Microtransactions - what is the big deal?

[Captain_Tom]

Otakumegane said:

Captain_Tom said:

Fifaguy360 said:

I'm trying to wrap my head around why gamers are so against this. Mostly, I just see gamers trying to pull one-liners to get thumbs up on other sites i.e. "thank you EA" etc etc. It just seems the popular thing to do right now along with COD hate, except I don't see intelligent discussion about it.

So I'll kick start the discussion. I don't want to pay $10 for a DLC for 10 things of which only 2 I want. I'd rather pay $2 and get my 2 things saving me $8 for perhaps other things I may want.

Isn't this a win for the gamer? If you don't like microtransactions, pls elaborate your position.

I'm not and I agree with you.  

 

Look at BF3.  People can pay to unlock later weapons if they don't have the time to unlock them.  What is wrong with that?  If that is unfair, then it is also unfair that others who play more get an advantage.

My favorite AR in the game is the AN-94, but if I have an M16, I can still kill tons of people.

The thing is the purposely make the time to unlock them longer so you feel more inclined to use $$ to unlock.

Yes and no.  I felt the unlock time was fine, though possibly a little too long.  However many people complain about unlocking everything too fast like in BFBC:2, so this is mostly an opinion.