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Although you make a valid point on the mentality of the business, your overall logic is flawed.

One, Micro-transactions on LoL due generate a lot more revenue then a one-time buy but they also need to. League of Legends has to be maintained which means they need a staff and they have to pay that staff, a lot of money. One time buys don't have that problem because the game doesn't necessarily change fundamentally, there is no upkeep. It's produced and paid for completely before it hits the shelves. All the companies are doing once the game is distributed is making a return on their initial investment. Which isn't hard to due, hence why prices drop significant after the first week or two of sales depending on the popularity of the franchise.

Two, League of Legends is essentially free. You (the consumer choose) to buy all the bell and whistles and you only make that choice after you have already invested heavily into the game in terms of playing it. So when you buy a skin for a champion it's a lot more gratifying because;

A) You played the game for more worth than the 5 bucks you are about to spend on it.
B) You know you will continue to play the game for more than the 5 bucks you are about to spend on it.

and last but not least...

C) It's not mandatory for game play.


I'm not arguing DLC shouldn't exist. It's how money grubbing companies like EA and Capcom are going about it that is the problem. The DLC they offer is information already hard-coded onto the disk that you already paid for. That's a bad scheme because it's no different from charging someone to use something that they already "own".

People aren't stupid. They recognize when you do something underhanded like that and they're are not gonna stop to think of the business aspect of a strategy like that. They're gonna simply see it as you trying to rip them off (because you are ripping them off).

That leads to bad publicity through word of mouth and anyone who has ever taken a marketing course knows that word of mouth is the single best form of advertisement.

Good Points Colonel,

i could talk about the video game industry for DAYS, especially the correct way to handle DLC and or mirco transactions. But that is a depressing conversation...so!!!



Who here has played the new DMC: Devil May Cry ??

DID YOU LOVE IT!? CAUSE I DID!!!

I have never played a DMC game. Everyone says I should fix this.

Then again I have only played one Metal Gear game (the first one for PS1).

Think it'll take a few more days before the scoring gets done?

Me and Sokoya are pretty much finished, but depending on how fast the third judge gets in, it'll depend on how fast he is at adapting to the rubric and judging.

Why not just rely on the two judges for the first round ?.? I mean you did it single handedly last year and it's not like a third judge is NECESSARY... >.>

Sorry the wait everyone.

Our mysterious third judge stepped down before grading.

He's since been sacked.

And replaced.


Edit: Vintrict beat me to it.