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You know how we all complain about microtransactions on forums and social media? Take-Two (the company that controls labels like Rockstar and 2K) literally doesn’t give a crap, as it’s cashing in big time on titles like Grand Theft Auto Online and NBA 2K18. In fact, “recurrent consumer spending opportunities” (that’s a euphemism for microtransactions by the way) have become such an enormous part of the publisher’s business that it plans to incorporate them into every game.

“We've said that we aim to have recurrent consumer spending opportunities for every title that we put out at this company,” boss Strauss Zelnick said, presumably with his pinkie pointed towards the corner of his lips. “It may not always be an online model, it probably won't always be a virtual currency model, but there will be some ability to engage in an ongoing basis with our titles after release across the board.”

That will almost certainly include Red Dead Redemption 2, so brace yourself for loot boxes and loan sharks and collectible trading cards. “One of the things we've learned is if we create a robust opportunity and a robust world in which people can play delightfully in a bigger and bigger way, that they will keep coming back,” Zelnick added. “They will engage. And there is an opportunity to monetise that engagement. There's a lot of room for growth. This is just the beginning.”

Excuse us a moment, we think we’re going to be sick.

[source gamasutra.com]