• Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m gonna paste a comment I left the other day pertaining to this:

    I will die on the hill of “Oblivion’s horse armor DLC was not the beginning of micro transactions”

    Because it wasn’t. There were micro transactions for games long before the hore armor thing. Also, horse armor was a one-time purchase for that mechanic.

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      8 months ago

      I’m pretty sure the mtx for dragons dogma are all 1 time dlc bought on the steam page just like the horse Armour.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I will die on the hill of “Oblivion’s horse armor DLC was not the beginning of micro transactions”

      Because it wasn’t. There were micro transactions for games long before the hore armor thing.

      Such as? Are you saying you could pay a small amount for something in a game before this? Sure, it’s possible.

      Also, horse armor was a one-time purchase for that mechanic.

      Ok, and? As in it’s a small amount (micro) purchase for a thing?

      I’m not sure exactly what hill you’re dying on here. That there was a game somewhere that had buyable things for small amounts of money before Oblivion? Sure, there may have been. And?

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Also, horse armor was a one-time purchase for that mechanic.

      It wasn’t even a mechanic, though. The armor literally did nothing, it was a cosmetic.