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The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

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[–] EremesZorn@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think, with 700k concurrent players, we need to recognize cRPGs may not be as niche as we previously thought. However, your point stands: this isn't going to hurt anyone's revenue from MTX.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Compared to the hundreds of millions that play mobile pay to win games, that's still niche.