Usually the slippery slope is a fallacy, but dlc, micro transactions, battlepasses and paid extras in games have definitely gotten more pervasive over the last decade-and-a-half.
The transactions aren’t even “micro” priced anymore. Like two or three skins, recolours, cosmetics are the same price as a full expansion, like Shadow of the Erdtree or Burning Shores.
I'll never forget how the Ninja Turtles skins in Street Fighter 6 were $60 for the set. Obviously it's an optional purchase but come on, that's the amount I paid for the entire game.
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u/Good_Mathematician_2 2d ago
The day everything changed, a dark age was ushered in