subject: Valve want to share their microtransaction success with other devs [print this page] Valve want to share their microtransaction success with other devs
Valve have been experiencing some pretty notable success recently with the new microtransaction system in Team Fortress 2. We recently discovered that the TF2 store sells plenty of its most expensive items,metin2 gold and has been welcomed pretty much whole-heartedly by the community. Now, Valve hope to teach others what they've learnt through TF2 experimentation and help their partners implement microtransactions into their own Steamworks games. Read on for the details.
With Steamworks' new Microtransaction system, an in-game economy can now be readily created by anyone using the SDK. "We've come to understand what type of content sells well in TF2's in-game store, and the various price points at which players value this content," said Robin Walker, game designer at Valve. "Our players are continually teaching us what works and what doesn't. Much of this feedback can be generalised to other titles on Steam, so we're looking forward to sharing what we've learned with partners at GDC. We're also interested in seeing partners get up and running with their own in-game economies, so they can collect game-specific data to inform their design decisions."
I'm not against hats per se, but I am against the introduction of mini-transactions (some of which arent so mini) in games I have already paid for, especially since this wasn't a feature when I bought it.As I stated below, it has changed the feel of the game (trading etc during matches, many people spamming chat with offers etc) which is not the same as when I bought it.
Pisses me off and all the people I know aren't Valve fans any more. All we cared about was the Half-Life series and maybe Counter Strike done right after the failure of CSS. Instead we get loads of half arsed games like Left 4 Dead or the HL Episodes and TF2 that started off a noobs TFC and was not only dumbed down but ruined with MT.
