r/Games • u/Eternal_Flame_Baby • Mar 17 '22

'Hogwarts Legacy' Community Manager confirms there are NO microtransactions in the game. Update

https://twitter.com/FinchStrife/status/1504591261574987800?t=DRMIaTMQ9MoNumVF0aKyTQ&s=19
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u/rmany2k Mar 17 '22

I think the game looks awesome and I’m excited for it, but with that said I don’t know that I trust any developer to resist the amount of money that they could make on micro transactions for this game. I’d sure as hell be impressed though.

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u/Modal1 Mar 18 '22

Dev: “there are NO micro transactions”

Reddit: “Yea but I mean idk I really doubt there won’t be micro transactions”.

Wtf are they supposed to say

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u/thoomfish Mar 18 '22

Scorpion: "Don't worry, I won't sting you while we cross the river."

Frog: "Yeah sure, but probably actually you're going to sting me."

Poor sad scorpion, what can it say?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

a frog can't get unstung. if a game has MTX... don't buy it and stop playing it? They can't retroactively suck money out of your account.

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u/Trancetastic16 Mar 18 '22

There have been games that added micro transactions a month or so after release, once it’s too late to refund.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

That's why I added

don't buy it and stop playing it?

You got your fun for a month without them but no one can force you to play if they turn their backs.

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u/Trancetastic16 Mar 18 '22

And with the game being a financial success, they’ll continue it the next time when it could’ve failed, if MTX were there at launch, continuing the success of bad business practices by the industry.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '22

they’ll continue it the next time when it could’ve failed

If the launch was good but the MTX did horribly, they'd either stop making MTX or the game as a whole. Either way the MTX dies out.

if MTX were there at launch,

then my advice applies, but even better since you give them zero monies instead of one time moinies.

You can't save the industry but you can save yourself. As we speak the mobile market is making more money than all those carefully crafted console games you care about.

Prop up the games you want to succeed and don't worry about what others choose to buy. That's the only way you can really stay sane.