How to Use microtransaction in a Sentence
microtransaction
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Blasting the game with even more microtransactions, even worse deals.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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My guess is that Rovio is delisting this remake of Angry Birds to push people toward its free-to-play games in the series that make money off microtransactions.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2023
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An in-game, microtransaction market where players can buy and sell digital items that Ubisoft or whoever takes a cut of is one thing.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
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But those have mostly been out-of-the-way accoutrements for the in-the-know, whereas the new microtransactions make a divide part of the everyday Disneyland experience.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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The hub includes a clothing store where cosmetic items like pants, tops and masks are sold at two different types of currency, a sneak peek into the in-game and real-world microtransaction systems that await.
—Gene Park, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022
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Will the game’s live-service focus screw with players’ enjoyment and try to whisper sweet nothings about microtransactions at every turn?
—Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 30 May 2023
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the latest game in Ubisoft's flagship series, is full of microtransactions and has earned Ubisoft over £780 million.
—Victoria Chynoweth, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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All three console makers also take a 30-percent cut of all microtransaction sales on their platforms, for example.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2020
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Like Avengers, the post-launch characters are also free (though other microtransactions follow).
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Glimpses of screenshots did appear to show some sort of microtransaction store, something Borderlands has mostly avoided.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
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That meant all cosmetics were either microtransactions in the store or earned skins, and were an entirely separate system from your actual gear.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
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Diablo Immortal, one of the biggest games with microtransactions, has earned upwards of $500 million in revenue.
—Victoria Chynoweth, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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The game is excellent without any of them, but if future updates and content revolve around feelings of FOMO and predatory microtransactions, it’ll be ruined.
—Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
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These newer Angry Birds games are also free to download but they’re splintered with microtransactions inside the gameplay, providing more streams of making money.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2023
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Look around you, too — so many parents, so many care situations, so many microtransactions involving trust between two humans.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
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Likewise, microtransactions and the trading of digital assets have been around since the 1990s in multiplayer gaming, with gamers using both in-game assets and real-world currencies to purchase or trade for weapons, tools, character skins, and more.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
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There was also a huge focus on microtransaction boosters, which made arbitrary requirements to the player that encouraged spending, or more grinding.
—Elise Favis, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
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