EA's Skate Gets Microtransactions Before Its Release Date - IGN
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EA has added microtransactions to Skate during its latest alpha test, and ahead of a release date announcement.

Of course it does. We all saw it coming.

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You can spend real-world money on a virtual currency called San Van Bucks, which in turn is used to buy cosmetic items.

I hate this but if it’s just cosmetics and the game price is fair I’ll be ok with it. I know the price is going to be a full on AAA release and they will still cram this into it… but I can hope.

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The price is nothing, apparently the game is free to play.

It’d be pretty suprising if it didn’t have microtransactions.

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lol, imagine a studio developing a game for half a decade and then just sharing it out.

“Don’t tell our staff, but it was a labour of love and they’re all being let go because we’re out of investor funds. Also don’t tell the investors. Or the publisher. In fact don’t say anything until we’ve made it to Montenegro.”

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Man, that’s a fair point. If you want to be mad at something be mad at the five year dev cycle into an early access launch. I’m not even saying it’s the devs or EA’s fault. Making games is hard. And expensive. But definitely hard.

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It should, according to other, be free to play

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