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Assassin's Creed: Unity microtransaction currency prices revealed ($9.99 to $99.99)

Forsythia

Forsythia

Member
I'm so glad I waited to buy this. This game has so many issues, I simply cannot give Ubisoft any money for this. Almost everything people hate about the modern gaming industry wrapped into one game. They truly are a pioneer.
 
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Projectjustice

Banned
We only have ourselves to blame. Everyone always gets mad when there are microtransactions in a game but people are buying DLC for every game released. The only way to make publishers stop this practice is by not buying anything. Personally, i buy the main game and then I move on. I dont waste a dime on DCL, expect for Street Fighter. Thats my thing but everything else, nope. So untill you stop purchasing DLC, you have no reason to crying over such practices.
 
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SmokyDave

Member
Not surprised. I can't help but wonder why The Crew has two separate currencies too.

I wonder if this will be like horse armour from last gen. By 2019 we might have people saying 'well it was shitty at the beginning, but then some really cool content was worth the fee!'.
 
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Late Flag

Member
To be fair, I wasn't going to buy this game anyway because I'm not a fan of the franchise, but this is some seriously disgraceful stuff. Add me to the list of people who were probably going to spring for FC4 who are now very worried.
 
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DrROBschiz

Member
brickwalker0 said:
Publishers would really appreciate it if you wouldn't re-name an already disgusting business practice to something more accurate.

The saddest part of all of this is that they WILL be profitable off of these practices regardless of places like NeoGAF making a fuss about it. The majority of people playing this game will be blind-sided when they run into it in-game.

I recommend everyone watch the recent South Park episode (episode six of the current season) regarding freemium. These practices are going to wreck people with gambling addictions.
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This is the scary part

What does it take for mass market rejection? Do the casual players and "Whales" even care?

Designing games chasing and feeding the egos of wealthy (or impulsive) people is shitty business.

Ubisoft should be ashamed.
 
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Percy

Banned
Microtransactions in full priced $60 games you say? Holy shit... guess PS4 really does have full parity with Xbox One now ;)

Assassin's Creed: Screwnity.
 
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Foffy

Banned
SmokyDave said:
Not surprised. I can't help but wonder why The Crew has two separate currencies too.

I wonder if this will be like horse armour from last gen. By 2019 we might have people saying 'well it was shitty at the beginning, but then some really cool content was worth the fee!'.
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People eventually get used to shit when that's all they're being given. This trend is very potent to see in games.
 
diablos991

diablos991

Can’t stump the diablos
DrROBschiz said:
I would rather pay 99 dollars for a giant and compete game than this crap they are pulling now

Doing this convoluted garbage in the name of consumer choice is a joke. Its undermining the core development and bringing the quality down.

How do the teams even focus on making the games good? They cant. They are too distracted and spread thin to appease these wild demands
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I think this problem won't begin to reverse until the industry abandons the publisher model.

Some studios would try this stuff for a while longer, but it would make it easier for a consumer to identify the offending studio and it would directly impact the studio's brand.

Studios would actually be able to realize their vision without pressure from the publishers.
 
wapplew

wapplew

Member
Ubi just provided an option for convenience, thanks.
Can anyone confirm the pricing is true? Is this from ac unity or that IOS game?
 
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MG310

Member
Well at least Black Flag spent 30 hours teaching me that 95 percent of treasure chests are completely useless...so I won't feel compelled to download the app/like them on Facebook/follow them on Twitter to open them.
 
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DrROBschiz

Member
diablos991 said:
I think this problem won't begin to reverse until the industry abandons the publisher model.

Some studios would try this stuff for a while longer, but it would make it easier for a consumer to identify the offending studio and it would directly impact the studio's brand.

Studios would actually be able to realize their vision without pressure from the publishers.
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We would need the tools to create games to continue to get easier and cheaper

AAA games are still miles above what most common devs are capable of producing. Some studios incorporate production practices and tools used in making movies (Mocap etc..)

Would love to continue to see the evolution of Cheaper engines (Unity) and tools that we are seeing now.
 
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Tigress

Member
Amir0x said:
This game is basically like the Trojan horse of every horrible game design direction that has been occurring for the past six years :(
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Is anyone surprised? If so you haven't been paying attention. It's been very obvious this is the direction ubi wants to take gaming (the same direction as EA). And they will continue to do so long as people buy their games.
 
