Have We Lost The Fight Against Microtransactions?

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After the release of Baldur's Gate 3 provided gamers with an reprieve from the standard nonsense of the triple A industry. Many were optimisitc about it's possibility to function as a standard bearer for the entire industry. An example for developers who were keen to eschew microtransactions and embrace actually making quality single player experiences.

That is until the disasturous release of Dragons Dogma 2 brought the AAA zeitgeist firmly back into the limelight. It's lauch managed to embody everything wrong with the industry in a neat package. And the frustration of gamers, was equal to the scale of the flop.

But can the industry be changed? Can microtransaction be stopped in their tracks? I'm here to answer these questions.

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