Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Future EA Games Will All Have Microtransactions
Speaking at a conference, Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that the company plans to integrate microtransactions into all upcoming titles.
At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Jorgensen said: "We're building into all of our games the ability to pay for things along the way, either to get to a higher level to buy a new character, to buy a truck, a gun, whatever it might be, and consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of the business."
The gamers "enjoying and embracing" this approach may be out there, but given the attitudes among hardcore gamers toward microtransactions, EA announcing its intentions so blatantly is surprising. In-game purchases aren't always bad, but gamers tend to resent being nickel-and-dimed.
Microtransactions may be profitable, but how their global implementation would affect the goodwill of EA's customers has yet to be seen.
(Source: Develop)
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
