In a new survey among developers, nearly 90% believe that major premium games don't need microtransactions to be a success.
  • @paultimate14@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•4 months ago

    Horse armor came out in 2006. Micro transactions started in 2002 with Maple Story. Plenty of other games had micro transactions by then. Horse armor was a peak when Microsoft drove too hard and consumers pushed back- it was far from the start.

      • @paultimate14@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6•4 months ago

        No, but they had a very close relationship. Morrowind was an Xbox exclusive. Oblivion was a timed Xbox exclusive that was supposed to be a 360 launch title that got delayed (the Horse Armor fiasco happened in 2006, while Oblivion didn’t release on PS3 until 2007).