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Konami introduced an expiration date for MB coins (Japan/Steam only)
- Thread starter Ludens
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Spotty Ren
Member
A mistake. It's nothing but trash.
SoulUnison
Banned
Squeeze every last drop of Yen out of your previous goodwill, Konami.
I'm honestly glad you're essentially dead, at this point.
I'm honestly glad you're essentially dead, at this point.
YianGaruga
Banned
No one will be playing it in 6 months anyway
and they'll shut down servers soon after
GinoFelino
Member
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
A miserable pile of secrets.
the_batman
Banned
is anyone even playing it now? that FOB nonsense is a pain in the ass.
giancarlo123x
Banned
That's weird, why the hell a specific region and platform?
Visualante2
Member
Microsoft managed to make Allards expire in Europe.
Chairmanchuck
Member
They wont if no one sues them. Thats the thing.
Dragon Puncher
Member
Why..? What's the point, except just to piss people off? Would anybody after lossing their MB coins six months from now, actually go: "Oh well, better just buy some new ones then."?
Sapphire Dreams
Member
Good thing I never paid them a dime for microtransactions.
NightShift
Member
Konami literally scraping the barrel when it comes to their shittiness. Only pushing their bullshit to the region and marketplace that allows it is hilarious.
discontinuation of the service in Japan?
I just can't think of any other reason, about from Konami shittiness, to do it.
Do you know what is strange?
The fact they are talking right now about this expiration date. Because on March 1st all MB coins should expire, but the statement says they resetted the expiration date, so MB coins will expire on September 1st now (if I'm reading it right).
Dunno, either way it sounds really scummy, like they did players a favor by resetting the expiration date while no one even knew MB coins can expire (dunno if they released a Japan only statement, but I doubt it).
Yeah, probably to force people on spending MB coins on little transactions, like hats or fast FOB development boosters. So people can't accumulate large chunk of MB coins in order to buy other Fobs, this is the only thing I can think about, since only Fobs cost 1000+ MB coins.
The fact they are talking right now about this expiration date. Because on March 1st all MB coins should expire, but the statement says they resetted the expiration date, so MB coins will expire on September 1st now (if I'm reading it right).
Dunno, either way it sounds really scummy, like they did players a favor by resetting the expiration date while no one even knew MB coins can expire (dunno if they released a Japan only statement, but I doubt it).
Yeah, probably to force people on spending MB coins on little transactions, like hats or fast FOB development boosters. So people can't accumulate large chunk of MB coins in order to buy other Fobs, this is the only thing I can think about, since only Fobs cost 1000+ MB coins.
It does, mentioned in the last part of the announcement.
Stone Ocean
Member
There are daily bonuses that give you small amounts of MB coins every few days. This is basically meant to make it so you can't gather those, making them essentially useless.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Phew. I was getting worried I wouldn't get to hear the fuckkonaminews siren again.
Exactly, no one who lose their coins because of this bullshit restriction will ever spend money on them.
Konami is really just doing this to fuck over customers.
Acquiescence
Member
They sure do like playing the villain these days huh.
plasmawave
Banned
Glad Kojima no longer has any ties with that company.
They ain't just playing the role at this point, they're living it.
Was it clear that they had an expiration date when buying them? Because if it wasn't, this is probably illegal. And they can pretend that resetting the validity period is some kind of nice gesture from them all they want, it's not, It's a scam.
FantasticMrSnake
Member
It's the word we use when a company make a disgusting move agains their customers.
i.e: Payday2 made a "Konami" on his users with the microtransactions thing
/j
edit: Also, I remember this being like this in playstation japan since the beginning.
Exactly!
It's as if they've corps came together and chose who would be willing to sink as low as possible to try new schemes on players.
"Some users may have received MB coins without knowing about the validity period" doesn't sound like it.
That's why they're so friendly to reset the expiration counter for now.
Randomselect
Member
The very specific target is pretty weird. Japanese steam users only, what for?
Roni
Gold Member
Their ToS update mentioned they could take MB Coins away. But I don't remember if they set a period then.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Hope this makes it as a FucKonami update on the next Jimquisition.
infinityBCRT
Member
I think they are getting ready to shut down the servers later this year.
Probably because it's the only region where they can get away with this.
