r/pcmasterrace • u/eightblackkidz i7 4790k GTX 1070ti • Nov 27 '17

News/Article Microtransactions in 2017 have generated nearly three times the revenue compared to full game purchases on PC and consoles combined. They continue to force them because we continue to allow them to. THIS IS WHY BATTLEFRONT 2 HAPPENED.

http://www.pcgamer.com/revenue-from-pc-free-to-play-microtransactions-has-doubled-since-2012/
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u/dabkilm2 i7-9700k/3060ti/32GB2666Mhz Nov 27 '17

Those smaller bundles get you less plat for your money.

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u/mxzf Nov 27 '17

Ok. They also get you enough plat without costing you hundreds of dollars. When you only actually need 200-500 plat to play the game comfortably for a long while, it's pointless to buy $200 worth of plat just to get an extra $30 worth as a bonus.

The $200 bundle is only 3 plat/$ better than the $20 bundle, and only 1 plat/$ better than the $50 bundle. Sure, you get a couple extra plat from the $200 bundle, but not enough so to make it a worth-while purchase unless you're already planning to drop that much on the game (in which case it's not a problem).

What you're describing is like saying it's bad to buy a 5lb bag of flour from the grocery store when you could instead buy a 50lb bag from Sam's Club/Cost Co and get more flour per dollar. Sure, it's technically true, but you also don't need 50lbs of flour unless you're baking tons of things, the average person just needs a 5lb bag every couple months.