Stop Praising Doom Eternal for Being Microtransaction-Free, Crypto Coins News

• Doom Eternal won’t include microtransactions.
• Creative director Hugo Martin says id Software is offering a “complete experience.”
• While commendable, it exposes a sorry state of affairs within the industry.

In an ideal world, we would all have finished up our journeys – careening, guns blazing and backed by chugging guitar riffs – through the hellscapes of Doom Eternal by now.

Sadly, id Software delayed the game’s launch to March 90 nd, (from , from an initial November , release, to reach “standards of speed and polish . ”

Delays happen. It’s part of the business of making video games. We pardon them easily. Especially in the case of a developer with a proven track record of excellence.

No one can fault id for giving itself an extra four months to fine-tune Doom Eternal.

Doom Eternal Won Feature Any Microtransactions

Doom Eternal is once again in the news in the wake of comments from creative director Hugo Martin around the total absence of microtransactions from the game . Doom Eternal won’t have microtransactions. So what? | Source: Reddit

We can all agree this is great to hear. Another AAA title to add to the list of games foregoing monetization in favor of a complete experience.

Yet, there’s something unsettling about having to throw compliments at a developer for

not

sneaking anti-consumer features into their games.

Anti-Consumer Practices Are So Commonplace That Their Absence Is Newsworthy

Anti-gamer behavior is so common that it’s news when a publisher

does engage in them. | Source: Bethesda / Steam

In a testament to just how twisted consumer expectations have become as a consequence of the widespread prevalence of monetization in video games in recent years, it’s

Similarly, we find ourselves in a bizarre situation where the Doom Eternal community breathes a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. The comments on the Reddit post sharing the Facebook thread are pretty revealing.

These comments speak volumes about the woeful state of the industry. | Source: Reddit

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