When Micro Transactions Attack and you are weak. *My cruel story* / Share yours so i feel less stupid. Plz?

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IkePoR said:
Gonna be a bummer here. Somehow my will has lasted through all the 99 cent deals and deluxe expansion packs.

You know if anything seeing Deluxe editions and Complete editions and the likes completely has put me off buying some games, just like... See a game on psn on sale for 9.99! cool that's a nice price I'll buy it.... wait... next to it is the complete edition for 12.99 how is the 9.99 version incomplete? should I buy the 12.99 version instead... okay... wait... there is a fucking deluxe super deee dooper edition for 19.99, at that point I'm just so completely out of interest, those games prolly come laced with dlc and microtransactions too if they are trying to nickle and dime the fuck out of players on the way in, that is a club I don't wanna visit.

Some examples from the summer sale right now

Easy enough here, Just cause is an open world game... so there is an XL version of it which... I'm guessing has more content because it's bigger?

But.... Mortal Kombat X is Mortal Kombat 10... the X means 10, Mortal Kombat XL sort of makes sense but... it's a fighting game? is it a larger story? roster? costumes? is it even the same game as MKX?

Ahhh you want the deluxe edition... very nice... but... it's not the ultimate deluxe edition though! still gives you that feeling you aren't buying the full game for your money.

3 tiers of buying last years Fifa game with updated rosters, yes please, sign me up for the superrrr deee dooper I love dlc edition

 

Now you get to the realms of which version is best isn't clear at all with the naming

So... should you buy the game of the year edition? then need to get the deluxe edition upgrade on top of that? or... is the deluxe edition included in the GOTY edition, if so.. what is deluxe about the deluxe version? again... base game looks like a terrible option to buy because you clearly miss out on a ton of content.

And lastly... what the fuck is this 2 different games or just terrible version names with the crew

So the Crew, base game is 12.49.... and Wild ride is also 12.49 so you would think... they are different titles? but then the other two titles here.. what is going on there? How is The Crew Wild Run different from The Crew Wild Run Edition, they're priced differently so there must be more content to it? but... what...

 

See it's at that point where they've effectively cheapened the experience that the core game seems to be offering which makes me think... if it isn't a complete edition... am I buying a demo basically where I'll need to upgrade it later for more money, which just makes me more often than not, opt out of buying altogether.