Expiring Microtransactions in Freemiums
Jul. 15th, 2018 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
owsf2000I think by now anyone who's played any freemium game out there has realized the devs intent and desire to add deliberate, excessive time delays to encourage people to buy tokens to "fast forward" time.
I personally don't dabble in those shitstains very often. I also don't get pissed at what they're doing since again I don't dabble in those shitstains very often.
However I did notice something that I don't recall seeing before. It may be common practice already, admittedly, but at least let me feign surprise.
I saw a game on steam that let you "advance time" - essentially to quickly amass revenue you would have otherwise had to wait literally hours to WEEKS to obtain, as well as to countdown excessive counters for other things. However in the in-game store I saw a warning/disclaimer. It said the tokens bought had to be used within X number of days (Can't remember the exact number, although it was over 100) or they would expire. And expired tokens could not be used.
So in addition to adding horrible, mind-numbing delays to their game to encourage you to spend money on it (And it can quickly go above 100 bucks for that. Easily.) they feel it necessary to pressure you into spending those things ASAP as well.
Interest in the game: Eh it's installed. I'll check it once in a blue moon anyway.
Interest in paying a penny towards it's money racket: 0%
I wonder if these types of devs ever really wonder what they're saying about their own games and it's value, when players are paying them to MAKE IT END FASTER.
I personally don't dabble in those shitstains very often. I also don't get pissed at what they're doing since again I don't dabble in those shitstains very often.
However I did notice something that I don't recall seeing before. It may be common practice already, admittedly, but at least let me feign surprise.
I saw a game on steam that let you "advance time" - essentially to quickly amass revenue you would have otherwise had to wait literally hours to WEEKS to obtain, as well as to countdown excessive counters for other things. However in the in-game store I saw a warning/disclaimer. It said the tokens bought had to be used within X number of days (Can't remember the exact number, although it was over 100) or they would expire. And expired tokens could not be used.
So in addition to adding horrible, mind-numbing delays to their game to encourage you to spend money on it (And it can quickly go above 100 bucks for that. Easily.) they feel it necessary to pressure you into spending those things ASAP as well.
Interest in the game: Eh it's installed. I'll check it once in a blue moon anyway.
Interest in paying a penny towards it's money racket: 0%
I wonder if these types of devs ever really wonder what they're saying about their own games and it's value, when players are paying them to MAKE IT END FASTER.
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Date: 2018-07-15 08:39 pm (UTC)I mean, there has to be a breaking point where even the most mentally deficient, most gullible, most apathetic gamers out there look at what's going on and say "Enough is enough, this bullshit has to stop," right? Right? Or maybe I'm completely wrong, and there's simply no bottom whatsoever to the pit of terrible horseshit from which the video game industry can dish it out, and similarly there's no end to the ravenous appetite of dumbshit gamers willing to consume such terrible horseshit.
Either way, it matters little to me, because I, like you, also don't touch that terrible horseshit. They can fuck off forever as far as I am concerned.