’d announced this before launch, it would’ve been the only thing anyone talked about. There would have been a huge backlash and I’m sure a good percentage of the community would’ve dumped the series there and then.
This is doubly scummy. Glad I didn’t buy it yet.
Chozo@kbin.social 4 months ago
If they’d announced this before launch, it would’ve been the only thing anyone talked about.
Not really. It'd hardly have been mentioned, at all. MTX are a part of every major fighting game, so it's hardly a newsworthy tidbit. They're completely expected in this genre. Any major competitive game that gets developer support after release is going to be funded either by microtransactions or subscriptions. The people who actually play these games know this.
okamiueru@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If they place something behind MTs, then I completely agree. But, if they want to add more cosmetics that don’t exist yet, and they finance it MTs, and at a fair price, it’s less unethical.
Ilflish@lemm.ee 4 months ago
If you tried the customisation, it feels extremely bare bones in comparison to Tekken 7. So I wouldn’t be surprised if stuff was removed to add to the Store.
mlg@lemmy.world 4 months ago
TF2?
but tbf that basically invented the lootbox which then made TF2 free to play
TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 4 months ago
At least they made it free to play. These games are still charging full price plus microtransactions
Soggy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
TF2 was a better experience before it went free-to-play. I want a barrier that keeps the horses of clueless children out.
B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 4 months ago
TF2 before F2P was one of, if not the, best multiplayer games. It just wasn’t the same after that and good community servers died out.
red@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Adding shit to a game with a patch, post purchase, doesn’t require you to partake. While I hate MTX as much as anyone, you aren’t required to buy anything. Sure, this is enshittification, but you can avoid that buy buying games that aren’t “always online”.
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Right. Some people wouldn’t bother with a game at all if they knew there would be this. It’s very deceptive.
snooggums@midwest.social 4 months ago
Knowing they were charging for new characters was almost a dealbreaker for me. This would have stopped me if I had known.
Cort@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Paying extra for characters IS a deal breaker for me in fighting games. It’s literally pay to win.
That said, I’ve been playing Tekken since ps1, so I’ll probably just paste this whenever it’s available.
Chozo@kbin.social 4 months ago
Perhaps if this was unusual for the genre. But it's a AAA fighting game. Anybody who is familiar with the genre knows that MTX is normal and expected, because it's going to have several years of support from the developers. I'd have a hard time believing that any Tekken fan bought this on the premise of it remaining MTX-free.
Jomega@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Something being normalized doesn’t automatically make it morally okay.
Chozo@kbin.social 4 months ago
Doesn't it, though? This is what the players wanted, and the industry listened. They asked for support for the game after its release, and the industry said "Sure, but in exchange at least some of you should pay extra".
This isn't forced upon anybody. Just because Mazaratis exist doesn't mean that you have to buy one if you want a car. It only becomes a moral problem if somebody's choices are circumvented, but that's not really what's happening here.
yamanii@lemmy.world 4 months ago
There’s a pretty big difference between new gameplay (characters) and cosmetics that were clearly removed to be sold.