EA Doesn't Release New Hits, And Still Makes Money Like Crazy
Despite the lack of large releases, the past quarter was a record one in financial terms for Electronic Arts. This success is due to increased interest in FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20 and Apex Legends.
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Adrian Werner
July 31, 2020
CS:GO Player Spent $15,000 to Get a Rare Skin
One Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player has spent $15,000 to get his dream skin, which is extremely rare, using so-called contracts. He shared the whole action on his YouTube channel.
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Paul Wozniak
July 27, 2020
The BBC Attacks Lootboxes in FIFA, Dramatic Story of Addicted Gamer
The BBC station described the story of a gamer addicted to spending money in the FIFA series. A young British man spent almost 3,000 pounds in FUT mode, wasting his parents' savings.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 10, 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator Store Will Offer Paid Mods
The upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator is not only supposed to pamper players with regular add-ons and updates, but also to openly cooperate with modders, providing them with a digital marketplace.
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Karol Laska
July 9, 2020
CS:GO - Weapon Skin Sold for Record Price of $100,000
According to user ohnePixel, a Chinese collector paid 100 thousand dollars for StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This is the most expensive item of its kind in history.
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Bart Swiatek
July 7, 2020
Crash Bandicoot 4 Devs Assure There Will be no Microtransactions
Studio Toys for Bob has denied the rumors and assured that there will be no microtransactions in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time.
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Adrian Werner
July 1, 2020
Crash Bandicoot 4 With Microtransactions
Thanks to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time's profile in Microsoft Store we found out that microtransactions will appear in the game. Among them we will probably find alternative character skins.
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Adrian Werner
June 29, 2020
Microtransactions Dominate; Game Sales Revenue Becomes Secondary
According to Newzoo analysts, this year as much as 74% of the industry's revenue will come from microransactions. The sales of premium games will provide only 21%.
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Adrian Werner
June 26, 2020
Valorant - Players Complain About Prices of Skin Sets
Valorant players are constantly complaining about the exorbitant prices of cosmetic sets containing themed weapon skins. According to a large part of the community, these items are not worth their price. For the newest one, we have to pay $71.
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Paul Wozniak
June 15, 2020
ESRB Will Inform of Randomized Microtransactions
The ESRB, an age rating organisation for US and Canadian markets, introduces a new label. It will enable players to know whether the title contains any form of randomized microtransactions.
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Paul Wozniak
April 14, 2020
Valorant Without Lootboxes and Pay to Win
The team working on Valorant provided details of the microtransaction system. The creators of League of Legends have still not revealed the release date of their latest title.
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March 6, 2020
Dead or Alive 6 Microtransactions Pushed to Ridiculous Levels
PS4's Dead or Alive 6 has now a new option - we can change the character's hair colour. However, this did not please the players, because it involves a controversial system of microtransactions.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 2, 2020
GTA 5 Sales Exceeded 120 Million Copies; RDR2 - Over 29 Million
Take-Two Interactive has published a new financial report. In addition to revenue and profit data, the document includes the sales results of titles from Rockstar Games. We learned that Grand Theft Auto 5 has already found over 120 million buyers and Red Read Redemption 2 - 29 million.
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Adrian Werner
February 7, 2020
EA is Making a Fortune on Microtransactions
Electronic Arts reported that in the last quarter of 2019 it earned almost one billion dollars on microtransactions. They account for more than half of the publisher's total revenues.
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Adrian Werner
January 31, 2020
Nintendo Earned One Billion Dollars in Revenue From Mobile Games
Sensor Tower, the analytical group, revealed the financial results of Nintendo's mobile games. Titles like Fire Emblem Heroes or Mario Kart Tour have brought the company one billion dollars in revenue.
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Jacob Blazewicz
January 29, 2020
Doom Eternal Without Microtransactions
The producer of Doom Eternal confirmed that the game will not have any microtransactions. The FPS from id Software is to be a complete game, offering full experience without the need to spend extra money.
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Bart Woldanski
January 27, 2020
UK's Healthcare: Lootboxes Expose Children to Gambling Addiction
England's mental health director, Claire Murdoch, claims that lootboxes in video games put children at risk of becoming addicted to gambling. Thus, she calls for the companies behind such games to take appropriate action.
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Paul Wozniak
January 19, 2020
Player Spends $1.4 Million on Game Character; Gets Stolen and Sold for $500
One Chinese player spent 8-10 million yuan on developing his character in MMO game Justice Online. When he shared his account with a friend, the latter put the hero in the auction house, but.... mistakenly entered a price that was a few zeros short. As a result, the hero was purchased for about 1/2560 of the original amount.
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Bart Swiatek
November 26, 2019
Cyberpunk 2077 - Devs Consider Microtransactions in Multiplayer Mode
The latest financial teleconference from CD Projekt revealed that Cyberpunk 2077's multiplayer mode is at an early stage of development. We also learned that the devs consider the implementation of microtransaction system. If it will appear, though, it is to be well-thought-out and in accordance with the company's principles.
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Paul Wozniak
November 24, 2019
Age of Empires 4 Without Microtransactions
Creative director of Age of Empires 4 stated that the game will not have any microtransaction system. It is possible, however, that we will get some expansions - what is interesting, also the previous installments of the series may get new content.
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Bart Swiatek
November 18, 2019