• sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, but this is a lot better, because now will pay 30$ and you’ll get the skin. Right now you’re almost always forced to pay more. For example:

      Sexy rabbit skin: 1000 coins

      100 coins: 6$

      700 coins: 20$

      1200 coins: 35$

      So even if you want to spend 30$ for a skin, the way the shop is designed makes you spend 35$. And then you have 200 coins left over, tempting you to spend them. But nothing will be priced at 200 coins. Perhaps the shop offers catgirl headphones for 600 coins but then the whole ordeal starts anew because you’d need to buy more coins than you need and the left over ones tempt you.

      If you pay close attention, every coin shop is designed like this

      • Pili@lemmygrad.ml
        4·
        2 months ago

        True, but on the other hand, you lose the ability to earn virtual currency by playing the game.

        In some games, there is enough virtual currency to earn in the premium season pass to then unlock the next one for free. I don’t know how they could keep that possible if they only use real money, and people will have to cash out every month I imagine.

        • sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml
          4·
          2 months ago

          If they really care, they can add the next season’s pass as a reward for the current one, at the same level of progression where you’d have enough coins to afford it. I suppose they won’t in order to rile up people against consumer protecting measures like this. Overall I think it’s a net positive change