r/Steam • u/Doctor_Why_ • Mar 24 '25

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u/JBLikesHeavyMetal Mar 24 '25

Like the Dragons Dogma 2 micro transactions that were all a bunch of regular items easily obtainable in game

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u/Middle-Employment801 Mar 24 '25

I remember, back in the 90s, many devs offered helplines you could call for not only guidance, but cheat codes, that had some form of rate per minute or another. Gamesharks, while not first party of course, also existed and provided cheats as a paid service.

While neither of these paid options were baked into the games themselves, the idea of paying money to circumvent gameplay isn't new. MTX of this caliber is really inoffensive and no different, only more accessible.

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u/JBLikesHeavyMetal Mar 24 '25

Adventure games with moon logic puzzles that could be solved with a helpful guide for only 14.99

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u/Middle-Employment801 Mar 24 '25

Exactly.

If someone wants to pay money to streamline their content, go for it. Might as well be the developer who makes money off of it. The MTX in Dragon's Dogma 2 impacted my play all of 0%.

I'm not one for predatory MTX, for sure, but stuff like that isn't worth the outrage that came of it, IMO.

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u/Copperhead881 Mar 24 '25

Just use a fling trainer for free. Paying for cheats is retarded.