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Zoned

Actively hates charity
Ubisoft didn't want debates and stuff, and look how well it is going now. Ubisoft fucked it up.
 
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JCtheMC

Member
To think i was literally hours away from ordering a PS4 to be able to play this game... Now i have 2 major publishers whose games i refuse to pay for.
 
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Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Untalkative_Bunny said:
The key to those numbers is the inclusion of a gambling mechanic that hook susceptible players. If it becomes widespread, and we start hearing stories of kids and $1000 bills, there will be blowback. It's a dangerous way to design games when the target audience is under 18.
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Is the target audience for FIFA and Madden under 18?

I mean I imagine some of them are, but I don't think they're hitting their sales numbers on that.

Ultimate Team has been going for over 5 years now and growing stronger so I get the feeling there hasn't been much blowback.
 
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fuzzyset

Member
I really hope Far Cry 4 is devoid of this type of crap. If it takes hours upon hours versus 2$ to unlock the next tier of weapons, that's gonna be some serious BS.
 
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LouisaFerre

Member
Ubisoft is now as bad as EA in my eyes.

Before I thought they made some middling games. Not bad ones, not particularly interesting, but it seems like they're getting especially repetitive with their games and just very sloppy on a technical level.

Microtransactions in a full priced game are especially abhorrent to me as well, so that's just about it for me.
 
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Kalamoj

Member
Do we even know how much time it takes to unlock the last one without paying?
If it's reasonable, it's ok. Not like Ubi is the first company who does this.
 
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WhiskerFrisker

Member
I can't even write 'lol' because there is nothing that's funny about this. It literally is insulting to think that Ubisoft would try and gouge money from consumers like this. Ubisoft deserve whatever backlash they recieve for this nonsense.

I just hope that this does not set a new precedent in the games industry. This is ridiculous.
 
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Manu

Member
Those aren't microtransactions. $99.99 is not a microtransaction. We need a new word.

Wait, I guess "scam" works.
 
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TheJollyCorner

Member
This really bums me out.

I had a blast with Black Flag (&, in retrospect, ACII, Brotherhood, & Revelations) and was anxiously waiting for Unity. They had my money from the first trailer.
Then bullshit parity PR mess happens.
Then review embargoes.
Then the bugs/framerate slog/glitches show up in review copies.
Now this shit.


It's just left a bad taste in my mouth and I don't even think I want this game at a budget price.
It makes me sad because after disliking AC1, I started really getting into the series with the second game. This will be the first one I actively skip and I was actually looking forward to it. :[
Gotta vote with my wallet.
 
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bLaiSe

Member
Yeah, not gonna buy this game. And I think I'll skip FC4 too. I'm starting to develop FPS fatigue anyway. FU Ubisoft!
 
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lt519

Member
Not totally sure on the uproar for this yet. As far as we know this is all credits you can earn by playing the game normal. I'm not against offering players another avenue if they want to speed up the game and pay the money. However, if they intentionally made it hard (not getting there naturally through side/story) to get credits and purchase everything then I have a problem.
 
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UrbanRats

Member
shadowsdarknes said:
It all makes sense:

Ubisoft wants 200 dollars from each gamer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY5L95BOQTg
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Well, lol, turns out instead i've become a 20 dollars customer, and a lot of people even 0 dollars customers.

This is all very funny to me, the only sad part is that i think Unity had genuine potential, but they decided to sacrifice it, so to speak, to test out all their worst ideas, as well as shit it out 6 months too soon, for the same reason.
 
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TheBanditKing

Member
Wow this game sounds like a complete rip off. Micro transactions, horrible framerate, clipping and pop in galore, low res.....you know I'm glad I decided to stop with Black Flag.
 
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benny_a

extra source of jiggaflops
Nirolak said:
Is the target audience for FIFA and Madden under 18?

I mean I imagine some of them are, but I don't think their hitting their sales numbers on that.

Ultimate Team has been going for over 5 years now and growing stronger so I get the feeling there hasn't been much blowback.
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Ultimate Team is just one mode out of many in FIFA. While they get more and more annoying with putting ads for FUT in the menu or in various places inside the game, if you want to fully avoid it you can without any impact on many other modes.

Not that I think FUT is great or anything, but it doesn't impact the actual game design yet.
 
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