Paid content in videogames (DLC, loot boxes, passes, currencies, "surprise mechanics" and - new! - pay more or wait!)

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by OrangeRKN » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:30 am

Karl wrote:EPIC FAIL ANGRY RANT


4 EPIC 2 FAIL, actually

It's the avenger's font that really gets to me though, especially with how uncleanly compressed the ANGRY is. Extra points for EPIC FAIL being not only all-caps, but distressed (gold distressing no less) and at a jaunty angle against a background that already has text overlayed.

Still, I guess it's not that bad

It's not this

twitter.com/YtThumbnails/status/878394751438905344


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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Knoyleo » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:54 am

That twitter account is fantastic. :lol:

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by Tafdolphin » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:07 am

Photek wrote:Angry Joe is f*cking awful. A cancerous channel.


Ok. I get that he's a bit gooseberry fool and a symptom of the awful YouTuber trend, but cancerous? Be genuinely interested in why you think that. He's no "I'm not racist promise" Pewdiepie or "Scientifically Provable as the Most Annoying Person Ever" Jake Paul, that's for sure.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Knoyleo » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:15 am

People who describe things they don't like as "cancerous" are pretty going awful.

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by Trelliz » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:16 am

Back on-topic, EA CFO talks about making a new action franchise and the potential for "uncapped monetisation"

Elsewhere, Jorgensen suggests EA's rolling initiatives, such as FIFA and Madden's respective Ultimate Team features, create scope for "uncapped monetisation".


He says: "If you have a live service component to [games on EA Access and Origins Access], you can have a subscription that's uncapped," he said. "Give people a way to spend money on things they want to do and that they enjoy doing [versus] simply capping them at $9 or $10 per month and that's all they can ever spend.


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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by OrangeRKN » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:41 am

twitter.com/mastiffgames/status/930577740582944768



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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by That » Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:49 am

When the creators of 30-in-1 party games think you're creatively bereft you know you've messed up.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Photek » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:00 am

Tafdolphin wrote:
Photek wrote:Angry Joe is f*cking awful. A cancerous channel.


Ok. I get that he's a bit gooseberry fool and a symptom of the awful YouTuber trend, but cancerous? Be genuinely interested in why you think that. He's no "I'm not racist promise" Pewdiepie or "Scientifically Provable as the Most Annoying Person Ever" Jake Paul, that's for sure.

It’s not an ‘either/or’ statement, a lot of YouTubers are tools but to attempt to validate Angry Joe as something other than a gimmick is disingenuous.

While going through his thumbnails just now to watch a video thinking he might be not gooseberry fool these days I seen EPIC FAIL twice, I mean FFS. Whincing whilst I pressed play on a battlefront 2 video It started off well, reasoned statements things ok then 5 mins in the screaming, back to gimmick land. Yeah strawberry float off angry joe.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Photek » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:18 am

Knoyleo wrote:People who describe things they don't like as "cancerous" are pretty going awful.

Grow up.

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by 7256930752 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:24 am

Karl wrote:When the creators of 30-in-1 party games think you're creatively bereft you know you've messed up.

Do you think the creators of the infamous horse armour are now vindicated?

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by That » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:27 am

Hime wrote:
Karl wrote:When the creators of 30-in-1 party games think you're creatively bereft you know you've messed up.

Do you think the creators of the infamous horse armour are now vindicated?

:lol: I certainly imagine they feel like they were just before their time; I don't think it would cause anywhere near as big a fuss today.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Knoyleo » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:29 am

Photek wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:People who describe things they don't like as "cancerous" are pretty going awful.

Grow up.

:simper:

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by False » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:30 am

Photek wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:People who describe things they don't like as "cancerous" are pretty going awful.

Grow up.


:lol:

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Mafro » Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:59 am

Photek wrote:Angry Joe is f*cking awful. A cancerous channel.

What Xbox One exclusives reviews of his did you not agree with, then?

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by BID0 » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:01 pm

Angry Joe is great. He is poking fun at people who make zero effort on their YouTube videos, just like these game companies (EA in NfS case) make zero effort on their games.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Garth » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:08 pm

Angry Joe is harmless, seems like a decent guy really. Not like some of the other gamer personalities on YouTube.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Fuzzy Dunlop » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:12 pm

I like Angry Joe :shifty:

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by jiggles » Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:37 pm

Bootleg Eighthours wrote:Whincing whilst I pressed play on a battlefront 2 video


#dead

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Trelliz » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:30 pm



According to Eurogamer the Dutch gambling commission is also looking into it now.

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PostRe: Paid content in videogames (DLC, season passes, micro transactions and loot boxes)
by Preezy » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:39 pm

I'm a fan of Angry Joe, he usually gets it spot on with his criticisms of big publishers. Other Joe is pretty funny too.


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