The Microtransaction probelm in video games | Real Talk #21

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Published on October 16, 2017 6:15:45 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovAcJqmSCQ

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Overwatch 2 (2023)

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Micro transactions have been around in the video game community for a very long time. So why just now are they becoming controversial in some of the industries biggest titles to date? That's what I am here to discuss in Real Talk #21.

Here's all the articles I used as sources:

Loot Boxes Are More Proof that the Economics of Videogames Are Broken
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/10/loot-boxes-are-more-proof-that-the-economics-of-vi.html

5 Things We Learned From the Star Wars Battlefront II Public Beta
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/10/5-things-we-learned-from-the-star-wars-battlefront.html

This Week's Microtransaction Menace Is Xbox One's 'Forza 7'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2017/10/04/this-weeks-microtransaction-menace-is-xbox-ones-forza-7/#53f5c2626843

These are Destiny 2’s launch-day micro transactions
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/6/16263326/destiny-2-microtransactions-silver-ships-sparrows-shells-weapons-mods

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