Nintendo lets you haggle over microtransaction prices in this 3DS baseball experiment

I'm not opposed to micro transactions if they behave mostly like DLC where I get a whole game and can pay a little extra to get bonus content. Pikmin is a perfect example of how I think it can be done well. However, where micro transactions comprise the whole game- no thank you.

It's kind of a dickish (and maybe a bit hypocritical) thing of me to do, but this is an occasion. This is something of Nintendo's I actually want to fail. I cannot believe they are considering microtransactions, one of the worst trends in gaming in recent memory. I know it's an option due to haggling, but then again, so were the microtransactions in Tomb Raider 2013.

I expected better from you Nintendo, I really did.

It's certainly interesting, don't think I ever saw something like that.

When the company looking to make F2P games mean it's a sign of weakness ...

NINTENDO IS DOOM !!!

LOL. At first I thought the picture said, "Bait and Switch."

if it was in game currency haggling, id say sure have at it, but enough with the microtransaction bullcrap

Any experiment involving microtransactions feels like a human rights violation.

The game doesn't appeal to me but if it did I'd probably find having to haggle annoying.

The only proper price for a microtransaction is $0.00. It's called unlocking something in the game. And it should always be free.

Most likely what would happen with this is, I'd play the game gathering these bartering items and bring the price down as far as I physically can before I realise that I don't actually want to pay any money at all for it and I just don't bother.

How about I choke him out instead.

Finding a cute way to do microtransactions doesn't stop them from being microtransactions, which doesn't stop them from being an utter and complete scam.

This may not be as blatant as most, but this is one gamer that you will NEVER convince that theres any "right way" to do this type of pricing approach.

I very much hope that this is not successful because I can already see how this can be abused by just setting the "starting" price higher and letting people bargain down to the price that the company wanted to charge all along and making them feel like they're getting a bargain.

From my perspective this looks like a clever innovation to "tradional microtransactions", but I doubt this game will be highly successful.

I dunno... I don't really like the idea of Nintendo experimenting with microtransactions... could ultimately end up having Mario games where you have to pay for power ups.

This game should be free to play if they're going to parcel out the game piece by piece on how much you are willing to pay.

Micro transactions are BS. Nintendo is already down due to lack of third party support now they are looking at crapo transactions. I don't see a very bright future for them.

I wonder what Nintendope was smoking when they came up with this...

The only microtransaction idea that is good is the idea of not having microtransactions.

I got CASH so I couldn't careless what people say about Microtransaction because it's there for those who want it or not so stop your whining.

"You can "significantly" lower the price."

i.e. $3.99

stop this nonsense, micro transactions WILL rune the gaming industry as allot of people will not have a second look at games in general when they see these models popping up like an STD.

I seriously will dump my ps4 if this will be the only way to play a game.

Free2play, pay2win, pay4play.. **** 'm all..