Does EA really think cosmetics-only MTX is a money maker?
How many people actually care enough about looking "different" in a combat MMO? There are only 3 others with you at a time, maximum. In the Fort, you can't see yourself, and AFAIK there are no customizations for that portion of the game anyway but that is honestly assumption on my part.
This is an honest question. I enjoyed making my pink Batarian and Krogan and Volus warriors in ME3MP, but that was attainable through regular gameplay without MTX, although you could buy packs. I wouldn't have paid to do it; people know me for my Leroy Jenkins gameplay and some BSNers would recognize me playing Frogger in an arcade mostlikely. A brilliant move, a questionable move, a strange move, he's dead Jim.
It is for some games. Fortnight for one, apparently. Whether it will be for Anthem... that remains to be seen.
Fortnite can go crazy with their designs and there is no central "theme". They are free to make some really wild character looks that entice people to purchase their skins. Anthem? Not nearly as much. The Javelins all look samey to me. It's like Iron Man Mk. I through Mk.1000. They all look the same and I could not be bothered to care about the subtle differences.
I don't see myself spending a red cent on MTX in this game. Emotes would be the only thing that may entice me, but then again, if I end up playing this mostly solo, emotes don't matter either.
I cannot see how Anthem will be a big long lasting success for EA.
I agree it’s a shockingly dumb decision. The only theory I can come up with is that they prioritized in favor of the loot shooter crowd that considers story missions little more than a speed bump to the end game. Why would they want to repeat?
but..but...but they PROMISED it would feel like a real bioware game!!!
BioWare promises are worth less than one bolivar.
/Topical
That being said, Borderlands 2 proved you can mix great stories, characters, and a dynamic world with the loot box shooter concept.
Last Edit: Feb 14, 2019 19:42:29 GMT by General Mahad
Does EA really think cosmetics-only MTX is a money maker?
How many people actually care enough about looking "different" in a combat MMO?
Isn't that kind of what they're doing with Apex? Last I heard, it had > 25M players, and they were supporting > 2M concurrently.
Sometimes people who spend a lot of hours with a game will buy cosmetics just to look at something different. I think, too, there are some people who will spend some money just to reward a dev who produces something they really like. It's the other side of voting with your wallet...
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Andromeda was more fun to talk about/hate on than to play. Really hoping this isn't a repeat.
I kind of hope there is another meme worthy quote like "My face is tired" with a wide eyed stare down to boot.
No thank you. The only thing worse than that line was the wave of Bioware fans desperately trying to defend it.
What they really need is another hilarious fist fight. Maybe between two Colossi, dancing around with their fists up, trying to martial arts each other to death.
I'm sure you guys can circle-jerk it up there soon enough.
Without you posting, there aren't enough jerks in here to make a circle
I don't shit on the hype thread... What's your beef there tough guy?
It's cognitive dissonance - he's likely aware of the flaws but wants to like the game so he overreacts to legitimate criticism. I was the same way when Andromeda launched, and it took a while to get over it.
I remember in time of old ME3MP players took their beef to the Thunderdome on Platinum/Hazard Glacier/Collectors in a 1v1 for bragging rights over funny dumb stuff, highly doubt Anthem will have anything like that, & if it even does, it'll never live up to the hype of ME3MP's drama queens, & 6/6/6/6/6 builds.
Does EA really think cosmetics-only MTX is a money maker?
How many people actually care enough about looking "different" in a combat MMO? There are only 3 others with you at a time, maximum. In the Fort, you can't see yourself, and AFAIK there are no customizations for that portion of the game anyway but that is honestly assumption on my part.
This is an honest question. I enjoyed making my pink Batarian and Krogan and Volus warriors in ME3MP, but that was attainable through regular gameplay without MTX, although you could buy packs. I wouldn't have paid to do it; people know me for my Leroy Jenkins gameplay and some BSNers would recognize me playing Frogger in an arcade mostlikely. A brilliant move, a questionable move, a strange move, he's dead Jim.
