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Diablo 4’s Hellish Microtransactions Go From Bad to Worse With $65 Horse Bundle That Costs More Than the Game Itself (www.ign.com)
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And 7000 platinum is worth how much in irl currency? It's not mental gymnastics, you know?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, my bad then. My fault for only reading headlines