Call Of Duty Microtransactions Helped Boost Activision's Profits By $536 Million

@goldenageplayer: I am only commenting on the last 20 years. As 1.50 then is only worth $1 now. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ And general games combined.

But I am certainly not in support of MT, as I would much rather pay more for games then deal with how content is pieced out now. SEE the 2nd part of my comment above.

@Groudon199: I am only commenting on the last 20 years. As 1.50 then is only worth $1 now. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ But I am certainly not in support of MT, as I would much rather pay more for games then deal with how content is pieced out now. SEE the snd part of my comment above.

@Barighm: It is not competition alone, take FFR - a 97' game that cost an estimated 40 million and was the most expensive game of its time, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII#Development, the remake cost and estimated 240 million not counting promoting. Same with other AAA, including sports, FPS, adventure. Competition is super important but here on https://www.gamesindustry.biz/development there are some articles that show ancillary profits, like MT, metadata collection, subscriptions, now account for 20-30% of a game total profits beyond sales.

More then competition, the three largest factors is -just more consoles so just more sales. LArger middles class world wide, EU, Africa, SA, Au, and India consume more games. then you have digital sales, cutting out middle men, brick and mortar, taxes, transportation, etc. And then ancillary.

Competition- would mean, that costs would go down, profits would be less, projects would be smaller, and people would be paid less. ..... Well none of that has happened the gaming industry has grown 8% year over year despite WW recession, wars, and pandemics. People are paid more now then before, gaming publishers are more profitable, and there are more developers, and studios now then ever before.

But $1.50 in 2000 is nowt worth around 1$ according to the last inflation and dollar. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ I love competition, it really pushes quality more then anything, innovation, and of course lowers costs. But it cannot do it all.

@Cikatriz_ESP: Because you shouldn't have to pay money to unlock things in a $60 game. Even if it's not P2W and just cosmetic it's still predatory. They prey on people's poor impulse control, especially children's.

I'm not saying that every one who buys MTX have poor impulse control but many do. And even if you don't, you still shouldn't have to pay for what already exists in a game you paid full price for.

The only DLC I think is worth spending money on are real expansions done after the game was released. Good examples are the expansions for The Witcher 3, which are amazing and really add value.

@goldenageplayer: I agree even though I think there are still great games being made. You just have to find them and be really careful about what you purchase.

The only game I have pre-ordered or paid full price for in years is Cyberpunk 2077. I have faith in CDProject Red and hope they won't let me down.

@Cikatriz_ESP: Except they aren't free. The future is looking more like $70 games that you have to spend an additional $120 on unless you want the really bare-bones experience. No thanks.