SMITE makes a shit-ton of money from people spending for skins. Plenty of other more popular MOBAs do as well. And of course hero shooters like Paladins or Overwatch make extra bank with skins, too. Naturally, as mentioned above, there’s Fortnite. People spend to look cool, dude. If it’s not your cup of tea then it’s not your cup of tea. Frankly it’s not mine, either, but it clearly is for many others.
Does EA really think cosmetics-only MTX is a money maker?
How many people actually care enough about looking "different" in a combat MMO? There are only 3 others with you at a time, maximum. In the Fort, you can't see yourself, and AFAIK there are no customizations for that portion of the game anyway but that is honestly assumption on my part.
This is an honest question. I enjoyed making my pink Batarian and Krogan and Volus warriors in ME3MP, but that was attainable through regular gameplay without MTX, although you could buy packs. I wouldn't have paid to do it; people know me for my Leroy Jenkins gameplay and some BSNers would recognize me playing Frogger in an arcade mostlikely. A brilliant move, a questionable move, a strange move, he's dead Jim.
SMITE makes a shit-ton of money from people spending for skins. Plenty of other more popular MOBAs do as well. And of course hero shooters like Paladins or Overwatch make extra bank with skins, too. Naturally, as mentioned above, there’s Fortnite. People spend to look cool, dude. If it’s not your cup of tea then it’s not your cup of tea. Frankly it’s not mine, either, but it clearly is for many others.
15 others with you in the social hub I will look de best
I remember in time of old ME3MP players took their beef to the Thunderdome on Platinum/Hazard Glacier/Collectors in a 1v1 for bragging rights over funny dumb stuff, highly doubt Anthem will have anything like that, & if it even does, it'll never live up to the hype of ME3MP's drama queens, & 6/6/6/6/6 builds.
That shit was more fun to joke about than actually do. Thunderdome was stupid. Perpetuating that stupidity by threatening to Thunderdome someone was amusing.
I remember in time of old ME3MP players took their beef to the Thunderdome on Platinum/Hazard Glacier/Collectors in a 1v1 for bragging rights over funny dumb stuff, highly doubt Anthem will have anything like that, & if it even does, it'll never live up to the hype of ME3MP's drama queens, & 6/6/6/6/6 builds.
That shit was more fun to joke about than actually do. Thunderdome was stupid. Perpetuating that stupidity by threatening to Thunderdome someone was amusing.
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That shit was more fun to joke about than actually do. Thunderdome was stupid. Perpetuating that stupidity by threatening to Thunderdome someone was amusing.
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I kind of hope there is another meme worthy quote like "My face is tired" with a wide eyed stare down to boot.
No thank you. The only thing worse than that line was the wave of Bioware fans desperately trying to defend it.
What they really need is another hilarious fist fight. Maybe between two Colossi, dancing around with their fists up, trying to martial arts each other to death.
There were people trying to defend "My face is tired"?
Does EA really think cosmetics-only MTX is a money maker?
How many people actually care enough about looking "different" in a combat MMO? There are only 3 others with you at a time, maximum. In the Fort, you can't see yourself, and AFAIK there are no customizations for that portion of the game anyway but that is honestly assumption on my part.
This is an honest question. I enjoyed making my pink Batarian and Krogan and Volus warriors in ME3MP, but that was attainable through regular gameplay without MTX, although you could buy packs. I wouldn't have paid to do it; people know me for my Leroy Jenkins gameplay and some BSNers would recognize me playing Frogger in an arcade mostlikely. A brilliant move, a questionable move, a strange move, he's dead Jim.
SMITE makes a shit-ton of money from people spending for skins. Plenty of other more popular MOBAs do as well. And of course hero shooters like Paladins or Overwatch make extra bank with skins, too. Naturally, as mentioned above, there’s Fortnite. People spend to look cool, dude. If it’s not your cup of tea then it’s not your cup of tea. Frankly it’s not mine, either, but it clearly is for many others.
Your analogy is broken, I'm afraid.
You are comparing multiple F2P games, where cosmetic MTX makes some sense because anything you pay for is your own choice.
Anthem costs $60 or so on release. That is more than free. Thus, why would I pay for more stuff that doesn't change gameplay? To look cool?
You can already customize your Javelin with color. Maybe more, I don't know.
So, in a AAA game, am I still thicc in hed or ???
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