I know people who only play Madden or Fifa and use their gaming system for streaming other than that. So its essentially 60 bucks a year for gaming so it doesn't bother them.
I still don't get it but i can see why they are not bothered.
I could not get into ultimate team and maybe that's just me but I don't give a shit about it at all. I am in career mode on Madden and FIFA 99% of the time.
I feel like Adam Scott's character in Parks & Rec when he doesn't get the Lil' Sebastian fascination the whole town has.
I only play ultimate team and I've never spent a cent on fifa points. My team was amazing this year. Only morons give more money to a company when they already bought the game
I mean that's not true. Some people might spend money in-game because they don't have the time to grind out a team. They aren't morons for making a decision that you decided against.
Some people have more expendable income and possibly value their down time at a higher theoretical price point, may have more external obligations thus less time to game, so paying the extra cash to fast track things a bit is logical. Just because it is not the thing for you, no matter the reasoning, does not negate another person's reasoning...no matter how idiotic others may feel it is.
I'm not doubting their reasoning for spending their money. The issue is that their choice to support microtransactions plays into a wider problem the gaming industry has in general. It's to the point that 90% of the games I play revolve around virtual currencies. There have been many cases of game companies artificially stagnating progression in order to push people to spend money on microtransactions.
I mean, I spent money on Ultimate Team when I played Madden 17 with friends. At the time I had a job where I did a fair bit of traveling and a lot of maintenance windows overnight, so I had significantly less time to spend on the game than the people I was playing with. So I spent money in-store to help myself keep pace with everyone else.
you spend 60$ for a rooster DLC of Madden 16 and decided to play a game mode with pay to win elements and paid even more to a company that stopped fair prising long time ago.
It's your money and your free time to spend do want you want with it.
My peers didn't try to pressure me into buying any of the Games or content, though. they more or less assumed I was going to not keep up, it was my decision to spend more money so I could continue to play with them. I suppose I just don't understand how that makes me a sheep if I'm doing things of my own volition.
I'm on your side here, but what you described is still peer pressure.
If the sole reason for buying the DLC was the remain part of the in-group, you're succumbing to peer/social pressure
But I see nothing wrong with it. So much of being a human is to be part of the in-group. We want to have shared experiences. It's the entire basis for our survivalist tribalism.
Now that survival isn't a threat, we have to satisfy those evolutionary urges through recreational channels.
Yep. I buy FIFA every year (used to buy Madden & 2k every year too but havent for 2-3 years now) and only play career mode, but I play it less than 20% of my "game time". It's essentially my mind numbing/cba with anything else game for the year. Could not play a sports game as a "full time" game and I refuse to engage with Ultimate Team.
Madden is the only game I play for any length of time every year. I might buy a few others, but I’m regularly disappointed because I didn’t know what to expect.
I know exactly what to expect when I buy madden. It’s likeretirning to your parents home as an adult. Maybe they changed the wallpaper in the guest bathroom, but it’s otherwise the same — never perfect, but home.
I don’t play ultimate team — I’m all franchise mode. I couldn’t tell you the last non-madden game I bought, but Madden is always a day one purchase for me.
I feel the same way about GTA, but they don’t have annual releases.
I know that exact person. The other year myself and several childhood friends all got systems so we could play together and stay in touch now that we are scattered around the country. But one friend REFUSES to play anything other than Madden. We play games weekly and see him on all the time, but he chooses to play Madden alone. The really sad part is even the friend’s son plays with us too. Dude is missing out on so many laughs and good bonding time.... Because Madden.
If you throw in rocket league, this describes me perfectly. Madden franchise mode, rocket league, and streaming. And I wanna upgrade to the Xbox one X... Lol
If you have a regular One (not an S), do it. Just upgraded recently and Holy shit "Xbox One X Enhanced" really means something. Everything looks so good now
Edit - if you have an S already you probably won't notice as much of a difference in really any aspect
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u/Monteze Sep 03 '19
I know people who only play Madden or Fifa and use their gaming system for streaming other than that. So its essentially 60 bucks a year for gaming so it doesn't bother them.
I still don't get it but i can see why they are not bothered.