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I argee with the article's author that there's reason to have some concerns about this.

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[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Microtransactions are for pussies, macrotransactions are where it's at

[–] mohab@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember when Konami was charging money for save slots? 😂 I can't with this industry…

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck, when was that?

[–] mohab@piefed.social 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Omg wtf, Konami used to be great back in the day. What a way to burn up all good will with your fans. I refuse to buy any of their new games after they burned the bridges back when they claimed to be getting out of gaming for good.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You can thank Hideki Hayakawa, who turned thier Digital Entertainment (home videogames) division into more casino type things, completed around when Hideo left:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL-BmDNuS7w

And now thier "Digital Entertainment" division is way more profitable: https://www.pcgamer.com/konami-just-had-its-best-ever-year-thanks-to-games-youve-never-heard-of/

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Micro transaction is such a stupid pr spin of a term that just means regular transaction and I hate how well it’s caught on.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 6 hours ago

I've always preferred the term IAP (in-app purchase), especially since the transactions are anything but micro