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The Call of Duty team has released a new, King Kong-themed glove into the game, and it hasn't exactly gone down well with players.

This melee weapon is known as the BEAST glove (today I learned, BEAST stands for Bio-Enhanced Anatomech Seismic Thunder), and promises that its wielder will be able to "punch as hard as Kong". Which, on paper, sounds pretty useful.

However, this glove can only be acquired by purchasing the four other Godzilla x Kong themed bundles. And this is where the chagrin begins.

"Micro"transactions....

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[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

When will people finally stop to buy games from companies that only want to rip them off?

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

When we either educate everybody or get regulations against it. That is to say, never.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean…don’t they? When a company puts out microtransactions that are unfair, they get backlash and often lose sales.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Any potential loss in sales is immediately offset by the whales that buy anything that comes out.