On Turbine & Microtransactions [Jan 06, 2009, 10:35 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A post to
The
Lord of the Rings Online Forums reassures subscribers that Turbine is not
planning on implementing real-money transactions into their Lord of the Rings
MMOG, or presumably any of their current projects, responding to outcry over a
job
advertisement noticed by
Massively that references "Turbine's micro-transaction-based in-game store."
Without going into too much detail, they clarify that this is for a future game,
rather than a current one: "We know the recent job listing has caused a bit of a
stir, but please be aware that this posting is for an unannounced future
project." Thanks
Eurogamer.
I think everyone is overlooking the fact that Turbine is looking to get into console space with an MMO product. With the disparity in costs of onlines services between the PS3/360 .. it makes sense to go with a micro-transaction route for their game.
Plus, with the rabid success of micro-trans on consoles, it makes more sense to do it there.
Plus, with the rabid success of micro-trans on consoles, it makes more sense to do it there.
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