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Diablo 4's latest microtransaction controversy is a $30 portal recolor: "You can get Palworld for this price" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But I just don't see how the skins in these games bring joy anywhere near the money charged for them.

The simple answer is that, for a fair amount of people, $30 isn't a notable purchase, such that it's not particularly a substitute for anything else they may be interested in doing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that true? Something like 40% of Americans don't have $400 on hand. Maybe the people spending money on this trend wealthier?

I feel like you'd have to be pretty wealthy for $30 to be unremarkable.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

Maybe the people spending money on this trend wealthier?

I mean we're already looking at a fairly expensive hobby in gaming, which is going to skew towards people with more money in the first place.

And just speaking from my own perspective as solidly middle class, $30 is pretty comfortably within what I can spend without particularly thinking about it. Like yeah, I obviously can't just throw $30 at everything I see, it adds up over time, but it's low enough that I don't particularly have to think about exactly where it will come out of my budget.

And fwiw, I tend to avoid most in-game micro transactions, because I simply don't value them all that highly. I barely even care about getting free unlocks in most games.