Take Two CEO on Microtransactions

[Stress Fracture]

I think the biggest problem last year was not knowing where you were going. A lot of the times you wasted VC that you had earned on things that weren’t necessary.

Jones goes on to state that purchasing items seemingly outside of your reach, or requiring a fair bit of grinding, is “a choice, not a force” and hopes players will consider it as such.

Lol so now they say players use VC for unessential items?

[sticky-fingers]

It's a new conception of gaming : if you dont have the time to play, pay again to go to the end

[Andrew]

I think the biggest problem last year was not knowing where you were going. A lot of the times you wasted VC that you had earned on things that weren’t necessary.

Jones goes on to state that purchasing items seemingly outside of your reach, or requiring a fair bit of grinding, is “a choice, not a force” and hopes players will consider it as such.

Lol so now they say players use VC for unessential items?

It's blaming players for the system they implemented, basically.

[Andrew]

Having finished playing through The Prelude in the full version last night, I'd have to say this is sadly accurate: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/09/nba-2 ... ed-future/

[Andrew]

And this.

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[mantazzo]

And also this:

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Honestly, I miss the old 2K...

[StyxTx]

"I just don’t get it. There are plenty of other sports games on the market, some of them even outselling 2K, and they’re nowhere near as abrasive or offensive with their thirst for cash." - This is how I think too. If other games can do it without gouging players, why can't 2k? Personally, I think the way 2k does business can be called "predatory".

"But with 2K, instead of approaching a new entry in the series with optimism, I now find myself dreading each new season, wondering what fresh new commercial hell I’m going to have to be subjected to just to play some games of basketball." - Exactly. Commercial/VC hell. Screw 2k.

You have to wonder when people will finally say enough of this crap and stop buying the game. Seriously, there are an unlimited number of things people can do with their lives. It's hard to believe people are so controlled by a game that they continue to allow a company to walk all over them. It all started with the addition of virtual lives to a sports game. No longer can I get just a basketball game without having to live some unrealistic, fake life, which is bad enough, but then I have to spend money, virtual or real, in order to live that life? No thanks. I already have a life. All I want is a sport game that let's me just play the sport without a bunch of pointless, inane garbage thrown in.

[StyxTx]

And also this:

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Honestly, I miss the old 2K...

LOL. I should change my name to Jim Sterling. I couldn't have said it better. They want more and more money for a worse and worse product.

[Andrew]

Thank God for Jim Sterling, indeed.