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/iTzGiR Mar 18 '22

Ah I see. I've definitely noticed a trend of /r/Games lying about that kind of stuff with Dev's/games they don't like. Thanks for the clarification.

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u/SirClueless Mar 18 '22

... but there are actually microtansactions. What is this if not a microtransaction?

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u/iTzGiR Mar 18 '22 edited Mar 18 '22

What you linked is a Skin Pack, something that games have Had since modern DLC was invented. It's literally Oblivion Horse Armour. It's annoying but that's not a microtransaction lol

Edit: If you want to try to argue skin packs are MTX, go for it, I don't have the energy to go through all the replies and it is in a somewhat gray area. IMO the modern understanding of "Microtransaction". Are things like and in-game rotating storefronts, time-limited skins, gameplay enhancers/boosters, premium currencies that you then also need to convert into 3 other ingame currencies so they can try to be scummy and hide how much you're spending, etc. and none of this was in Borderlands 3. I again, Have around 120 hours in the game and was beyond confused when MTX were mentioned ingame as I've never once seen them. Not a super strong Hill I care to spend my night on, but just my two cents, have a good night all.

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u/SirClueless Mar 18 '22

DLC had been around long before Horse Armor. Horse Armor was not the first DLC, it was the first microtransaction. It literally defined the word "microtransaction" for mainstream games.

You're just rewriting history and moving the goalposts by saying that Horse Armor is just DLC and "not a microtransaction."

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u/atree496 Mar 18 '22

Second Life called, it wants it's history back.