Blizzard Pokes Fun At Star Wars Battlefront 2 On Twitter

@Zorlac: Hate to say it but if you game the Game industry an inch they will take 1,000,000 light years. If It wasn't for the Blizzard Loot Boxes then I'm pretty sure we never would have gotten this far.

@Mogan: Last time I checked (up to now) we paid a substantial amount of money for each SC2 release. And that huge marketplace like system they incorporated in co-op is still there. Add everything up and that sizable product you speak of is simply a game with a normal price PLUS stuff locked behind a pay wall. Its fact. And were only talking about SC2 here so please dont forget about all that other Blizzard / Activision content that incorporates microtransactions - Heck we can even bring Destiny or Call of Duty into this now if you really want to.

@Nightflash28: Fucking overwatch lootboxes dicked!

@Nightflash28: I dont think this needs further elaboration. But if you wish to remain blind to the fact then so be it. It really is not worth discussing further whether or not this is the case. You people should be more worried about how to stop it happening in future games so we dont all get screwed over... I dont care if its Blizzard or EA or anyone else these microtransaction systems screw us all.

@Nightflash28: Real. Money. Auction. House.

@Nightflash28: Saying "that's how trading card games work" is not an excuse, because Hearthstone is a piss poor trading card game. You can't trade cards with others. You can't sell cards to others. You can't directly but the cards you need from others. It has none of the benefits of a real trading card game and they keep raising the prices.

@Nightflash28: Its how they went about their loot boxes, and not what they put in them. It boomed and then others followed in its wake.

@Mogan: Yes, they were established before, but how actibliz did it in overwatch created a setpping stone. With the acceptance that overwatches loot boxes gained by the gaming community, publishers such as EA sought to take the whole damn pie while they were offered a small piece.

@koospetoors: I know that I am very much an exception here, but I am F2P in Hearthstone and have a massive collection. It is not complete by any means but established enough to create countless competitive decks that are both interesting and fun to play.

But yeah, I have to agree that the system is designed to get players to clamor for more and more and preys upon the impatient and compulsive. Which is pretty gross.

But my overall point stands. If you are patient, Hearthstone can be a great and truly free experience.

@koospetoors: you really can't compare hearthstone to this loot box madness. The reason behind this is because it is more like a collectable card game in a way. The fun of ccg is opening packs and you will never know what you might get. The difference of hearthstone comparing to stand ccg is the fact you don't get a physical copy of the card but none the less the concept is the same thing. The problem with these loot box is that they are making gameplay affecting features behind a RNG pay wall system that is not guaranteed when the game already cost 60 dollar. So basically you pay to see if you get a chance to get an game affecting item. As you said hearthstone is free and having a gold system makes more sense. I don't play hearthstone nor battlefront so I'm not trying to defend blizzard but I'm just trying to state that hearthstone is something you shouldn't compare these things to as they are not orange to orange comparison.