[quote]youre right, i don’t know any of the background stuff, but you know what i can observe as a consumer? two of my (and many other people’s) favourite games of all time, halo 2 and halo 3, each came out over ten years ago and had NO microtransactions. halo 3 had a [i]map pack[/i] for like 15 bucks. bungie’s halo will go down in gaming history as one of the objectively greatest and most successful video game franchises of all time. and none of the games had any microtransactions. not one. “but development prices have since gone up as graphics and stuff improve so they have to compensate!” well. make the game good enough to sell lots of copies then. hell, even do what destiny has been doing and drop a must-buy-to-continue-progressing dlc once a year for 30-40 but do not do what everyone seems to be doing these days make an objectively [i]okay[/i] game that you know will not sell super great but not have any worries because you know that you will still make bank because people will sell their souls to microtransactions. it works on a corporate level but it equates to much less respect from the consumer who sees it as nothing but a cash grab and an excuse to make bad games which is exactly what it is.[/quote] Uh, did any game really have microtransactions 10 years ago? I'm pretty sure map packs and the beginnings of season passes were the big thing at that time. Map packs are a lot worse than dinky little optional cosmetic loot boxes