So "no" is the answer to my question, right?
I never said they didn't have a motive to make money. Dunno where you got that. Obviously they want to make money.
Then lets add the admittion that Monolith/WB Games aim to make money with the addition of microtransactions with your questioning my claim of...
'1.
Monolith isn't just adding microtransactions, but they're changing the game's pacing to make the purchase of microtransactions far more appealing.'
So... they're adding microtransactions to make money, but won't change the pacing of the game to make the microtransactions more appealing?
Look, that video is fucking useless. The dude is just going on and on saying "I guarantee you this is going to happen".
Yeah, that's based on the desire of primarily single-player developers to bring in the revenue of multiplayer games through microtransactions.
The entire existance of a company is to make money. So, I'm interested in your argument as to why they don't want to make more money.
He might be right, but him predicting it means nothing at all.
His opinion isn't exactly uncommon, but what sets his appart is the history he's brought up of other single-player series bringing in microtransactions to the detriment of the quality of the game.
Who is this dude to make these predictions? The fact that he has a youtube channel makes his opinion worth more than anybody else? Are you so gullible that random youtube vids by no one in particular convince you?
Judge the opinion based on the merritt of the opinion, the likelihood of it being reality, rather than the persons presenting the opinion.
And wonder why the opinion is voiced by so many.
So far, you've just been shooting down the probability of the game being altered to make the microtransactions an attractive option, yet you've not given an argument as to why that isn't the case.
Because earlier you were taking a more cautious but not pessimistic approach.
Now youre saying they're deliberately changing the games pacing. Yet the only thing you post as evidence is this video. Did you just watch this vid and it changed your mind or something?
The video was posted today.
My initial cautious opinion was based on the first impressions after hearing the news.
What changed my opinion, was being reminded the publisher is WB Games, who has been adding more intrusive microtransactions to every release for years.
Right now I believe nothing. I'm going to wait and see. If I find myself needing to repeat boring content to get progress, then I'll be right in the camp with you.
Good to hear.... but the thing is Monolith & WB Games won't give a shit, because you already bought the game.
If I play the game and have a similar experience to Shadow of Mordor, all these predictions of the sky falling and Monolith deliberately doing.....something....of some sort....that no one can actually put a finger on....will be proven hogwash.
And you're betting $60+SalesTax that you're right, and everyone on the internet is wrong.
Perhaps the outrage is overblown, and it'll be a fun game despite the added grinding, but it won't be as fun as the original... especially for those that detest such business practices and detest them being inserted in our favorite game series.