Top Ten Microtransactions Of 2006
This list was compiled by Gamersfeast using data from Microsoft’s website. Now, I have nothing against a developer for putting out 10 or so new maps for online play for a price, they should, it took time to make them. However, I, and millions of other gamers, do have a problem against developers for charging money for an extra car in a game or for a “key” to unlock more parts of a game, stuff that could have been easily included in the retail version. How much longer are we going to be in the “Microtransaction era?” Will it be much different in 07? Will we be able to complete a game without buying extra content to finish it? Here’s a list of how much extra content there is per game. No surprise that EA is at the top.
1. Need for Speed Carbon – $35.73 – Electronic Arts
2. The Godfather – $30.80 – Electronic Arts
3. Test Drive Unlimited – $30.61 – Atari
4. Oblivion – $24.11 – Bethesda
5. Chromehounds – $23.74 – Sega
6. Call of Duty 2 – $14.99 – Activision
7. Tiger Woods 07 – $14.24 – Electronic Arts
8. Ridge Racer 6 – $11.99 – Namco
9. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – $11.24 – Ubisoft
10. Eragon – $10.00 – Vivendi Games
10. Kameo – $10.00 – Microsoft
10. PGR 3 – $10.00 – Microsoft
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January 2nd, 2007 at 3:58 am
EA are arseholes, NFSC costs nearly the same amount as the ‘extra’ content does. paying extra for content is as stupid an idea as mmorpg’s are.
January 2nd, 2007 at 8:35 am
Deliberately crippling software so that they can charge more for necessary extra features should be a criminal offense. The trouble is that we have the choice to not buy it (that’s their loop hole) but the fact is that not buying it only gives us a watered down experience of what we would have otherwise had if the “extra” content was included in the first place.
We need to remember that although games are entertainment their sole purpose is to bring in bucket loads of money. Games are a business after all.
There should be a requirement that any extra costs to play the game also be printed on the packaging so that people know what they are buying and not getting burned.
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:17 am
Come on now dont Dis the MMOS, MMOS do update Quite frequently, Good example World of warcraft, Since launch they have added Battlegrounds, Quests, Gameplay, Class revamps, PvP, Items, High level instances and more. Also the Game is VERY stable and FUN. And all this before any Expantions!.
Bad example Any MMO that SOE makes. They charge a monthy fee and come out with an expantion about every 4-6 months, so thats $15 a month and at least $40 per expantion. But the Add-ons are ill to none, All there add-ons are more like fixes to the features that they “added”. Trust me I use to work for SOE, all they care about is getting that expantion out and getting money… THEN fix what “coolness” that they last secondly put together.
Now to my point. I have yet to buy an Add-on to a console game. I hate the fact that the game is not “compleate”. I would buy an add-on if it was a good one. I would have to be something worth getting. I HAD NFS:C, It was good, to blury if you ask me. When going to the XBMP (XBOX Marketplace), I was suprised to find that there were no free downloads (not counting the demo). I did the math vs. all the Downloads and was Shocked… I thought I bought the Special Edition, in facked I bought the Nerfed Edition. $30+ for extra content that was there when the game cameout, you got to be kidding me. I payed the Extra dough at the gamestore so that I would have a satisfying gaming experiance, but come to find all this “unspecial edition” that I could get made me PISSED at Microsoft and EA.
Dont get me Wrong i do like the Idea of the XBMP, but i dont like spending a Sh*t load of points to get these add-ons, Everything should cost 10-20pts each no matter what the feature / add-on is. I would pay 4.99 or a lil more for an add-on if it was a grip of crap or a HUGE game update. If the gaming industry thinks this is the way to go then there wrong. Lets just hope that the PS3 goes a diffrent way
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:22 am
Yeah don’t dis MMO’s
Dis EA. They suck.
WTF EA? WTF.
January 2nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
EA… I don’t buy em…
WoW will exist in its current form till the next MMORPG has the same features with free or user run servers… this will happen eventually… personally I dont need another bill, so Ill wait.
January 2nd, 2007 at 6:57 pm
i wasn’t really complaining about the extra content of mmorpg’s, i don’t like them because they are a huge waste of life and money. too many people get in fights over it and act as if its a job.
January 3rd, 2007 at 1:29 am
Wow, EA strips a game down, sells it for 60 bucks and then sells the remaining content for another 30 bucks.
Burn in hell, you greedy bastards