That's just how it goes when people constantly go "cosmetic only is fine" and "MTX is the bad word and only applies for 'buying power.'"
People have brought this on themselves for propping up "power" as the only thing that is negative from DLC packs, and let themselves be nickle and dimed on cosmetics without a single care.
Because god forbid you be able to unlock things in a fucking video game. Nah you need to pay 2.99$ for the Chaos skin their art guy already finished in the last 6 months of development while it was only coding left.
This was always a completely retarded take. Cosmetics are as much part of the game as sound effects, level design or progression are. I remember the days when cosmetics were a legitimate reward for skillful play or for discovering secrets.
But as a different conversation on this chain went, the mindset really was "meh, its cheaper than the alternative!" without realizing the cheapening comes at the cost of the industry standards and makes everything lower its quality.
That's just how it goes when people constantly go "cosmetic only is fine" and "MTX is the bad word and only applies for 'buying power.'"
People have brought this on themselves for propping up "power" as the only thing that is negative from DLC packs, and let themselves be nickle and dimed on cosmetics without a single care.
Because god forbid you be able to unlock things in a fucking video game. Nah you need to pay 2.99$ for the Chaos skin their art guy already finished in the last 6 months of development while it was only coding left.
This was always a completely retarded take. Cosmetics are as much part of the game as sound effects, level design or progression are. I remember the days when cosmetics were a legitimate reward for skillful play or for discovering secrets.
People claiming otherwise are idiots.
I don't disagree at all.
But as a different conversation on this chain went, the mindset really was "meh, its cheaper than the alternative!" without realizing the cheapening comes at the cost of the industry standards and makes everything lower its quality.
Its Chinese tools in a media sense.