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Get a taste.

Get to know it.

Get to like it.

But it won't be enough.

You will want more.

We'll sell it to you.

In small doses.]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163214.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163214.page GMT
Get a taste.

Get to know it.

Get to like it.

But it won't be enough.

You will want more.

We'll sell it to you.

In small doses.[/quote]

sounds like a WOW trial.

in Britain- that game is more addictive than smack.

now that is concerning]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163237.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163237.page GMT
You get a game for free.
A COMPLETE game. All the quests. All the characters.

The micro transactions come in the form of upgrades and special items.
Beats paying 15$ a month for everything, doesn't it?

How is it unethical?

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well think about it.

support for games like RA3 is always going to be limited- since after the initial sale- there is no more money going into EA for spending hundreds of hours developing patches and bug fixes.

you may say it is an obligation to the company to complete a game- but the small things like 100% balanced game will never be achieved- and look at how many people EA hires to do something like patch development. we shall use 42- just because it is a random number i am giving out as an example.

now- if these 42 people are on a wage of USD $25/hour(disclaimer: THIS IS AN EXAMPLE)- do you want to do the maths as to how much money EA is spending to get something like this done? now do the calculations for lets say for example's sake- 83 hours. now if this is for one patch and the average time spent per person on a single patch is 73 hours- calculate that average into 9 patches(looking at TW here). look how much money EA has spent on after- sales service.

now gaming subscriptions and microtransactions is actually a smart idea for the company- since what it does is it ensures that all that hours and money spent is generating [i]revenue[/i] for the company- thus ensuring longer support periods. obviously- if the game doesn't make enough money- then the project will be ditched.

this is the sole reason why blizzard has kept WOW going for so long- it isn't about the fanbase- it is about their wallets.

if you think entrepreneurship is unethical- you are living in the wrong age buddy- the world is in recession- and money needs to keep flowing. ]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163331.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163331.page GMT http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163346.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163346.page GMT http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163448.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163448.page GMT ]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163498.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163498.page GMT
Get a taste.

Get to know it.

Get to like it.

But it won't be enough.

You will want more.

We'll sell it to you.

In small doses.[/quote]
LOL
It is funny how ya'all dont see it is like with drugs .

Sure it is bad . It is freaking horible . All would be fine if cost of those dlc stuff would be fair . But how fair it is to pay for 1 quest in follut 3 a 20$ . IT is greedy unethical behavior . How fair it is to segragate people with xbox membership . Moral downgrade on gaming industry.]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163544.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163544.page GMT
Get a taste.

Get to know it.

Get to like it.

But it won't be enough.

You will want more.

We'll sell it to you.

In small doses.[/quote]
LOL
It is funny how ya'all dont see it is like with drugs .[/quote]

Finally someone got it, I was starting to lose my faith in humanity.]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163678.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163678.page GMT
I wonder why.

[quote=Elearen]Microtransactions are where you buy prepaid 'points' to spend in multiple doses so you don't get multiple bank fees. [/quote]]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163691.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/163691.page GMT
Get a taste.

Get to know it.

Get to like it.

But it won't be enough.

You will want more.

We'll sell it to you.

In small doses.[/quote]

Partial reinforcement conditioning ]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164728.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164728.page GMT We'll sell it to you.
In small doses.[/quote]

Also kodaemon you missed the key point.

People [b]don't[/b] have to buy anything, and they can stop anytime.]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164760.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164760.page GMT ]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164815.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164815.page GMT [/quote]

Except that drugs actually contain physically addictive substances ]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164817.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164817.page GMT http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164852.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164852.page GMT [/quote]

Except that drugs actually contain physically addictive substances [/quote]
Some do, some don't.]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164864.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164864.page GMT
*goes out on the street looking for a WOW dealer*]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164946.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164946.page GMT
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[/quote]

LIIIIIIEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZ

though i made a mistake in my original post. the origin of the report is in sweeden, not the UK

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10184845-1.html

cocain&3101; is a hell of a drug

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/127518

apparently so is WOW]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164966.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/164966.page GMT http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/165870.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/165870.page GMT
Nobody noticed this?]]> http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/165873.page http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/preList/10662/165873.page GMT