Take-Two CEO Defends NBA 2K's microtransactions, says some customers just want everything to be free

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That's what they all say, we'll see you in late August Breh

I'm serious breh. Unless I can get this on cdkeys for less than $15, I'm not buying it. It's less pressure to buy it now that I play on PC and none of my friends own a good enough PC to game on.
 

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I'm serious breh. Unless I can get this on cdkeys for less than $15, I'm not buying it. It's less pressure to buy it now that I play on PC and none of my friends own a good enough PC to game on.
:snooze: you act like we don't have a gamestop plug around here. So its not like youre paying anything close to full price. :beli:

See you in late August breh:stylin::salute:
 

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I mean, call it whatever you want, but if you take into account the $20 or so you’ll spend on that, it’s really not that bad.

Take for example AC:O. I bought the game and spent $25 on in-game credits to gain access to better equipment that I would of had to grind for otherwise. I didn’t want to waste my time doing that, so I didn’t mind paying that money. Yeah, that’s like paying for cheat codes, but when you think about it, $85 for a game I spent 50hours on, is still a great value, compared to other forms of entertainment. :yeshrug:

Defend micro-transactions :mjlol:
 

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Just another reason why I stick to single player games
Playing shyt online getting too expensive to have fun with
Take-two doing it with their single player games to...

RDR2 will have two single player missions, a bank robbery and a gang hideout completely locked behind a paywall...

You have to purchase the $100 "Special Edition" version of the game to get those missions...
 

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Take-two doing it with their single player games to...

RDR2 will have two single player missions, a bank robbery and a gang hideout completely locked behind a paywall...

You have to purchase the $100 "Special Edition" version of the game to get those missions...

:snoop: I heard about that in the RDR2 thread I was like...:snoop: that is bullshyt. it's a major reason why the head guy behind the GTA series left too... :pacspit:
 

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I think the last 2k I played was the one with Kobe on the cover

its one thing to throw micro transactions in for cosmetics - but they don't even use that money to support the actual infrastructure of the game. its all pocketed. the engine is the same, animations from a decade ago are still being used shamelessly, they reduce and reintroduce features every year, they drop major parts of the community support to push this fake e-sports bullshyt that has zero traction, they spend 'development' time on figuring out how many advertisements they can pack into the monotony....

tell me why myfukkinggm is anchored with microtransactions and a grind system?

its ONLY sports fans that tolerate this kind of thing. Battlefront? they came for the wig. Destiny? Bungie got on an apology tour like Chris Brown. Ubisoft? literally changed their whole business model in under a year after that mordor shyt.

2k and madden? they got loot boxes for shyt you already fukking had and then they have the audacity to peddle out the same jank bullshyt for 2-3 years at a time because 2k/madden legit don't have competition at all

any other genre in gaming tries this shyt and people would petition until there was an federal investigation :dead:
 

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I will say this..... I get any arguments anyone in here may have against them..... cuz they are valid and really hard to dispute.

But lets be honest, we do all love when shyt is free and would like for stuff or more stuff to be free. They aint lying about that:mjlit:

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:dwillhuh:Here's a thought:

Why don't 2K just make a NBA game where you can just spend 20 dollars a year just for the update and additional features to go along with the micro-transaction bullshyt:beli:. That way they can still fukk the customer but gently. I'm not understanding this whole 60 dollars for the game +pay for fake money for stats and unneeded shyt+ collectors edition bullshyt= :umad:Pay us fukk you mentality.
yep, that's why I brought up that they expect you to buy their $60 game every year. they want all that Games As A Service 'recurrent consumer spending', while also being a yearly release. it's too much
 
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