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Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 5 months ago by inclementimmigrant to c/games

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I guess this is probably going to be the new shitty norm with bait and switch for reviews then nickel and dime afterwards.

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[–] harry_balzac 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Definitely paid actors. These companies all have social media teams. It's not improbable that they create fake personal accounts to post apologist bs.

They also can buy sock puppet accounts and use those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm sure Blizzard's really dumping a lot of resources into "shitposting on a Reddit clone with under 30k MAUs".

[–] FooBarrington 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Feeling called out?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I wish. I'll bet Blizzard pays good.