Hot on the heels of a backlash against Diablo 4 portal reskins that cost the same as Palworld comes a new microtransaction horror: a horse bundle that costs more than Diablo 4 itself.
You said you spend the 7000 platinum and it comes for free. It’s an abstraction layer above buying it for 7000 platinum. Platinum can be bought for real life currency. So, it’s just another abstraction layer above just spending money to get the in-game item.
If you can’t wrap your head around this, you’re either oblivious to the world ,or a troll
No this is you spend $65 and you get 7000 platinum plus the horse. So it’s basically a discount on platinum. Implying this is $65 for a horse is misleading.
Otherwise you’re right, the platinum is a manipulation to make people feel like they are not spending money.
Ok, but this is a stupid example. This is something you buy for the 7000 platinum and get the horse for free.
The horse looks like shit though and you shouldn’t buy that much platinum.
And 7000 platinum is worth how much in irl currency? It’s not mental gymnastics, you know?
Not sure what you mean?
You said you spend the 7000 platinum and it comes for free. It’s an abstraction layer above buying it for 7000 platinum. Platinum can be bought for real life currency. So, it’s just another abstraction layer above just spending money to get the in-game item.
If you can’t wrap your head around this, you’re either oblivious to the world ,or a troll
No this is you spend $65 and you get 7000 platinum plus the horse. So it’s basically a discount on platinum. Implying this is $65 for a horse is misleading.
Otherwise you’re right, the platinum is a manipulation to make people feel like they are not spending money.
Oh, my bad then. My fault for only reading headlines