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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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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Horse armor came out in 2006. Micro transactions started in 2002 with Maple Story. Plenty of other games had micro transactions by then. Horse armor was a peak when Microsoft drove too hard and consumers pushed back- it was far from the start.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

wait, did microsoft own bethesda back then?

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

No, but they had a very close relationship. Morrowind was an Xbox exclusive. Oblivion was a timed Xbox exclusive that was supposed to be a 360 launch title that got delayed (the Horse Armor fiasco happened in 2006, while Oblivion didn't release on PS3 until 2007).