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Diablo 4's latest microtransaction controversy is a $30 portal recolor: "You can get Palworld for this price" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If people stopped paying ridiculous prices for cosmetic shit like this maybe we could see reasonable prices like $1 recolours of things. There's absolutely no reason changing the colour of something should cost $30 other than the fact that people fucking pay for it, and it means other more sensible dollar-conscious players get priced out of the fun little things like that.

[–] Crackhappy 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Uh... I don't think recoloring something in a game I already paid for should cost anything.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 10 points 9 months ago

Oh well, the market clearly accepts paid cosmetics. It sucks for people who don't spend money on it like me but at the end of the day people will blow cash on it and that's why it keeps getting up charged.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If it didn't cost anything they wouldn't do it at all. You already paid for it, they have your money. They do the extra stuff to try and squeeze out more money.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Games used to come with free cosmetics lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They couldn't charge for it, cause games were mostly offline. In this era of always-online stuff... People pay for it. Not the majority, but there are enough whales to cover for everyone, apparently... So companies do it. Gaming has become an industry. It's not run by passionate developers anymore, but by investors. Why would they not charge for it in this time and age? There is literally no incentive, from their perspective of "we're selling a product".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Addicted people with poor self-control are abused in these kind of microtransactions. This should be illegal.