Dear PlayStation Fans: Trickle-Down Economics Isn't Real!

[DonFerrari]

Azzanation said:

Chrkeller said:

No idea, I don't own GT7 and thus have zero idea how the game is structured.  I also haven't bought anything for Smash.  But if your question is what is the difference between between DLC and MTX, pay structure and intent.  

DLC: Intent is to expand the game post completion and is a one time price.  In the case of Dark Souls 3, DLC includes new areas, new bosses, new spells, new weapons, new armour, new items and new NPCs.  All in one package.

MTX: stands for "micro" transaction, meaning small.  The intent is to constantly sell little units of the game for small dollar mounts.  The reason for this is based on many consumers not viewing a $1 as much money, thus not thinking about how he/she has paid $1 to upgrade their game 100 times over 2 years.  The intent of MTX is to get consumers to spend large sums of money over time in small increments. 

Staying with the Dark Souls 3 example.  It was a full package at $15, thus DLC.  If it were MTX they would have taken the 40 different new features and sold them at $2 a piece, hoping the consumer over a year would drop $80 on their $60 game.      

Perhaps the poster child is Dead or Alive 5 (I think).  DoA used to be my favorite fighting game but now I won't touch it.  I think all the extra content makes the game over $1,000.  That is just insane.  Minecraft is equally as bad, especially since it is aimed at kids.  

MTs also offer content, such as seasonal rewards like in WoW, gaining mounts and Pets or in Sea of Thieves which sometimes offer Charity MTs for those that want a unique skin and donates all causes to charity etc. 

Not all games do it evil. Overwatch (1) Lootbox system was done really well and wasn't predatory until EA took the idea and Activision etc. 

There is nothing wrong with offering MTs in a game aslong as it's done right. DLC can also be sold as small portions like selling a character in DOA. Destiny sold DLC which chopped up the campaign in 3 different parts. There is Good and Bad DLC and MTs.

DonFerrari said:

As far as I know you don't buy cars in GT with MTX or DLC. All the cars are available in the game with free DLC. What you can do is buy credits with MTX and use it to buy cars if you want. Foreign concept I'm sure it is hard to understand.

And what do you think those credits are? MTX. GT7 sold as a full price game and also offered MTX and Sony want to continue to push the $70 narrative while offering some of the worse MTX this gen and destroying GT7 at the same time. But Sony want that extra $10 per game purchase moving forward. Foreign concept I know.

 You mud the water to try to make your point. Is the MTX of GT7 bad? Yes. Is it even necessary at all? No. You can get 100% of the content of the game without having to buy a single MTX, while a lot of games there is things that can only be bought with MTX. I'm pretty satisfied with getting free DLC and playing the content instead of paying to get something that should be part of playing to get. You can finish all the SP content without grinding or paying for MTX, and you can even do the MP content while loaned cars.