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Nearly 90% Of Developers Surveyed Say Premium Games Don't Need Microtransactions (insider-gaming.com)

submitted 2 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never really thought devs misunderstood that. They aren’t the problem. Do the same survey with the publishers.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

"...The price point, at the time, was the issue. We felt, it's probably worth this," he said. "I won't say who at Microsoft said, 'Well, that's less than we sell a theme for; a wallpaper is more than that. You should charge this; you can always lower it'"

Even the horse armor, allegedly, was heavily influenced by Microsoft.